Transaction in Own Shares

Drax Group PLC

25 October 2024

 

25 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	24 October 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	20,000
Weighted average price paid (p)	648.58
Highest price paid (p)	651.00
Lowest price paid (p)	645.50

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 49,363,548.

The total number of voting rights in Drax Group, excluding treasury shares as at 24 October 2024 is 378,353,862. 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 9,276,351 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	648.58	19,739
XLON	0.00	0
Aquis	651.00	30
BATE	648.00	231
TRQX	0.00	0

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price	Platform
08:02:00	240	647.5	CHIX
08:04:23	155	646.5	CHIX
08:04:23	76	646.5	CHIX
08:10:41	17	649.0	CHIX
08:10:41	249	649.0	CHIX
08:13:40	264	649.0	CHIX
08:30:29	199	650.5	CHIX
08:32:30	27	650.5	CHIX
08:36:56	230	650.5	CHIX
08:36:56	227	650.0	CHIX
08:36:56	226	650.0	CHIX
08:36:56	457	650.0	CHIX
08:38:17	266	650.0	CHIX
08:42:07	229	649.5	CHIX
09:00:01	224	650.5	CHIX
09:00:01	447	650.5	CHIX
09:00:01	449	650.5	CHIX
09:00:55	384	650.0	CHIX
09:00:55	42	650.0	CHIX
09:00:55	183	650.0	CHIX
09:05:10	257	650.0	CHIX
09:05:10	221	650.0	CHIX
09:05:22	209	649.5	CHIX
09:05:25	183	649.5	CHIX
09:05:30	91	649.5	CHIX
09:30:59	16	651.0	Aquis
09:30:59	14	651.0	Aquis
09:37:53	421	651.0	CHIX
09:37:53	709	651.0	CHIX
09:37:53	462	651.0	CHIX
09:37:53	215	650.0	CHIX
09:37:53	16	650.0	CHIX
09:37:53	227	650.0	CHIX
09:37:56	169	650.0	CHIX
09:37:56	54	650.0	CHIX
09:40:10	249	650.0	CHIX
09:40:32	254	649.5	CHIX
09:40:34	226	649.0	CHIX
09:47:15	221	648.0	CHIX
10:20:31	231	648.5	CHIX
10:20:31	212	648.5	CHIX
10:21:16	230	648.5	CHIX
10:29:55	221	648.5	CHIX
10:36:55	425	648.0	CHIX
10:38:33	270	648.0	CHIX
10:38:33	231	648.0	BATE
10:38:33	225	648.0	CHIX
10:38:33	447	648.0	CHIX
10:38:33	53	648.0	CHIX
10:38:33	170	648.0	CHIX
10:38:37	94	647.5	CHIX
10:38:37	205	647.5	CHIX
10:38:42	75	647.5	CHIX
10:38:42	171	647.5	CHIX
10:38:45	61	647.5	CHIX
10:39:48	160	647.5	CHIX
10:41:27	227	647.5	CHIX
10:48:40	219	647.5	CHIX
10:51:20	80	647.5	CHIX
10:51:20	158	647.5	CHIX
10:51:26	237	647.0	CHIX
10:55:15	219	647.0	CHIX
11:24:20	221	648.0	CHIX
11:24:20	23	648.0	CHIX
11:26:41	223	648.5	CHIX
11:30:44	219	648.5	CHIX
11:30:46	411	648.5	CHIX
11:31:01	222	648.5	CHIX
11:34:47	29	648.5	CHIX
11:41:25	158	648.5	CHIX
11:41:25	65	648.5	CHIX
11:41:25	154	648.5	CHIX
11:41:25	225	648.5	CHIX
11:43:29	710	648.0	CHIX
11:49:03	219	648.5	CHIX
11:52:00	237	648.5	CHIX
11:52:54	220	648.0	CHIX
12:03:05	219	647.0	CHIX
12:04:04	223	647.0	CHIX
12:04:26	218	646.5	CHIX
12:20:36	222	646.5	CHIX
12:20:41	259	646.0	CHIX
12:20:41	61	646.0	CHIX
12:20:41	61	646.0	CHIX
12:25:38	257	645.5	CHIX
12:47:45	244	646.0	CHIX
12:57:25	453	646.0	CHIX
12:57:25	571	646.0	CHIX
13:00:05	224	646.5	CHIX
13:01:02	226	646.5	CHIX

 

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