Transaction in Own Shares

Drax Group PLC

24 October 2024

 

24 October 2024

Drax Group plc

Transaction in own shares

Drax Group plc ("Drax Group") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 7 August 2024, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 11 ¹⁶/₂₉ pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	23 October 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	30,000
Weighted average price paid (p)	651.37
Highest price paid (p)	660.00
Lowest price paid (p)	643.00

Following the above transaction, Drax Group will have 427,717,410 Ordinary Shares in issue (including treasury shares). The total number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury is 49,343,548.

The total number of voting rights in Drax Group, excluding treasury shares as at 23 October 2024 is 378,373,862. 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 7 August 2024, Drax Group has purchased 9,256,351 Ordinary Shares in aggregate for treasury.

Contact at Drax Group	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited
Mark Stafford, Head of Investor Relations Tel: [phone]	James Agnew, Jack Wood Tel: [phone]

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made by RBC Europe Limited on behalf of Drax Group as part of the Programme is detailed below:

Aggregate information: 

Venue	Weighted Average Price (pence per share)	Aggregated Volume
CHIX	651.48	29,055
XLON	0.00	0
Aquis	0.00	0
BATE	648.05	945
TRQX	0.00	0

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price	Platform
08:02:13	240	658.5	CHIX
08:03:20	249	659.0	CHIX
08:03:22	258	658.5	CHIX
08:06:59	237	660.0	CHIX
08:22:39	236	659.0	CHIX
08:22:39	226	659.0	CHIX
08:33:06	550	660.0	CHIX
08:33:06	244	660.0	CHIX
08:37:22	511	659.5	CHIX
08:37:22	418	659.5	CHIX
08:44:05	458	658.5	CHIX
08:44:25	239	658.0	CHIX
08:50:32	255	657.0	CHIX
08:52:49	231	656.5	CHIX
08:54:03	236	656.0	CHIX
08:54:06	244	655.5	CHIX
09:13:18	234	657.5	CHIX
09:13:18	224	657.5	CHIX
09:15:50	241	657.0	CHIX
09:15:50	331	657.0	CHIX
09:15:50	232	657.0	CHIX
09:15:50	239	656.5	CHIX
09:16:05	31	656.0	CHIX
09:16:05	227	656.0	CHIX
09:19:00	226	655.0	CHIX
09:23:07	230	654.5	CHIX
09:31:10	267	654.0	CHIX
09:31:10	243	654.0	CHIX
09:34:17	252	653.5	CHIX
09:34:32	467	653.5	CHIX
10:05:05	260	653.0	CHIX
10:05:05	182	653.0	CHIX
10:05:05	46	653.0	CHIX
10:05:05	225	653.0	CHIX
10:05:05	239	653.0	CHIX
10:05:05	1,420	653.0	CHIX
10:06:15	265	652.0	CHIX
10:12:15	244	651.5	CHIX
10:27:14	238	651.5	CHIX
10:27:14	236	651.5	CHIX
10:27:14	250	651.5	CHIX
10:27:14	224	651.5	CHIX
10:27:43	226	651.0	CHIX
10:27:43	207	651.0	CHIX
10:31:36	243	650.5	CHIX
10:31:36	8	650.5	CHIX
10:46:37	419	650.0	CHIX
10:46:37	114	650.0	BATE
10:46:37	114	650.0	BATE
10:46:37	230	650.0	CHIX
10:46:37	217	650.0	CHIX
10:46:37	15	650.0	CHIX
10:46:37	233	650.0	CHIX
10:53:44	261	649.5	CHIX
10:53:44	105	649.5	CHIX
10:53:47	127	649.5	CHIX
10:53:53	288	649.0	CHIX
10:54:35	227	649.5	CHIX
11:16:45	238	649.0	CHIX
11:16:45	238	649.0	CHIX
11:16:45	233	649.0	CHIX
11:16:45	191	649.0	CHIX
11:16:45	42	649.0	CHIX
11:16:45	231	649.0	CHIX
11:19:33	261	648.5	CHIX
11:19:33	96	648.5	CHIX
11:19:34	578	648.0	CHIX
11:34:05	250	647.5	CHIX
11:34:05	9	647.5	CHIX
11:34:05	221	647.5	CHIX
11:34:05	234	647.5	CHIX
11:42:34	771	647.0	CHIX
12:05:53	84	647.0	BATE
12:05:53	84	647.0	BATE
12:05:53	227	647.0	CHIX
12:05:53	66	647.0	BATE
12:16:04	235	648.0	CHIX
12:26:50	966	648.5	CHIX
12:26:50	460	648.5	CHIX
12:37:14	267	650.5	CHIX
12:37:14	838	650.0	CHIX
12:54:43	369	651.0	CHIX
12:55:36	296	651.0	CHIX
13:05:27	232	650.5	BATE
13:05:27	473	650.5	CHIX
13:05:27	423	650.5	CHIX
13:05:27	35	650.5	CHIX
13:05:27	471	650.5	CHIX
13:05:27	360	650.5	CHIX
13:05:49	262	649.0	CHIX
13:12:11	241	649.5	CHIX
13:18:18	447	649.0	CHIX
13:18:18	676	648.5	CHIX
13:18:41	255	648.0	CHIX
13:21:08	237	646.5	CHIX
13:26:54	226	647.0	CHIX
13:30:33	225	646.5	CHIX
13:32:47	62	646.0	CHIX
13:32:47	173	646.0	CHIX
13:48:52	223	646.0	CHIX
13:48:52	227	646.0	CHIX
13:50:41	444	645.5	CHIX
13:50:41	57	645.5	CHIX
13:54:16	251	645.0	BATE
13:56:16	270	645.0	CHIX
14:03:52	26	644.5	CHIX
14:03:52	227	644.5	CHIX
14:04:23	226	643.5	CHIX
14:19:49	225	643.0	CHIX
14:19:49	402	643.0	CHIX

 

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