31st Jan 2006 12:15
Drax Group PLC31 January 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Drax Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies Inc. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 Shareholder named in 2 above and its affiliates 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them In respect of Capital International Limited (total interest in 11,133,300shares) registered in the names of:-State Street Nominees - 107,300Bank of New York Nominees - 3,642,500Northern Trust - 1,005,100Chase Nominees Limited - 1,698,900Midland Bank plc - 132,100Bankers Trust - 102,500Barclays Bank - 82,900Citibank London - 13,700Morgan Guaranty - 129,900Nortrust Nominees - 1,820,000Royal Bank of Scotland - 271,000State Street Bank & Trust Co - 736,800National Westminster Bank - 64,300Lloyds Bank - 18,500Citibank NA - 25,700Deutsche Bank AG - 442,000Chase Manhattan Nominees Limited - 67,300HSBC Bank plc - 396,800Mellon Bank N.A. - 78,800Northern Trust AVFC - 103,200KAS UK - 33,100Bank One London - 76,700Clydesdale Bank plc - 61,500HSBC - 6,400JP Morgan Chase Bank - 16,300 In resepct of Capital International S.A (total interest in 1,721,000 shares)registered in the names of:-State Street Nominees Limited - 25,000Bank of New York Nominees - 11,500Chase Nominees Limited - 97,800Credit Suisse London Branch - 26,800Midland Bank plc - 65,400Barclays Bank - 13,700Pictet & Cie - 12,500Nortrust Nominees - 12,100Morgan Stanley - 14,000Royal Bank of Scotland - 125,900JP Morgan - 1,068,200Lloyds Bank - 7,200RBSTB Nominees Limited - 86,500HSBC Bank plc - 154,400 In respect of Capital Research and Management Company (total interest in9,017,865 shares) registered in the neames of:-Bank of New York Nominees - 9,017,865 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 5,881,100 6. Percentage of issued class 1.45% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 10. Date of transaction On or before 30 January 2006 11. Date company informed 31 January 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 21,872,165 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.37% 14. Any additional information Figures are based on shares in issue of 406,927,661 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Phil White (01757 612167) 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Peter Rothwell, Company Secretary Date of notification 31 January 2006 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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