Transaction in Own Shares

Drax Group PLC

22 August 2024

 

22 August 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	22 August 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	160,000
Weighted average price paid (p)	662.82
Highest price paid (p)	666.50
Lowest price paid (p)	657.50

Following the above transaction, Drax Group will have 427,491,322 Ordinary Shares in issue (including treasury shares). The total number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury is 42,509,000.

The total number of voting rights in Drax Group, excluding treasury shares as at 22 August 2024 is 384,982,322. 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 2,287,898 Ordinary Shares in aggregate for treasury.

Contacts 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	662.73	139,438
XLON	663.76	10,211
Aquis	664.50	239
BATE	663.06	10,112
TRQX	0.00	0

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:08:21	218	663.0	CHIX
08:08:21	226	663.0	CHIX
08:08:21	12	662.5	CHIX
08:20:10	210	665.5	CHIX
08:20:10	641	665.5	CHIX
08:20:10	28	665.5	CHIX
08:31:06	342	666.0	CHIX
08:31:06	112	666.0	CHIX
08:31:06	591	665.5	CHIX
08:31:06	686	665.5	CHIX
08:31:06	1,075	665.0	CHIX
08:36:00	231	665.0	CHIX
08:55:45	1	666.0	CHIX
08:57:56	1	666.0	CHIX
08:59:26	963	666.0	CHIX
08:59:26	1,139	666.0	CHIX
08:59:26	914	666.0	CHIX
08:59:26	469	666.0	BATE
08:59:26	966	666.0	XLON
08:59:30	273	665.0	CHIX
08:59:30	1,206	665.0	CHIX
09:02:45	1,485	665.5	CHIX
09:02:45	729	665.0	CHIX
09:10:32	219	665.0	CHIX
09:10:32	347	664.5	CHIX
09:29:23	235	666.0	CHIX
09:29:23	681	666.0	BATE
09:29:23	930	666.0	CHIX
09:29:23	1,017	666.0	CHIX
09:29:23	470	666.0	XLON
09:36:48	63	664.5	CHIX
09:40:21	723	664.5	CHIX
09:40:21	250	664.5	BATE
09:40:21	245	664.5	BATE
09:40:21	250	664.5	CHIX
09:40:21	251	664.5	CHIX
10:17:27	2,407	665.5	CHIX
10:17:27	952	665.5	CHIX
10:17:27	3,146	665.5	CHIX
10:17:27	743	665.5	BATE
10:17:27	166	665.5	BATE
10:17:27	932	665.5	XLON
10:18:24	1,109	664.5	CHIX
10:18:24	1,850	664.5	CHIX
10:18:24	367	664.5	CHIX
10:18:24	228	664.5	CHIX
10:32:51	229	664.5	BATE
10:32:51	237	664.5	CHIX
10:32:51	228	664.5	CHIX
10:32:51	483	664.5	CHIX
10:32:51	478	664.5	CHIX
11:02:51	3,481	664.5	CHIX
11:02:51	708	664.5	XLON
11:02:51	713	664.5	XLON
11:10:47	1,400	664.0	CHIX
11:10:47	458	664.0	BATE
11:10:47	613	664.0	CHIX
11:10:47	700	664.0	CHIX
11:10:47	1,162	664.0	CHIX
11:10:47	229	664.0	XLON
11:10:47	235	664.0	XLON
11:10:47	235	664.0	XLON
11:18:59	1,385	663.0	CHIX
11:18:59	1,465	662.5	CHIX
11:18:59	219	662.5	CHIX
11:18:59	232	662.5	CHIX
11:18:59	237	662.5	XLON
11:20:19	252	662.0	CHIX
11:33:29	226	663.0	BATE
11:33:29	251	663.0	CHIX
11:33:29	225	663.0	CHIX
11:33:29	230	663.0	CHIX
11:33:29	220	663.0	CHIX
11:35:30	94	662.0	BATE
11:36:14	239	662.5	CHIX
11:37:33	1,555	662.5	CHIX
11:37:33	317	662.5	BATE
11:37:33	228	662.5	BATE
11:37:33	485	662.5	CHIX
11:37:33	755	662.5	CHIX
11:43:04	295	662.0	CHIX
11:56:19	243	662.0	BATE
11:56:19	224	662.0	BATE
11:56:19	2,742	662.0	CHIX
12:12:52	859	664.0	CHIX
12:12:52	465	664.0	CHIX
12:12:52	492	664.0	CHIX
12:12:52	2,091	664.0	CHIX
12:12:52	1,547	664.0	XLON
12:15:27	233	663.5	CHIX
12:15:27	222	663.5	CHIX
12:15:27	225	663.5	CHIX
12:30:39	458	666.0	CHIX
12:30:39	234	665.5	CHIX
12:31:04	153	666.5	CHIX
12:31:04	541	666.5	CHIX
12:40:35	471	666.0	CHIX
12:40:35	806	666.0	CHIX
12:40:35	2,809	666.0	CHIX
12:40:35	242	666.0	BATE
12:40:35	457	666.0	BATE
12:47:54	1,470	665.0	CHIX
12:47:54	239	665.0	BATE
12:47:54	145	665.0	BATE
12:47:54	231	665.0	CHIX
12:47:54	235	665.0	CHIX
12:47:54	39	665.0	BATE
12:47:54	47	665.0	BATE
12:51:45	238	666.0	CHIX
12:51:45	468	666.0	CHIX
12:52:03	225	665.0	CHIX
12:52:03	239	665.0	CHIX
12:52:03	1,140	665.0	CHIX
13:03:52	244	664.5	BATE
13:03:52	1,723	664.5	CHIX
13:03:52	227	664.5	CHIX
13:03:52	239	664.5	Aquis
13:03:52	219	664.5	XLON
13:04:40	325	664.0	CHIX
13:04:41	1,418	664.0	CHIX
13:04:41	671	664.0	CHIX
13:04:41	226	664.0	CHIX
13:18:21	145	664.0	CHIX
13:18:21	222	664.0	BATE
13:18:21	74	664.0	CHIX
13:18:21	223	664.0	CHIX
13:18:21	227	664.0	CHIX
13:18:21	454	664.0	CHIX
13:18:30	6	663.5	CHIX
13:18:30	933	663.5	CHIX
13:18:39	247	663.5	CHIX
13:18:39	112	663.5	CHIX
13:18:39	169	663.5	CHIX
13:22:05	518	663.5	CHIX
13:22:05	242	663.5	XLON
13:22:05	89	663.5	XLON
13:22:05	140	663.5	XLON
13:22:05	240	663.5	XLON
13:29:46	702	665.5	CHIX
13:29:50	591	665.0	CHIX
13:29:50	900	665.0	CHIX
13:32:49	453	664.5	CHIX
13:32:49	66	664.5	BATE
13:32:49	181	664.5	BATE
13:32:49	392	664.5	CHIX
13:32:49	227	664.5	CHIX
13:32:49	236	664.5	XLON
13:44:27	227	664.0	CHIX
13:44:27	221	664.0	CHIX
13:44:27	447	664.0	CHIX
13:44:27	463	664.0	CHIX
13:44:27	485	664.0	CHIX
13:44:45	598	663.5	CHIX
13:44:45	396	663.5	CHIX
13:55:05	825	664.0	CHIX
13:55:05	457	664.0	CHIX
14:09:30	164	663.5	XLON
14:11:10	61	663.5	XLON
14:11:10	150	663.5	XLON
14:11:13	1,061	663.5	CHIX
14:11:13	223	663.5	BATE
14:11:13	4,061	663.5	CHIX
14:11:13	73	663.5	XLON
14:11:13	237	663.5	XLON
14:17:26	228	663.0	XLON
14:17:26	261	663.0	CHIX
14:17:26	235	663.0	CHIX
14:17:26	223	663.0	CHIX
14:17:26	136	663.0	CHIX
14:17:26	110	663.0	CHIX
14:19:30	89	662.5	XLON
14:22:50	101	662.5	XLON
14:24:30	219	662.5	BATE
14:24:30	806	662.5	CHIX
14:24:30	227	662.5	CHIX
14:24:30	29	662.5	XLON
14:24:30	110	662.5	XLON
14:24:30	124	662.5	XLON
14:30:01	250	662.5	CHIX
14:30:01	142	662.5	CHIX
14:30:01	112	662.5	CHIX
14:30:01	232	662.5	CHIX
14:30:01	251	662.5	CHIX
14:30:01	1,428	662.5	CHIX
14:33:17	543	662.0	CHIX
14:44:26	2,739	662.0	CHIX
14:44:48	518	661.5	BATE
14:44:48	1,228	661.5	CHIX
14:44:48	243	661.5	XLON
14:44:48	246	661.5	XLON
14:44:49	148	661.0	CHIX
14:45:33	1,019	661.0	CHIX
14:45:59	364	661.0	CHIX
14:46:51	382	661.0	CHIX
14:46:51	408	661.0	CHIX
14:49:40	200	660.0	CHIX
14:50:30	63	660.0	CHIX
14:53:33	261	660.5	CHIX
14:53:33	241	660.5	BATE
15:11:28	67	660.5	CHIX
15:11:28	166	660.5	CHIX
15:11:28	453	660.5	CHIX
15:11:28	108	660.5	CHIX
15:11:28	380	660.5	CHIX
15:11:28	447	660.5	CHIX
15:11:28	475	660.5	CHIX
15:13:18	12	660.0	BATE
15:25:59	447	660.5	BATE
15:25:59	628	660.5	CHIX
15:25:59	483	660.5	CHIX
15:25:59	461	660.5	CHIX
15:25:59	2,494	660.5	CHIX
15:33:22	1,043	659.5	CHIX
15:33:22	228	659.5	CHIX
15:33:22	223	659.5	CHIX
15:33:22	251	659.5	CHIX
15:33:22	224	659.5	XLON
15:34:20	605	659.0	CHIX
15:46:56	204	659.0	CHIX
15:46:56	233	659.0	BATE
15:46:56	33	659.0	CHIX
15:46:56	227	659.0	CHIX
15:46:56	222	659.0	XLON
15:46:56	157	659.0	XLON
15:46:56	76	659.0	XLON
15:50:07	226	659.0	BATE
15:50:07	231	659.0	BATE
15:50:07	2,189	659.0	CHIX
15:50:07	239	659.0	XLON
15:50:07	57	659.0	CHIX
15:50:07	170	659.0	CHIX
15:50:40	1	658.5	CHIX
15:50:53	262	658.5	CHIX
15:53:25	232	658.0	CHIX
15:53:35	224	658.0	CHIX
15:54:37	69	658.0	CHIX
15:54:44	169	658.0	CHIX
15:57:14	236	659.0	CHIX
15:59:46	482	658.5	CHIX
15:59:46	236	658.5	CHIX
15:59:46	67	658.5	CHIX
15:59:47	392	658.5	CHIX
16:00:11	243	658.5	CHIX
16:00:11	230	658.5	CHIX
16:00:11	230	658.0	CHIX
16:00:11	3	658.0	CHIX
16:00:11	178	658.0	CHIX
16:00:12	318	658.0	CHIX
16:00:48	219	657.5	CHIX
16:00:48	1	657.5	CHIX
16:00:51	263	657.5	CHIX
16:05:16	236	658.5	CHIX
16:05:16	97	658.5	CHIX
16:05:16	124	658.5	CHIX
16:08:22	254	658.0	BATE
16:08:22	112	658.0	BATE
16:08:22	254	658.0	CHIX
16:08:22	227	658.0	CHIX
16:08:22	238	658.0	CHIX
16:12:47	810	659.5	CHIX
16:12:47	12	659.5	CHIX
16:16:00	223	659.0	CHIX
16:16:00	239	659.0	CHIX
16:16:00	484	659.0	CHIX
16:16:00	550	659.0	CHIX
16:16:00	1,701	659.0	CHIX
16:18:43	224	659.0	BATE
16:18:43	237	659.0	CHIX
16:18:43	237	659.0	CHIX
16:19:06	243	659.0	CHIX
16:19:55	219	659.0	CHIX
16:19:55	229	659.0	CHIX
16:21:54	229	659.0	CHIX
16:21:54	60	659.0	CHIX
16:24:23	162	660.5	CHIX
16:24:23	2,100	660.5	CHIX
16:24:23	1,400	660.5	CHIX
16:24:23	12	660.5	CHIX
16:24:23	752	660.5	CHIX
16:24:23	4,426	660.5	CHIX
16:24:23	4,426	660.5	CHIX
16:24:31	717	660.5	BATE
16:24:31	2,021	660.5	CHIX
16:24:31	1,464	660.5	CHIX
16:25:06	784	661.5	CHIX
16:25:06	497	661.5	CHIX
16:25:06	1,400	661.5	CHIX
16:25:06	700	661.5	CHIX
16:25:06	1,045	661.5	CHIX
16:26:00	2,564	661.5	CHIX
16:26:02	1,862	661.5	CHIX
16:26:02	941	661.5	CHIX

 

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