Refinancing of Pinnacle Debt

RNS Number : 9930E

Drax Group PLC

13 July 2021

 

13 July 2021

Drax Group plc

("Drax", the "Group" or the "Company"; Symbol: DRX)

Refinancing of Pinnacle Debt with Lower Cost ESG Facility

Drax is pleased to announce that it has completed the refinancing of the Canadian dollar facilities it acquired as part of the Group's acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. (Pinnacle) in April 2021.

The new C$300 million term facility ("the Facility") matures in 2024, with an option to extend by two years ⁽¹⁾ , and has a customary margin grid referenced over CDOR⁽²⁾.

The Facility reduces further the Group's all-in cost of debt to below 3.5% and includes an embedded ESG component which adjusts the margin payable based on Drax's carbon intensity measured against an annual benchmark.

The Facility, along with surplus cash, replaces Pinnacle's approximately C$435 million facilities which had a cost of over 5.5%.

Enquiries:

Drax Investor Relations: Mark Strafford

[phone]

Media:

Drax External Communications: Selina Williams

[phone]

Website: www.drax.com

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Note

(1)  Subject to lender consent.

(2)  Canadian Dollar Offered Rate.

 

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