Holding(s) in Company

Drax Group PLC
20 March 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 - 60,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363 - 621,600
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775237 - 226,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942199 - 1,078,800
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942229 - 1,070,300
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942217 - 1,073,800
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942205 - 1,075,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175 - 1,072,900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942187 - 1,071,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245 - 473,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 770286 - 460,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206 - 3,902,843
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203 - 250,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995 - 380,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612 - 3,257,900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 361602 - 67,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605 - 2,863,700
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509 - 250,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 766793 - 459,800
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 824434 - 158,600
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 924422 - 522,184

5.       Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

          3,887,400

6.       Percentage of issued class

          0.96%

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 16 March 2006

11.   Date company informed

17 March 2006

12.   Total holding following this notification

          20,395,827

13.   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

          5.01%

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

20 March 2006

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