Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5910J

Drax Group PLC

05 December 2018

 

Transactions in own shares

Drax Group plc (the Company) announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence each through J.P. Morgan Securities plc.

Date of purchase:	5 December 2018
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	402,674
Lowest price paid per share:	368.10000
Highest price paid per share:	377.20000
Average price paid per share:	370.84446

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 20 April 2018, the Company has purchased 12,273,643 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £44,427,307.87.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 12,273,643, of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 394,911,644 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part of the buyback programme.

Schedule of Purchases

Shares purchased:	402,674 (ISIN: GB00B1VNSX38)
Date of purchases:	5 December 2018
Investment firm:	J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price (GBp)	Aggregated volume	Lowest price per share (GBp)	Highest price per share (GBp)
London Stock Exchange	371.35073	220,457	368.20000	377.20000
CHI-X Europe	370.06780	70,000	368.10000	371.00000
Turquoise	369.95543	38,851	368.20000	371.00000
BATS Europe	370.53495	73,366	368.20000	373.60000

 

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