Result of Meeting

RNS Number : 3441W

Drax Group PLC

08 February 2017

 

8 February 2017

DRAX GROUP PLC

(Symbol: DRX)

Result of General Meeting

Drax Group plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of the resolution put to its General Meeting held today, Wednesday 8 February 2017.

No.	Brief Description	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	Votes Withheld
1.	To approve the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Opus Energy Group Limited	303,175,487	83.01%	62,050,467	16.99%	365,225,954	1,547,396

The resolution was carried. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on 10 February 2017.

The number of shares in issue is 406,702,537.

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against the resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

A copy of the resolution is available for inspection in the Circular previously submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The Circular and the voting results are also available on the Company's website at www.drax.com.

Enquiries:

Drax Investor Relations: Mark Strafford

[phone]

Media:

Drax External Communications: Paul Hodgson

[phone]

Website: www.drax.com

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