10th Jan 2007 09:26
Drax Group PLC10 January 2007 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) 856,070Bank Austria (Frankfurt) 58,274Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) 110,537Banque Paribas Jersey SA 50,369Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 69,584Chase Nominees 985,210Vidacos 47,179,001Deutsche Apothecar Und Aerzte 9,503Dresdner Bank (Frankfurt) 16,104Erst Bank (Vienna) 5,703WestLB Dusseldorf 6,944HSBC Bank plc (London) 1,029,176Kommunal Kreit Deportbank AG (Austria) 12,796Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 531,569Morgan Stanley (London) 17,200B.Metzler sel.Sohn & Co.KG (Frankfurt) 100,714SCHI (Santander Central Hispanio Investment) 22,718State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 7,073,017Northern Trust Company (London) 921,320WGZ Bank 19,724 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not Advised 6. Percentage of issued class Not Advised 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 9 January 2007 11. Date company informed 9 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 59,227,480 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.05% 14. Any additional information Figures are based on shares in issue of 368,921,151Based 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 10 January 2007 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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