Drax Group Plc - Result of AGM

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Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:15am EDT 

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Drax Group PLC
17 April 2008


17 April 2008

                                 DRAX GROUP PLC

                                    ("DRAX")

                                 (Symbol: DRX)


                     POLL RESULTS OF 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, Thursday 17 April 2008

No.   Brief Description                      For         Against       Votes
                                                                      Withheld
  1   To receive and adopt the           284,022,161      164,701          192
      Directors' report, auditor's
      report and annual accounts
  2   To approve the Directors'          281,366,966      247,764    2,572,323
      remuneration report
  3   To approve the final dividend of   284,011,630        1,408      174,016
      9.9 pence per share
  4   To re-elect Tim Barker as a        283,688,731      322,369      175,954
      director of the Company
  5   To re-elect Gordon Boyd as a       283,638,423      546,693        1,938
      director of the Company
  6   To re-elect Peter Emery as a       283,634,561      550,555        1,938
      director of the Company
  7   To re-appoint Deloitte & Touche    281,476,879      995,119    1,715,055
      LLP as auditors
  8   Authority to determine auditors'   277,616,276    6,569,909          869
      remuneration
  9   Authority to allot unissued        283,632,981      551,662        2,411
      shares
 10   Authority to make EU political     279,138,221    4,844,892      203,941
      donations up to a specified limit
      by a subsidiary
 11   Authority to make non pre-emptive  284,153,143       24,904        9,007
      share allotments
 12   Authority to purchase own shares   284,051,527      135,204          323
 13   Approve changes to Article 168 of  283,847,917      132,771      206,366
      the Articles of Association
 14   Approve changes to the Articles    283,812,926      190,644      183,484
      of Association (effective 1
      October 2008)


Resolutions 1 to 14 were carried


The number of shares in issue is 339,397,000


P Hudson
Company Secretary
Drax Group plc


17 April 2008




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