29th Jun 2006 16:20
Drax Group PLC29 June 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Drax Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group of which subsidiary Threadneedle AssetManagement Holdings is the ultimate holding company in the UK 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. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them Deutche Bank - A/c THREADNEEDLE - 144,000Bank of Ireland Nominees A/c 4261416 - 167,040Bank of Ireland Nominees A/c 4270483 - 376,733Bank of Ireland Nominees A/c 4239914 - 246,152BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd A/c 219064 - 250,262BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd A/c 219709 - 353,112BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd A/c 219720 - 441,864BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd A/c 277650 - 472,836Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 41407 - 26,000Chetwynd Nominees Ltd IPB A/c TBC - 40,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07199 - 63,679Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07207 - 1,714,568Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21688 - 495,347Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 23525 - 679Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 11121 - 13,400Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 35822 - 18,300Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 - 349,113Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07198 - 1,240,623Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02891 - 15,518,032Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449 - 640,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07205 - 733,039Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667 - 220,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 - 7,649,325Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 - 1,325,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 - 886,838Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 41408 - 10,100Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10492 - 821,083Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 - 45,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469 - 373,546Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 - 3,787,995Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10497 - 550,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 30337 - 69,305Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 31348 - 21,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02642 - 1,122,560Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496 - 975,000Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 - 348,723Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c AVOP003002 - 677,621Roy Nominees A/c 104450 - 113,684State Street Bank & Trust, Boston A/c GPE1 - 156,814State Street Nominees Limited A/c JTAY - 79,342State Street Nominees Limited A/c JY17 - 1,049,266The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 960039 - 1,217The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 960011 - 31,264The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 961111 - 6,159The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 960253 - 552,150The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 961032 - 284,544The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 960028 - 252,031The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c 454362 - 258,738William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 301780 - 72,500William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 301781 - 29,930William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 301778 - 30,911 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 2,909,923 6. Percentage of issued class 0.71% 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 29 June 2006 11. Date company informed 29 June 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 45,106,426 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.08% 14. Any additional information Figures are based on shares in issue of 407,085,395 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 29 June 2006 ---ENDS--- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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