Drax Group PLC

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Drax Group PLC

22 April 2020

22 April 2020

Drax Group plc

(Symbol: DRX)

Poll Results of the Annual General Meeting

Drax Group plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today, Wednesday 22 April 2020.

No.	Brief Description	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	Votes Withheld
1	To receive and adopt the annual report and the audited accounts	315,841,029	99.79%	662,661	0.21%	316,503,690	5,048,850
2	To approve the annual statement to shareholders by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the annual report on remuneration	317,761,152	98.82%	3,781,556	1.18%	321,542,708	9,833
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration policy	304,206,978	94.61%	17,334,456	5.39%	321,541,434	11,106
4	To approve the final dividend of 9.5 pence per share	321,408,346	99.96%	135,335	0.04%	321,543,681	8,860
5	To elect John Baxter as a Director of the Company	320,369,000	99.64%	1,168,973	0.36%	321,537,973	14,568
6	To re-elect Philip Cox as a Director of the Company	304,331,723	94.68%	17,087,314	5.32%	321,419,037	133,504
7	To re-elect Will Gardiner as a Director of the Company	316,011,293	98.28%	5,515,497	1.72%	321,526,790	25,750
8	To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company	306,026,837	95.18%	15,512,637	4.82%	321,539,474	13,067
9	To re-elect Andy Koss as a Director of the Company	Resolution Withdrawn(1)
10	To re-elect David Nussbaum as a Director of the Company	320,333,750	99.62%	1,208,464	0.38%	321,542,214	10,327
11	To re-elect Vanessa Simms as a Director of the Company	320,296,078	99.61%	1,246,492	0.39%	321,542,570	9,971
12	To re-elect Andy Skelton as a Director of the Company	313,910,195	97.63%	7,633,279	2.37%	321,543,474	9,067
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	311,100,787	96.75%	10,445,791	3.25%	321,546,578	5,963
14	Authority to determine auditor's remuneration	319,858,723	99.48%	1,682,500	0.52%	321,541,223	11,318
15	Authority to make EU political donations to a specified limit	301,820,769	94.89%	16,245,327	5.11%	318,066,096	3,486,444
16	Authority to allot shares	310,899,473	96.69%	10,644,121	3.31%	321,543,594	8,947
17	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	313,236,460	97.42%	8,298,886	2.58%	321,535,346	17,195
18	Authority to purchase own shares	315,796,807	98.72%	4,109,232	1.28%	319,906,039	1,646,501
19	To approve the Drax Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2020 (the "LTIP")	313,970,514	97.65%	7,567,783	2.35%	321,538,297	14,243
20	Authority to call a General Meeting on not less than 14 days' notice (other than an AGM)	313,924,570	97.63%	7,624,723	2.37%	321,549,293	3,248

(1)  As announced on 8 April 2020, Andy Koss resigned as a Director of the Company on 7 April 2020 and accordingly resolution 9 was withdrawn.

Resolutions 1 to 8 and resolutions 10 to 19 were carried.

The Company's issued share capital consisted of 410,571,755 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. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares is 396,730,460.

Brett Gladden

Group Company Secretary

Drax Group plc

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