16th Jul 2007 10:25
Drax Group PLC16 July 2007 16 July 2007 DRAX GROUP PLC ("Drax" or the "Company") Symbol: DRX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Issuer Drax Group plc 2. Reason for notification An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation Invesco plc (see also additional information at 13. below) 4. Full name of the shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above) - 5. Date of the Transaction 12 July 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified 13 July 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached 22% 8. Notified Details (A) Voting Rights Attached to shares Number of Voting Rights (Indirect) - 77,590,462 % of Voting Rights (Direct) - 22.01% (B) Financial Instruments - Total (A)+(B) Total number of Voting Rights - 77,590,462 Total % of Voting Rights - 22.01% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held ABN Amro Bank 145,142Allianz Investment Bank AG Sub-Cus 94,664Bank of Ireland (Dublin) 916,097Bank Austria (Frankfurt) 55,664Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) 208,186BNP Paribas Jersey SA 105,089Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 56,857JP Morgan Chase 1,605,230Chase (Frankfurt) 21,834Citibank 62,317,999Credit Agricole Indosuez 269,983Deutsche Apothecar Und Aerzte 10,805Dresdner Bank (Frankfurt) 158,454EKK EG Kassel 4,482Erste Bank (Vienna) 51,670HSBC Bank Plc (London) 1,125,646KAS Bank, Amsterdam 48,145Kommunal Kredit Deportbank AG (Austria) 33,519Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 514,215B.Metzler sel.Sohn & Co.KG (Frankfurt) 89,712Morgan Stanley (London) 79,902National Cust Serv AU - 145,514SCHI (Santander Central Hispanio Investment) 21,700State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 8,362,117Northern Trust Company (London) 1,077,567WGZ Bank (Westdeutsche Genossensschafts Zentralbank) 17,541WestLB Dusseldorf DE 6,633Other - 46,095 Proxy Voting 10. Name of Proxy holder - 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold - 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights - 13. Any additional information The previous notification made by INVESCO plc in respect of its holding in Draxwas on 20 June 2007, at which point, the disclosable interest was 74,500,804shares and voting rights representing 21.14% of the issued share capitalAll figures contained in this notification are based on shares in issue andvoting rights attached thereto of 352,402,304 ordinary shares of 11 16/29 penceeach. 14. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Phil White (01757 612167) 15. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Philip Hudson, Company Secretary ---ENDS--- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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