Drax Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6249U)

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RNS Number : 6249U

Drax Group PLC

30 July 2020

30 July 2020

Drax Group plc

("Drax" or "the Company")

Symbol: DRX

Notification of Transactions of Directors,

Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility or Connected Persons

Andrew Skelton, a PDMR, has notified the Company that on 29 July 2020 he purchased an aggregate of 60,902 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 272 pence per share Following the transaction, Andrew Skelton's total shareholding in the Company is 142,976 shares.

The information below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 notification and is in respect of ordinary shares of 11 (16) /(29) pence each in the share capital of the Company. As at the date of announcement, there are 410,755,481 ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence each, of which 13,841,295 ordinary shares are held in treasury. Treasury shares do not carry voting rights.

 
 Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") 
 Name                            Andrew Skelton 
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 Reason for the notification 
 Position / status               CFO 
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 Initial notification            Initial Notification 
  / amendment 
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 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
 Name                            Drax Group plc 
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 LEI                             549300YPSNTXR4ZHSR98 
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 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) 
  each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) 
  each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
  conducted 
 Description of the financial    Ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence 
  instrument                      GB00B1VNSX38 
  Identification code 
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 Nature of the transaction       Purchase of shares 
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 Price(s) and volume(s)           Price(s)               Volume(s) 
                                   272 pence per share    60,902 
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      Aggregated information 
        *    Aggregated volume     N/A (single transaction) 
 
 
        *    Price 
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 Date of the transaction         2020.07.29 
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 Place of the transaction        London Stock Exchange 
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