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Drax Group PLC01 February 2007 Drax Group plc (Symbol: DRX) SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS 1. Name of company Drax Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest in shares and voting rights 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 874,719Bank Austria (Frankfurt) 58,274Banque Paribas 92,934Banque Paribas Jersey 50,369Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 69,584Chase Nominees 977,380Vidacos Nominees 50,325,536Deutsche Apothecar Und Aerzte 9,503Dresdner Bank (Frankfurt) 16,104Erst Bank (Vienna) 5,703HSBC Bank plc (London) 1,082,246Kommunal Kreit Deportbank AG (Austria) 12,796Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 543,009B.Metzler sel.Sohn & Co.KG (Frankfurt) 123,032Morgan Stanley (London) 31,950SCHI (Santander Central Hispanio Investment) 22,718State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 7,463,537Northern Trust Company (London) 941,106WGZ Bank 19,724Westlandebank Dusseldorf 6,944 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 3,451,635 6. Percentage of issued class 0.94% 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 26 January 2007 11. Date company informed 31 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 62,879,115 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 17.04% 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 1 February 2007 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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