Drax Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2019

Jan 9, 2019

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RNS Number : 6251M

Drax Group PLC

09 January 2019

09 January 2019

Drax Group plc

(Symbol:DRX)

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:			Drax Group plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii: 1) Type 1 & Type 3 Disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation						X
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			Schroders plc
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			07.01.2019
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			08.01.2019
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	9.917%	0.015%		9.932%	393,734,324
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	10.938%	0.015%		10.952%

	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
	Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rightsix
	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)			Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
	GB00B1VNSX38					39,045,569
	SUBTOTAL 8. A		39,045,569
	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
	Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi
					SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
	Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex			Exercise/ Conversion Period xi
	CFD	N/A			N/A
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”)
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)
Namexv				% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Schroders plc
Schroder Administration Limited
Schroder Wealth Holdings Limited
Schroder & Co. Limited
Schroders plc
Schroder Administration Limited
Schroder International Holdings Limited
Schroder Investment Management Limited				9.678%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional informationxvi
Place of completion	London
Date of completion	08.01.2019
Contact name:	Laura Dobson Deputy Company Secretary (Drax Group plc)
Contact telephone number:	01757 612778

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