Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4345D
Drax Group PLC
22 March 2011
 



22 March 2011

Drax Group plc

(Symbol:DRX)

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

 

Drax Group PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 

X

 

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

BlackRock, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv


5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

18th March 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22nd March 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

Holding has gone above 10%

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of Shares

Number
of Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1VNSX38

30,796,661

30,796,661

N/A

N/A

31,258,417

N/A

8.57%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the
instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights






C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

CFD

           



5,342,984

Nominal

Delta

1.46%

1.46%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

36,601,401

10.03%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

 

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 36,601,401 (10.03%)

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the 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. Additional information:

BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team provided this information

14. Contact name:

Phil White, Deputy Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01757 612167

 


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