12th Feb 2007 10:17
Drax Group PLC12 February 2007 12 FEBRUARY 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 Amvescap plc 4. Full name of the shareholder(s) (if different from 3 above) - 5. Date of the Transaction 07 February 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified 09 February 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is /are crossed or reached 18% 8. Notified Details (A) Voting Rights Attached to shares Number of Voting Rights (InDirect) - 67,072,974 % of Voting Rights (Direct) - 18.18% (B) Financial Instruments - Total (A)+(B) Total number of Voting Rights - 67,072,974 Total % of Voting Rights - 18.18% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/orthe financial instruments are effectively held ABN Amro Bank 151,947Bank of Ireland 917,436Bank Austria (Frankfurt) 58,274Banque Paribas 92,934Banque Paribas Jersey 67,337Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) 69,584Chase Nominees 1,047,101Vidacos Nominees 54,149,981Deutsche Apothecar Und Aerzte 9,503Dresdner Bank (Frankfurt) 16,104Erst Bank (Vienna) 5,703HSBC 1,111,377Kommunal Kreit Deportbank AG (Austria) 12,796Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh 553,267B.Metzler sel.Sohn & Co.KG (Frankfurt) 123,032Morgan Stanley (London) 31,950SCHI (Santander Central Hispanio Investment) 22,718State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) 7,659,424Northern Trust Company (London) 946,838WGZ Bank 19,724Westlandebank Dusseldorf 6,944 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 - 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 Peter Rothwell, Company Secretary ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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