1st Mar 2006 13:06
Drax Group PLC01 March 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Drax Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Zurich Financial Services (and its Group) 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. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them Vidacos Nominees Limited - 188,032Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 03449 - 360,000Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 02891 - 8,580,284Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 35822 - 13,000Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 11121 - 9,500Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 07205 - 484,345Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 21688 - 392,411Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 02642 - 577,871Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 07199 - 43,538Littledown Nominees Limited a/c 07207 - 1,474,293BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited a/c 219064 - 128,238William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Limited a/c 301780 - 55,000 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 12,306,512 6. Percentage of issued class 3.02% 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 1 March 2006 11. Date company informed 1 March 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 12,306,512 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.02% 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 1 March 2006 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Drax