Transaction in Own Shares

Drax Group PLC
13 July 2023
 

 

Transactions in own shares

 

Drax Group plc ("Drax Group") announces today that it has, in accordance with the terms of its share

buyback programme announced on 18 May 2023 (the "Programme") purchased the following number

of its ordinary shares of 0.115517 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares") through J.P. Morgan Securities

plc.

 

Date of purchase:

12 July 2023

 

Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

1,761

 

Lowest price paid per share (p):

569.20000

 

Highest price paid per share (p):

575.00000

 

Volume weighted average price paid per share (p):

569.9169

 

The Company intends to hold the purchased Ordinary Shares in treasury.

 

 

Following the above transaction, Drax Group will have 424,463,619 Ordinary Shares in issue (including treasury shares). The total number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury is 35,037,612.

 

The total number of voting rights in Drax Group, excluding treasury shares as at 12 July 2023 is 389,426,007. This figure may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Drax Group under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Since the announcement of the Programme on 18 May 2023, Drax Group has purchased 21,205,324 Ordinary Shares in aggregate for treasury.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

Drax Group

Mark Stafford, Head of Investor

Relations

Brett Gladden, Group Company Secretary

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market

Abuse Regulation), the table below contains a breakdown of the individual trades made by J.P. Morgan

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted average price (GBp)

Aggregated volume

Lowest price per share (GBp)

Highest price per share (GBp)

London Stock Exchange

569.9169

1,761

569.20000

575.00000

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Date and Time

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price per share (pence)

Venue

Transaction Reference Number

12-Jul-2023 08:01:12

338

569.4000

XLON

64002640000000359-E0FC3G3bVbmx20230712

12-Jul-2023 08:01:12

517

569.2000

XLON

64002640000000296-E0FC3G3bVbnA20230712

12-Jul-2023 08:01:12

700

569.2000

XLON

64002640000000296-E0FC3G3bVbn820230712

12-Jul-2023 08:10:10

206

575.0000

XLON

64002640000000650-E0FC3G3bVxO520230712

 

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