24th Oct 2006 09:12
Drax Group PLC24 October 2006 Drax Group plc (Symbol: DRX) SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Drax Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest AMVESCAP PLC 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 subsidiary companies on behalf ofdiscretionary clients. AMVESCAP has advised that none of the shares contained in this notification arebeneficially owned by AMVESCAP. See also the comments below under box 14 - Any Additional Information. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them ABN Amro Bank 151,947Bank of Ireland (Dublin) 561,699Bank Austria (Frankfurt) 58,274Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) 131,828Banque Paribas Jersey SA 33,844Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 69,583Chase Nominees 617,638Vidacos Nominees 45,107,740Deutsche Apothecar Und Aerzte 9,503Dresdner Bank (Frankfurt) 16,104Erst Bank (Vienna) 5,703Feta (Luxembourg) 58,557HSBC Bank Plc (London) 178,939Kommunal Kreit Deportbank AG (Austria) 12,796Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 600,712B.Metzler sel.Sohn & Co.KG (Frankfurt) 100,713SCHI (Santander Central Hispanio Investment) 22,717State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 7,068,021Northern Trust Company (London) 938,875WGZ Bank 19,724 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 556,052 6. Percentage of issued class 0.15% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 11 1/29 pence each 10. Date of transaction On 18 October 2006 11. Date company informed 23 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 55,764,917 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15.11% 14. Any additional information Figures are based on shares in issue of 368,921,151 Based on:(a) information received previously from Amvescap acting as agent for INVESCOPerpetual; and(b) further enquiries made,Drax understands that at least 40,599,698 shares (as listed under VidacosNominees in box 4 above) were also the subject of the separate notification madeon 19 October 2006 (RNS Number 7444K) in respect of INVESCO Perpetual UKInvestment Series, which makes up that organisation's 11.00% interest. 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 24 October 2006 --ENDS-- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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