Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9895X

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

10 May 2021

 

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES

Direct Line Insurance Group plc ("DLG") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 ¹⁰/₁₁ pence each on the London Stock Exchange and Multilateral Trading Facilities from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc. Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by DLG on 8   March 2021, as announced on 9 March 2021:

Date of purchase	Number of shares purchased	Highest price paid: (pence)	Lowest price paid: (pence)	Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence)	Venue
07/05/2021	3,583	292.10	291.60	291.92	BATE
07/05/2021	18,088	292.40	291.30	291.87	CHIX
07/05/2021	32,601	292.40	291.30	291.99	XLON

DLG will cancel the purchased shares.   

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,353,871,304 ordinary shares in issue. This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc is detailed below:

Date	Time (BST)	Price (pence)	Quantity bought	Exchange Venue	Reference number of the transaction
07/05/2021	12:30:34	292.30	355	CHIX	2918460511346
07/05/2021	13:25:48	292.30	1,154	XLON	E05spaBMBlmZ
07/05/2021	13:28:00	292.00	1,120	XLON	E05spaBMBnL6
07/05/2021	13:39:39	292.10	1,300	CHIX	2918460529024
07/05/2021	13:58:01	291.90	1,049	XLON	E05spaBMD69d
07/05/2021	14:15:51	292.00	1,082	XLON	E05spaBMDZYu
07/05/2021	14:19:20	291.70	1,139	CHIX	2918460541810
07/05/2021	14:26:12	291.30	1,190	XLON	E05spaBMDpSN
07/05/2021	14:34:41	291.30	2,234	CHIX	2918460549812
07/05/2021	14:37:07	291.50	1,120	CHIX	2918460551513
07/05/2021	14:46:17	291.80	2,126	CHIX	2918460556781
07/05/2021	14:49:22	291.90	769	XLON	E05spaBMExmz
07/05/2021	14:49:22	291.90	374	XLON	E05spaBMExn1
07/05/2021	14:49:22	291.90	1,095	XLON	E05spaBMExn9
07/05/2021	14:52:46	291.90	1,171	XLON	E05spaBMF7Ai
07/05/2021	14:55:44	291.90	1,250	CHIX	2918460562597
07/05/2021	14:59:08	291.60	829	BATE	97350621053
07/05/2021	15:02:21	291.90	1,142	CHIX	2918460566300
07/05/2021	15:05:37	291.90	1,138	XLON	E05spaBMFd3U
07/05/2021	15:08:22	292.20	1,127	CHIX	2918460569327
07/05/2021	15:11:34	292.20	1,218	XLON	E05spaBMFq6S
07/05/2021	15:14:18	292.10	1,038	CHIX	2918460571984
07/05/2021	15:17:04	292.00	1,170	XLON	E05spaBMG1t0
07/05/2021	15:21:17	292.10	1,083	XLON	E05spaBMGAPE
07/05/2021	15:30:38	291.80	102	CHIX	2918460579422
07/05/2021	15:30:38	291.80	507	CHIX	2918460579423
07/05/2021	15:30:38	291.80	326	BATE	97350631668
07/05/2021	15:30:38	291.80	572	XLON	E05spaBMGRTi
07/05/2021	15:30:38	291.80	1,770	XLON	E05spaBMGRTo
07/05/2021	15:32:38	291.90	1,132	CHIX	2918460580322
07/05/2021	15:36:05	291.90	315	XLON	E05spaBMGagU
07/05/2021	15:36:05	291.90	864	XLON	E05spaBMGagW
07/05/2021	15:39:57	292.20	1,083	XLON	E05spaBMGhvn
07/05/2021	15:44:43	292.10	948	BATE	97350636624
07/05/2021	15:45:33	292.10	1,050	XLON	E05spaBMGsm2
07/05/2021	15:45:33	292.10	138	BATE	97350636886
07/05/2021	15:47:34	292.20	1,143	XLON	E05spaBMGwgJ
07/05/2021	15:50:53	292.20	1,126	XLON	E05spaBMH2pY
07/05/2021	15:55:10	292.40	1,076	XLON	E05spaBMH9Xu
07/05/2021	15:55:10	292.40	1,089	CHIX	2918460590700
07/05/2021	15:59:59	292.00	1,214	XLON	E05spaBMHI4o
07/05/2021	16:03:07	292.00	1,221	XLON	E05spaBMHN5X
07/05/2021	16:03:07	292.00	1,077	CHIX	2918460594181
07/05/2021	16:06:14	291.80	1,214	XLON	E05spaBMHSjx
07/05/2021	16:14:29	292.00	2,351	XLON	E05spaBMHfmo
07/05/2021	16:14:29	292.00	484	XLON	E05spaBMHfmq
07/05/2021	16:14:29	292.00	1,028	XLON	E05spaBMHfms
07/05/2021	16:16:53	292.00	1,062	XLON	E05spaBMHkKW
07/05/2021	16:18:39	292.00	1,342	BATE	97350649041
07/05/2021	16:21:40	292.00	1,350	CHIX	2918460603528
07/05/2021	16:21:40	292.00	1,415	XLON	E05spaBMHsml

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

LEI: 213800FF2R23ALJQOP04

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Roger Clifton

Company Secretary

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