Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6455A

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

03 June 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
02/06/2021	1,746	298.30	298.10	298.19	BATE
02/06/2021	11,181	298.40	298.00	298.22	CHIX
02/06/2021	29,645	298.40	297.90	298.23	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 1,350,784,656 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
02/06/2021	12:44:32	298.40	644	XLON	E06BgWjTlLzc
02/06/2021	12:53:50	298.30	861	XLON	E06BgWjTlT4R
02/06/2021	12:53:50	298.30	313	XLON	E06BgWjTlT4T
02/06/2021	13:04:57	298.40	1,012	CHIX	2918460511394
02/06/2021	13:38:31	298.10	737	BATE	97350590379
02/06/2021	13:45:07	298.10	322	XLON	E06BgWjTmCKu
02/06/2021	13:50:17	298.30	502	XLON	E06BgWjTmHLJ
02/06/2021	14:05:31	298.30	1,158	CHIX	2918460522780
02/06/2021	14:27:53	298.30	1,078	XLON	E06BgWjTmoNG
02/06/2021	14:31:03	298.20	560	XLON	E06BgWjTmvab
02/06/2021	14:31:03	298.20	442	XLON	E06BgWjTmvag
02/06/2021	14:55:09	297.90	1,072	XLON	E06BgWjTnsv8
02/06/2021	15:08:56	298.20	1,070	XLON	E06BgWjToOdJ
02/06/2021	15:27:13	298.30	1,286	XLON	E06BgWjTow8q
02/06/2021	15:37:08	298.20	688	XLON	E06BgWjTpBnz
02/06/2021	15:37:08	298.20	371	XLON	E06BgWjTpBo1
02/06/2021	15:41:47	298.10	1,082	XLON	E06BgWjTpJD0
02/06/2021	15:50:51	298.20	711	CHIX	2918460568000
02/06/2021	15:50:51	298.20	380	BATE	97350626020
02/06/2021	15:50:51	298.20	2,732	XLON	E06BgWjTpY4l
02/06/2021	16:00:50	298.30	1,289	CHIX	2918460572521
02/06/2021	16:00:50	298.30	2,408	XLON	E06BgWjTpqh9
02/06/2021	16:00:50	298.30	1,282	XLON	E06BgWjTpqhD
02/06/2021	16:03:18	298.20	74	CHIX	2918460573416
02/06/2021	16:03:18	298.20	1,326	CHIX	2918460573417
02/06/2021	16:10:34	298.20	765	CHIX	2918460576639
02/06/2021	16:10:34	298.20	2,939	XLON	E06BgWjTq42j
02/06/2021	16:10:34	298.20	1,548	XLON	E06BgWjTq42n
02/06/2021	16:11:30	298.20	409	XLON	E06BgWjTq57b
02/06/2021	16:13:42	298.10	1,359	XLON	E06BgWjTq8GM
02/06/2021	16:19:22	298.00	1,053	CHIX	2918460580940
02/06/2021	16:19:29	298.00	665	CHIX	2918460581002
02/06/2021	16:22:43	298.30	3,422	XLON	E06BgWjTqLKh
02/06/2021	16:22:43	298.30	1,092	XLON	E06BgWjTqLKj
02/06/2021	16:22:43	298.30	1,053	XLON	E06BgWjTqLKn
02/06/2021	16:22:43	298.30	629	BATE	97350637742
02/06/2021	16:22:43	298.30	1,175	CHIX	2918460582994
02/06/2021	16:24:51	298.20	1,091	CHIX	2918460584343
02/06/2021	16:24:51	298.20	862	CHIX	2918460584344
02/06/2021	16:24:51	298.20	1,110	XLON	E06BgWjTqOfi

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

Email:  [e-mail]  

 

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