Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5227Q

Drax Group PLC

14 April 2009

Drax Group plc

('Drax' or the 'Company')

Symbol: DRX

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

The notifications below are all in accordance with DTR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DTR 3.1.4 R(1)(b) and the dealings were in respect of ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence each in the share capital of the Company of which there were 339,398,968 shares in issue at the time of the dealings.

The share interests of the under-noted directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility have increased following the Award of Free Shares under the Drax Group plc Approved Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan') on 09 April 2009. In accordance with the rules of the Plan these shares will be held in trust by Equiniti Trustees Limited and registered in the name Equiniti Corporate Nominees Limited a/c AESOP1.

Director/PDMR	Number of shares awarded	% of issued share capital	Share price (pence)	Drax shares held following purchase	% of issued share capital
Peter Emery	191	Negligible	524.70	32,555	0.009%
Tony Quinlan	191	Negligible	524.70	191	Negligible
Dorothy Thompson	191	Negligible	524.70	65,573	0.019%