Holding(s) in Company

Drax Group PLC
24 May 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 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 - 2,900
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited - 44,309
BNP Paribas - 43,489
BOISS Nominees Limited a/c 4224361 - 245,789
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 16376 - 200,299
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 20947 - 7,927,159
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 21359 - 211,874
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 28270 - 106,059
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 28270 - 137,703
CIBC Mellon Global Securities - 28,640
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 125,634
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 41,440
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 599,287
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 46,218
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 1,399,081
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 4,398
Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 2,691
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331 - 108,516
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 - 253,484
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 - 232,666
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16344 - 82,969
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16345 - 116,891
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400 - 3,783,134
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409 - 320,619
JPMorgan Chase Bank - 40,946
JPMorgan Chase Bank - 41,293
JPMorgan Chase Bank - 22,164
JPMorgan Chase Bank - 229,969
Mellon Trust - US Custodian - 69,695
Mellon Trust of New England - 70,181
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA - 81,245
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA - 103,126
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA - 19,933
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 3,000
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 - 600
State Street Bank & Trust - WI - 75,994
State Street Trust of Canada - 64,379
The Northern Trust Company - 46,131
Zeban Nominees Limited - 8,480


5.       Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

16,942,385


6.       Percentage of issued class

4.16%


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 19 May 2006


11.   Date company informed

24 May 2006


12.   Total holding following this notification

16,942,385


13.   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.16%


14.   Any additional information

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


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

24 May 2006



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