RNS Number: 9930E
Drax Group plc
(“Drax” or the “Group”; Symbol:DRX)
Drax is pleased to announce that it has completed the refinancing of the Canadian dollar facilities it acquired as part of the Group’s acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. (Pinnacle) in April 2021.
The new C$300 million term facility (“the Facility”) matures in 2024, with an option to extend by two years(1), and has a customary margin grid referenced over CDOR(2).
A Pinnacle wood pellet plant
The Facility reduces further the Group’s all-in cost of debt to below 3.5% and includes an embedded ESG component which adjusts the margin payable based on Drax’s carbon intensity measured against an annual benchmark.
The Facility, along with surplus cash, replaces Pinnacle’s approximately C$435 million facilities which had a cost of over 5.5%.
Enquiries
Drax Investor Relations: Mark Strafford
Media
Drax External Communications: Ali Lewis
Website: www.Drax.com
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