Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0739I

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

10 August 2021

 

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SHARES

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 from Goldman Sachs International. Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by DLG on 3 August 2021, as announced on 4 August 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
9 August 2021	35,055	£ 311.80	£ 308.80	£ 310.04	LSE

DLG will cancel the purchased shares. 

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,347,741,274 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,347,741,274. 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 DLG, 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 Goldman Sachs is detailed below:

Date	Time	Price (pence)	Quantity purchased	Exchange Venue	Reference number of transaction
09/08/2021	08:46:47	£ 308.80	998	XLON	369299151660523
09/08/2021	09:10:07	£ 309.40	1,013	XLON	369299151663467
09/08/2021	09:12:07	£ 309.20	750	XLON	369299151663747
09/08/2021	09:18:12	£ 309.20	571	XLON	369299151664329
09/08/2021	09:23:27	£ 308.90	19	XLON	369299151664770
09/08/2021	09:31:19	£ 309.00	76	XLON	369299151665540
09/08/2021	09:31:56	£ 309.00	666	XLON	369299151665585
09/08/2021	09:35:44	£ 309.30	720	XLON	369299151665967
09/08/2021	09:47:50	£ 309.20	616	XLON	369299151667297
09/08/2021	09:55:12	£ 309.40	757	XLON	369299151667888
09/08/2021	09:55:12	£ 309.40	83	XLON	369299151667889
09/08/2021	10:11:54	£ 309.50	882	XLON	369299151669696
09/08/2021	10:18:06	£ 309.20	672	XLON	369299151670299
09/08/2021	10:29:53	£ 308.90	686	XLON	369299151671621
09/08/2021	10:41:51	£ 309.50	422	XLON	369299151672732
09/08/2021	10:41:51	£ 309.50	531	XLON	369299151672733
09/08/2021	10:58:27	£ 309.70	31	XLON	369299151674412
09/08/2021	10:58:27	£ 309.70	739	XLON	369299151674413
09/08/2021	11:11:19	£ 309.40	895	XLON	369299151675581
09/08/2021	11:20:58	£ 309.40	637	XLON	369299151676226
09/08/2021	11:31:33	£ 309.70	587	XLON	369299151677166
09/08/2021	11:41:06	£ 309.70	657	XLON	369299151677974
09/08/2021	11:52:52	£ 309.80	819	XLON	369299151678974
09/08/2021	12:01:00	£ 309.60	571	XLON	369299151679731
09/08/2021	12:10:05	£ 309.50	12	XLON	369299151680405
09/08/2021	12:11:46	£ 309.50	18	XLON	369299151680555
09/08/2021	12:15:04	£ 309.70	844	XLON	369299151680757
09/08/2021	12:25:38	£ 310.00	599	XLON	369299151681618
09/08/2021	12:49:15	£ 309.80	22	XLON	369299151683424
09/08/2021	12:49:15	£ 309.80	754	XLON	369299151683425
09/08/2021	12:49:15	£ 309.80	346	XLON	369299151683426
09/08/2021	12:49:15	£ 309.80	436	XLON	369299151683427
09/08/2021	13:01:10	£ 309.90	577	XLON	369299151684313
09/08/2021	13:04:27	£ 309.70	754	XLON	369299151684617
09/08/2021	13:21:47	£ 309.60	610	XLON	369299151686121
09/08/2021	13:34:13	£ 309.60	658	XLON	369299151687001
09/08/2021	13:46:07	£ 309.80	1,118	XLON	369299151688026
09/08/2021	14:14:05	£ 310.60	734	XLON	369299151690959
09/08/2021	14:14:05	£ 310.60	829	XLON	369299151690966
09/08/2021	14:23:08	£ 310.50	357	XLON	369299151692021
09/08/2021	14:23:08	£ 310.50	255	XLON	369299151692022
09/08/2021	14:32:04	£ 310.30	220	XLON	369299151694116
09/08/2021	14:32:49	£ 310.20	553	XLON	369299151694390
09/08/2021	14:38:27	£ 310.90	855	XLON	369299151696275
09/08/2021	14:47:00	£ 311.80	825	XLON	369299151698305
09/08/2021	14:52:12	£ 311.20	612	XLON	369299151699479
09/08/2021	14:59:32	£ 310.70	675	XLON	369299151701450
09/08/2021	15:06:03	£ 310.80	594	XLON	369299151703141
09/08/2021	15:13:30	£ 310.90	94	XLON	369299151704676
09/08/2021	15:13:30	£ 310.90	1,091	XLON	369299151704677
09/08/2021	15:25:02	£ 310.60	155	XLON	369299151706876
09/08/2021	15:25:02	£ 310.60	886	XLON	369299151706877
09/08/2021	15:38:42	£ 310.90	1,439	XLON	369299151710102
09/08/2021	15:44:42	£ 311.00	576	XLON	369299151711317
09/08/2021	15:53:48	£ 311.00	801	XLON	369299151713448
09/08/2021	16:01:53	£ 311.00	840	XLON	369299151715586
09/08/2021	16:14:35	£ 311.00	36	XLON	369299151718820
09/08/2021	16:14:35	£ 311.00	818	XLON	369299151718821
09/08/2021	16:18:58	£ 311.10	664	XLON	369299151720368

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

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Roger Clifton
Company Secretary
Telephone: [phone]

 

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