21 December 2018

DRAX GROUP PLC

(Symbol: DRX)

Result of General Meeting

Drax Group plc (the 'Company') is pleased to announce the results of the resolution put to its General Meeting held today, Friday 21 December 2018.

No.

Brief Description

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Votes Total

Votes Withheld

1.

To approve the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of ScottishPower Generation Limited

268,580,494

85.75

44,619,027

14.25

313,199,521

21,841

The resolution was carried. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on 31 December 2018.

The number of shares in issue is 407,193,168 (of which 12,867,349 are held in treasury. Treasury shares don't carry voting rights).

Votes with held are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against the resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

A copy of the resolution is available for inspection in the Circular, which was previously submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The Circular and the voting results are also available on the Company's website at www.drax.com.

Enquiries:

Drax Investor Relations

Mark Strafford

+44 (0) 1757 612 491

+44 (0) 7730 763 949

Media:

Drax External Communications

Matt Willey

+44 (0) 7711 376 087

Website: www.drax.com

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