Holding(s) in Company

Drax Group PLC
14 June 2006


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.     Name of company

       Drax Group plc

2.     Name of shareholder having a major interest

       Legal & General Group plc

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

        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945 - 144,476
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363 - 495,150
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942199 - 780,800
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942229 - 772,300
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942217 - 782,800
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942205 - 782,400
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175 - 775,900
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942187 - 775,100
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245 - 1,191,500
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206 - 9,535,013
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203 - 782,067
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995 - 965,551
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612 - 2,838,316
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605 - 1,775,700
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509 - 631,999
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 766793 - 459,800
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 824434 - 148,069
        HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 924422 - 472,184

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

       790,443

8.     Percentage of issued class

       0.19%

9.     Class of security

       Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each

10.    Date of transaction

       On or before 14 June 2006

11.    Date company informed

       14 June 2006

12.    Total holding following this notification

       24,109,125

13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

       5.92%

14.    Any additional information

       Figures are based on shares in issue of 407,085,395

15.    Name of contact and telephone number for queries

       Peter Rothwell (01757 612167)


16.   Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

        Peter Rothwell, Company Secretary


Date of notification

        14 June 2006 2006



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