Holding(s) in Company

Drax Group PLC 31 January 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Drax Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies Inc. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Shareholder named in 2 above and its affiliates 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them In respect of Capital International Limited (total interest in 11,133,300 shares) registered in the names of:- State Street Nominees - 107,300 Bank of New York Nominees - 3,642,500 Northern Trust - 1,005,100 Chase Nominees Limited - 1,698,900 Midland Bank plc - 132,100 Bankers Trust - 102,500 Barclays Bank - 82,900 Citibank London - 13,700 Morgan Guaranty - 129,900 Nortrust Nominees - 1,820,000 Royal Bank of Scotland - 271,000 State Street Bank & Trust Co - 736,800 National Westminster Bank - 64,300 Lloyds Bank - 18,500 Citibank NA - 25,700 Deutsche Bank AG - 442,000 Chase Manhattan Nominees Limited - 67,300 HSBC Bank plc - 396,800 Mellon Bank N.A. - 78,800 Northern Trust AVFC - 103,200 KAS UK - 33,100 Bank One London - 76,700 Clydesdale Bank plc - 61,500 HSBC - 6,400 JP Morgan Chase Bank - 16,300 In resepct of Capital International S.A (total interest in 1,721,000 shares) registered in the names of:- State Street Nominees Limited - 25,000 Bank of New York Nominees - 11,500 Chase Nominees Limited - 97,800 Credit Suisse London Branch - 26,800 Midland Bank plc - 65,400 Barclays Bank - 13,700 Pictet & Cie - 12,500 Nortrust Nominees - 12,100 Morgan Stanley - 14,000 Royal Bank of Scotland - 125,900 JP Morgan - 1,068,200 Lloyds Bank - 7,200 RBSTB Nominees Limited - 86,500 HSBC Bank plc - 154,400 In respect of Capital Research and Management Company (total interest in 9,017,865 shares) registered in the neames of:- Bank of New York Nominees - 9,017,865 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 5,881,100 6. Percentage of issued class 1.45% 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 30 January 2006 11. Date company informed 31 January 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 21,872,165 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.37% 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 making this notification Peter Rothwell, Company Secretary Date of notification 31 January 2006 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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