Drax Group Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number:5358S
Drax Group PLC
17 April 2008

17 April 2007

Drax Group plc
("Drax" or the "Company")

Symbol: DRX

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

The notifications below are all in accordance with DTR 3.1.4 R(1)(a) and DTR
3.1.4 R(1)(b) and the dealings were in respect of ordinary shares of 11 16/29
pence each in the share capital of the Company of which there were 339,397,000
shares in issue at the time of the dealings.

The share interests of the under-noted directors and persons discharging
managerial responsibility have increased following the Award of Free Shares
under the Drax Group plc Approved Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan") on 15 April
2007. In accordance with the rules of the Plan these shares will be held in
trust by Capita IRG Trustees Limited and registered in the name TD Waterhouse
Nominees (Europe) Limited a/c CESNOMS.

Director Number of % of issued Share Drax shares held % of issued
/PDMR shares share capital price following purchase share capital
awarded (pence)

Gordon Boyd 416 Negligible 601 28,177 0.008%

Peter Emery 416 Negligible 601 31,863 0.009%

Dorothy Thompson 416 Negligible 601 64,881 0.019%

In addition, the under-noted directors and persons discharging manegerial
responsibility have received and award of performance shares under the Company's
Executive Share Incentive Plan ("ESIP"). The ESIP awards were made on 14 April
2008, at nil consideration and the value in this instance is 100% of the
participant's base salary at 31 December 2007. Performance for the 2008 ESIP
award will be measured over the three years from 1 January 2008 to 31 December
2010, with potential vesting in April 2011.

Director Number of ESIP % of Issued ESIP Performance Share % of Issued
/PDMR Performance Shares Share Awards held following Share
Awarded Capital purchase Capital

Gordon Boyd 42,350 0.01% 102,547 0.03%

Peter Emery 39,757 0.01% 95,499 0.03%

Dorothy Thompson 70,872 0.02% 177,024 0.05%

Philip Hudson

Company Secretary

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