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

 

 

-- ENDS--

 

Roger Clifton

Company Secretary

Email:  Roger.Clifton@directlinegroup.co.uk  

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