DRX Drax Group Plc

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RNS Number : 4030P

Drax Group PLC

25 May 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:                25 May 2018 
 Aggregate number of ordinary 
  shares purchased:               77,335 
 Lowest price paid per share:     336.40000 
 Highest price paid per share:    342.00000 
 Average price paid per share:    338.78954 
 

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Since 20 April 2018, the Company has purchased 2,007,608 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of GBP6,585,429.66.

Following the above transaction, the Company holds 2,007,608, of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 405,045,942 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:    77,335 (ISIN: GB00B1VNSX38) 
 Date of purchases:   25 May 2018 
 Investment           J.P. Morgan Securities 
  firm:                plc 
 

Aggregate information:

 
    Venue      Volume-weighted  Aggregated     Lowest     Highest price 
                average price     volume      price per     per share 
                    (GBp)                    share (GBp)      (GBp) 
-------------  ---------------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
London Stock 
 Exchange         338.78954       77,335     336.40000      342.00000 
-------------  ---------------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 

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