Drax Group PLC has announced the purchase of 200,000 of its ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence each through RBC Europe Limited. The weighted average price paid for the shares was 658.32 pence, with the highest price paid at 664.50 pence and the lowest at 649.50 pence. Following this transaction, Drax Group will have 427,486,857 Ordinary Shares in issue, including treasury shares, with the total number of voting rights at 386,060,197 as of 13 August 2024.
Since the announcement of the Programme on 7 August 2024, Drax Group has purchased 1,205,558 Ordinary Shares in aggregate for treasury. The company has provided detailed individual trade breakdowns made by RBC Europe Limited on behalf of Drax Group as part of the Programme. This information is in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
For further details and inquiries, contacts at Drax Group and RBC Europe Limited have been provided. Mark Stafford, Head of Investor Relations at Drax Group, can be reached at +44 (0) 77 3076 3949, while James Agnew and Jack Wood at RBC Europe Limited can be contacted at +44 (0) 20 7653 4000.