Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8090D

Drax Group PLC

11 October 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:	11 October 2018
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	71,429
Lowest price paid per share:	359.40000
Highest price paid per share:	372.00000
Average price paid per share:	365.61681

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 20 April 2018, the Company has purchased 9,135,729 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of £32,081,091.05.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 9,135,729, of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 398,015,072 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:	71,429 (ISIN: GB00B1VNSX38)
Date of purchases:	11 October 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	365.61681	71,429	359.40000	372.00000

 

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