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30 May 2025

DRAX BESS HOLDCO LIMITED ("DRAX BIDCO")

Lapse of Drax Bidco's offer for HEIT

Further to the announcement made by Drax Bidco, a wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking of Drax Group plc, on 20 May 2025, Drax Bidco today confirms that its cash offer for the entire issued share capital of HEIT (the "Acquisition" or the "Drax Offer") has lapsed.

On 25 March 2025, the boards of directors of Drax Bidco and HEIT made an announcement pursuant to Rule 2.7 of the Code that they had reached agreement on the terms of the Drax Offer, to be implemented by way of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Drax Scheme").

The Drax Scheme was conditional, amongst other things, on Drax Bidco's Court Meeting being held on or before the 22nd day after 7 May 2025, being the originally expected date of the Court Meeting (or such later date as may be agreed by Drax Bidco and HEIT with the consent of the Panel and, if required that the Court may allow) (the "Mini Long Stop Date"). No such later date was agreed between Drax Bidco and HEIT and the Mini Long Stop Date therefore was 29 May 2025.

Condition 2(a)(ii), as set out in the Drax Scheme, was not satisfied on or before 29 May 2025. Drax Bidco has invoked the Mini Long Stop Date condition of the Drax Scheme and, as such, the Drax Scheme has lapsed, with effect from this announcement.

This announcement should be read in conjunction with the scheme document published or otherwise made available to HEIT Shareholders on 15 April 2025 (the "Scheme Document"). Capitalised terms in this announcement, unless otherwise defined have the same meanings as set out in Part X of the Scheme Document.

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Important notices

J.P. Morgan Securities plc, which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove ("J.P. Morgan Cazenove"), is authorised in the United Kingdom by the PRA and regulated in the United Kingdom by the PRA and the FCA. J.P. Morgan Cazenove is acting as financial adviser exclusively for Drax Bidco and Drax and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Drax Bidco and Drax for providing the protections afforded to clients of J.P. Morgan Cazenove or its affiliates, nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to herein.

Further information

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, pursuant to the Acquisition or otherwise, nor shall there be any purchase, sale, issuance or exchange of securities or such solicitation in any jurisdiction in which such offer, invitation, solicitation, purchase, sale, issuance or exchange is unlawful.

This announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law, the Code, and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside England and Wales. The Acquisition will be subject to the applicable requirements of the Code, the Panel, the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Conduct Authority.

This announcement does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus exempted document.

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in or into certain jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom or who are subject to other jurisdictions should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements.

If you are in any doubt about the contents of this announcement or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own independent financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor or independent financial adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriate authorised independent financial adviser.

Publication on website and availability of hard copies

A copy of this announcement will be made available, free of charge, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, on Drax's website at www.drax.com/investors/offer. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of this website is not incorporated into and do not form part of this announcement.