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Result of AGM

30th Apr 2026 12:53

RNS Number : 6383C
Drax Group PLC
30 April 2026
 

30 April 2026

Drax Group plc

(Symbol: DRX)

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting

 

 

Drax Group plc (the "Company") held a hybrid Annual General Meeting at 10.00am on Thursday 30 April 2026 at 200 Aldersgate, St. Paul's, London EC1A 4HD. All 22 resolutions were passed and decided upon by a poll. The table below shows the results for each resolution:

 

No.

 

Brief Description3

Votes For 1

%

Votes Against1

%

Total votes cast 2l

% of Total Voting Rights

Votes Withheld1

1.

Receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company

239,285,984

100.00

4,963

0.00

239,290,947

71.17

2,401,838

2.

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

236,377,489

97.81

5,283,716

2.19

241,661,205

71.88

31,580

3.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

225,179,273

93.18

16,482,678

6.82

241,661,951

71.88

30,834

4.

To approve the final dividend of 17.4 pence per share

239,785,114

99.22

1,882,191

0.78

241,667,305

71.88

25,480

5.

To elect Frank Lemmink as a Director of the Company

238,395,969

98.65

3,265,233

1.35

241,661,202

71.88

31,583

6.

To elect Mark Clare as a Director of the Company

241,163,014

99.79

502,022

0.21

241,665,036

71.88

27,749

7.

To re-elect Andrea Bertone as a Director of the Company

211,066,638

87.34

30,599,522

12.66

241,666,160

71.88

26,625

8.

To re-elect Will Gardiner as a Director of the Company

241,108,550

99.77

557,119

0.23

241,665,669

71.88

27,116

9.

To re-elect John Baxter as a Director of the Company

237,784,001

98.39

3,881,035

1.61

241,665,036

71.88

27,749

10. 

To re-elect Kim Keating as a Director of the Company

238,847,976

98.83

2,817,550

1.17

241,665,526

71.88

27,259

11. 

To re-elect David Nussbaum as a Director of the Company

235,074,252

97.27

6,590,784

2.73

241,665,036

71.88

27,749

12. 

To re-elect Erika Peterman as a Director of the Company

240,849,838

99.66

814,689

0.34

241,664,527

71.88

28,258

13. 

To re-elect Rob Shuter as a Director of the Company

241,157,158

99.79

503,759

0.21

241,660,917

71.88

28,749

14. 

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor

241,648,090

99.99

15,546

0.01

241,663,636

71.88

29,149

15. 

Authority to determine the auditor's remuneration

241,010,593

99.73

651,752

0.27

241,662,345

71.88

30,440

16. 

Authority to make political donations to specified limits

239,867,001

99.78

527,948

0.22

240,394,949

71.50

1,297,836

17. 

Authority to allot shares*

225,952,799

93.50

15,713,494

6.50

241,666,293

71.88

26,492

18. 

Authority to make non

pre-emptive share allotments*

235,076,524

97.27

6,587,920

2.73

241,664,444

71.88

28,341

19. 

Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights*

217,373,135

89.95

24,291,309

10.05

241,664,444

71.88

28,341

20. 

Authority to purchase own shares*

236,221,876

97.95

4,940,971

2.05

241,162,847

71.73

529,938

21. 

Authority to call a General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*

232,663,066

96.27

9,004,649

3.73

241,667,715

71.88

25,070

22. 

To approve the amendment

to the rules of the Drax Group plc Long-Term Incentive Plan

2020

233,793,487

96.75

7,858,589

3.25

241,652,076

71.87

40,709

 

*Special resolution requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried.

 

Notes:

 

1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

2. As at 6.30pm (UK time) on Tuesday 28 April 2026, the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend and vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 432,526,196 ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence each in issue, of which 96,310,800 ordinary shares are held in treasury. Treasury shares do not carry voting rights. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares is 336,215,396. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.

3. To view the full wording of the resolutions, please refer to the 2026 Notice of Annual General Meeting on the Company's website at www.drax.com.

4. In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

Company details:

LEI: 549300YPSNTXR4ZHSR98

ISIN: GB00BIVNSX38

 

 

Rebecca Dunn

Group Company Secretary

Drax Group plc

 

 

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