Holding(s) in Company

Drax Group PLC
31 January 2006


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.       Name of company

Drax Group plc

2.       Name of shareholder having a major interest

The Capital Group Companies Inc.

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 affiliates

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

In respect of Capital International Limited (total interest in 11,133,300
shares) registered in the names of:-
State Street Nominees - 107,300
Bank of New York Nominees - 3,642,500
Northern Trust - 1,005,100
Chase Nominees Limited - 1,698,900
Midland Bank plc - 132,100
Bankers Trust - 102,500
Barclays Bank - 82,900
Citibank London - 13,700
Morgan Guaranty - 129,900
Nortrust Nominees - 1,820,000
Royal Bank of Scotland - 271,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co - 736,800
National Westminster Bank - 64,300
Lloyds Bank - 18,500
Citibank NA - 25,700
Deutsche Bank AG - 442,000
Chase Manhattan Nominees Limited - 67,300
HSBC Bank plc - 396,800
Mellon Bank N.A. - 78,800
Northern Trust AVFC - 103,200
KAS UK - 33,100
Bank One London - 76,700
Clydesdale Bank plc - 61,500
HSBC - 6,400
JP Morgan Chase Bank - 16,300

In resepct of Capital International S.A (total interest in 1,721,000 shares)
registered in the names of:-
State Street Nominees Limited - 25,000
Bank of New York Nominees - 11,500
Chase Nominees Limited - 97,800
Credit Suisse London Branch - 26,800
Midland Bank plc - 65,400
Barclays Bank - 13,700
Pictet & Cie - 12,500
Nortrust Nominees - 12,100
Morgan Stanley - 14,000
Royal Bank of Scotland - 125,900
JP Morgan - 1,068,200
Lloyds Bank - 7,200
RBSTB Nominees Limited - 86,500
HSBC Bank plc - 154,400

In respect of Capital Research and Management Company (total interest in
9,017,865 shares) registered in the neames of:-
Bank of New York Nominees - 9,017,865

5.       Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

5,881,100

6.       Percentage of issued class

 1.45%

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 30 January 2006

11.   Date company informed

31 January 2006

12.   Total holding following this notification

21,872,165

13.   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.37%

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

31 January 2006

                                             ENDS   



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