Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1638S

Drax Group PLC

13 May 2009

Drax Group plc

('Drax' or the 'Company')

Symbol: DRX

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

The share interests of the under-noted directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility have increased following the acquisition of Partnership and Matching Shares under the Drax Group plc Approved Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan') on 11 May 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.

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.

Director / PDMR	Partnership shares acquired	Matching shares acquired	Total number of shares acquired	% of issued share capital	Share price (pence)	Shares held following purchase	% of issued share capital
Peter Emery	306	306	612	Negligible	489.65	33,167	0.009%
Tony Quinlan	306	306	612	Negligible	489.65	803	Negligible
Dorothy Thompson	306	306	612	Negligible	489.65	66,185	0.019%