Holding(s) in Company

Drax Group PLC
19 April 2006


                                 DRAX GROUP PLC

                                 (Symbol: DRX)


                                  SCHEDULE 10


                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.       Name of company

Drax Group plc


2.       Name of shareholder having a major interest

Lehman Brothers International (Europe)


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 subsidiary companies.


4.       Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Lehman Brothers International (Europe)


5.       Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A


6.       Percentage of issued class

N/A


7.       Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

1,154,794


8.       Percentage of issued class

0.28%


9.       Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each


10.   Date of transaction

On or before 13 April 2006


11.   Date company informed

18 April 2006


12.   Total holding following this notification

15,511,009


13.   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.81%


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

19 April 2006



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