Drax Group PLC Acquisition of Joint Venture Interest (7524D)
July 01 2021 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMDRX
RNS Number : 7524D
Drax Group PLC
01 July 2021
1 July 2021
Drax Group plc
("Drax", "the Group", "Drax Group", "the Company"; Symbol:
DRX)
Acquisition of Joint Venture Interest from Westervelt
Drax is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire a 20%
minority interest in Alabama Pellets, LLC ("Alabama Pellets") - the
joint venture which owns the Demopolis and Aliceville pellet plants
- from The Westervelt Company ("Westervelt") for $29.7 million cash
consideration. The acquisition will increase the Group's interest
in Alabama Pellets to 90% and provide Drax with economic control
over a further c.130,000 tonnes of biomass production capacity per
annum. Completion is expected to take place in July 2021.
Westervelt is considered to be a Related Party under the UK
Listing Rules with the proposed transaction constituting a Smaller
Related Party Transaction under Listing Rule 11.1.10.
The acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. included a
change of control provision over Alabama Pellets. Drax has been in
discussions with Alabama Pellets joint venture partners regarding
future working relationships, including their minority interests.
The remaining joint venture partner, Two Rivers Lumber Co., LLC,
holds a 10% economic interest.
Demopolis and Aliceville are located in Alabama, in the US
southeast, close to the Group's existing US operations and have a
combined nameplate production capacity of 660,000 tonnes per annum.
Aliceville was commissioned in 2018 and Demopolis is expected to be
commissioned in 2021.
Drax Group has 13 operational pellet plants (including
Aliceville) plus satellite plant developments and Demopolis, with
total nameplate production capacity of 4.9 million tonnes per annum
once commissioned. These plants are geographically diverse and
sited in three major fibre baskets (British Columbia, Alberta and
the US southeast) with access to four deep water ports providing
routes to markets in Asia, Europe and the UK.
Enquiries:
Drax Investor Relations: Mark Strafford
+44 (0) 7730 763 949
Media:
Drax External Communications: Ali Lewis
+44 (0) 7712 670 888
Website: www.Drax.com
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