Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7342H
Drax Group PLC
02 June 2011
 



2 June 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:

 

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:

 

Orbis Holdings Limited

(parent)

 

Orbis Asset Management Limited

(investment manager and controlled undertaking)

 

Orbis Investment Management Limited

(investment manager and controlled undertaking)

 

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

 

Vidacos Nominees Limited

 

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Ltd

 

 

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

 

27 May 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

1 June 2011

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

6%

 

8. Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 

GBP 0.1155172

GB00B1VNSX38

 

19,275,125

19,275,125



21,894,503


6.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of

financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise / Conversion Period

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

 

Exercise price

Expiration

date

Exercise/
Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

 

% of voting rights

 

 

 




 

 

Nominal

Delta



Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 

21,894,503

 

6.00%

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

 

Orbis Asset Management Limited is a controlled undertaking of Orbis Holdings Limited.

Orbis Investment Management Limited is a controlled undertaking of Orbis Holdings Limited.

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

N/A

13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:

Phil White, Deputy Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01757 612167

 


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