Holding(s) in Company

Drax Group PLC
04 October 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

Barclays PLC,
through the following legal entities:

Barclays Global Investors Limited, Barclays Bank Trust company Ltd, Barcalys
Capital Securities Ltd, Barclays Capital Securities Limited, Barclays Global
Investors, N.A., Barclays Life Assurance Company Limited, Barclays Global
Investors Japan Limited, Gerrard Limited, Barclays Global Investors Australia
Limited, Barclays Private Bank Limited


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

Shareholders 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

Barclays Capital Nominees Limited - 4,467,865
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited - 390,502
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited - 30,000
Barclays Trust Co R69 - 479
BNP Paribas - 80,783
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 16376 - 195,827
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 20947 - 10,427,345
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 21359 - 344,745
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 28270 - 135,052
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 28270 - 178,224
CIBC Mellon Global Securities - 61,608
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 1,323,666
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 18,589
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 106,617
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 73,918
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 230,422
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 18,549
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 3,073,158
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331 - 104,168
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16338 - 219,094
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 - 24,171
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 - 415,389
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16342 - 53,755
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16344 - 142,103
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16345 - 238,349
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400 - 3,138,067
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409 - 311,234
JPMorgan Chase Bank - 390,983
JPMorgan Chase Bank - 510,732
Master Trust Bank - 194,975
Mellon Trust - US Custodian - 139,292
Mellon Trust of New England - 84,108
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA - 159,950
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA - 211,376
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 1,500
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 - 600
State Street Bank & Trust - WI - 158,150
State Street Bank and Trust Co - 203,965
State Street Boston - 148,835
State Street Trust of Canada - 143,316
The Northern Trust Company - U - 100,230
Trust & Custody Services Bank - 423,540
UBS (Master) - 184,886
Zeban Nominees Limited - 1,500


5.       Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

3,514,728


6.       Percentage of issued class

0.86%


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 03 October 2006


11.   Date company informed

04 October 2006


12.   Total holding following this notification

24,482,416


13.   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.01%


14.   Any additional information

Figures are based on shares in issue of 407,085,408


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

04 October 2006



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