Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3651W

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

23 April 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
22/04/2021	3,014	297.80	295.80	296.77	BATE
22/04/2021	8,168	298.40	295.40	297.51	CHIX
22/04/2021	43,213	298.60	295.60	297.32	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 1,356,138,274 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
22/04/2021	09:49:15	297.80	585	XLON	E05hxBwRIcIe
22/04/2021	09:49:15	297.80	424	XLON	E05hxBwRIcIi
22/04/2021	10:01:51	297.80	1,016	XLON	E05hxBwRIuHu
22/04/2021	10:02:38	297.60	1,082	XLON	E05hxBwRIv20
22/04/2021	10:18:43	298.20	957	XLON	E05hxBwRJHpA
22/04/2021	10:36:01	298.00	983	XLON	E05hxBwRJeF9
22/04/2021	10:47:11	298.30	965	XLON	E05hxBwRJrRN
22/04/2021	10:47:34	298.10	1,000	XLON	E05hxBwRJrwy
22/04/2021	11:03:50	298.10	1,032	XLON	E05hxBwRKDxi
22/04/2021	11:06:26	297.90	165	XLON	E05hxBwRKHb5
22/04/2021	11:06:26	297.90	882	XLON	E05hxBwRKHb7
22/04/2021	11:24:01	297.80	783	CHIX	2918460503377
22/04/2021	11:24:01	297.80	249	CHIX	2918460503378
22/04/2021	11:27:28	297.50	161	XLON	E05hxBwRKdlD
22/04/2021	11:30:31	297.80	1,001	XLON	E05hxBwRKhb6
22/04/2021	11:46:18	298.10	1,025	CHIX	2918460508062
22/04/2021	11:56:02	298.20	51	XLON	E05hxBwRL9ML
22/04/2021	11:56:02	298.20	980	XLON	E05hxBwRL9MN
22/04/2021	12:02:37	298.10	972	CHIX	2918460511668
22/04/2021	12:16:03	298.10	479	XLON	E05hxBwRLaK5
22/04/2021	12:16:03	298.10	516	XLON	E05hxBwRLaK7
22/04/2021	12:30:03	298.20	1,000	XLON	E05hxBwRM4x1
22/04/2021	12:30:03	298.20	983	XLON	E05hxBwRM4x3
22/04/2021	12:41:50	298.20	1,003	XLON	E05hxBwRMJ1A
22/04/2021	12:53:08	298.10	998	XLON	E05hxBwRMZfa
22/04/2021	13:12:50	298.50	1,066	XLON	E05hxBwRMz73
22/04/2021	13:16:12	298.40	1,022	CHIX	2918460527239
22/04/2021	13:27:57	298.60	1,040	XLON	E05hxBwRNFce
22/04/2021	13:30:02	298.60	964	XLON	E05hxBwRNIr6
22/04/2021	13:45:07	298.60	1,014	XLON	E05hxBwRNgN7
22/04/2021	13:46:03	298.40	978	XLON	E05hxBwRNhd3
22/04/2021	14:05:01	298.10	1,146	XLON	E05hxBwRO6iy
22/04/2021	14:14:34	298.20	992	XLON	E05hxBwROHr7
22/04/2021	14:15:55	298.10	1,049	CHIX	2918460542742
22/04/2021	14:20:01	297.80	1,022	CHIX	2918460543865
22/04/2021	14:26:11	297.80	168	BATE	97350608613
22/04/2021	14:26:11	297.80	795	BATE	97350608614
22/04/2021	14:32:16	297.80	1,017	XLON	E05hxBwROttT
22/04/2021	14:38:10	297.30	1,119	XLON	E05hxBwRPDDY
22/04/2021	14:46:15	296.40	975	CHIX	2918460558901
22/04/2021	14:55:21	296.70	1,088	XLON	E05hxBwRPxAs
22/04/2021	14:59:32	296.80	1,031	XLON	E05hxBwRQ8RS
22/04/2021	15:05:57	297.10	319	XLON	E05hxBwRQOIS
22/04/2021	15:05:57	297.10	751	XLON	E05hxBwRQOIV
22/04/2021	15:07:46	296.80	57	BATE	97350623224
22/04/2021	15:07:46	296.80	931	BATE	97350623225
22/04/2021	15:16:20	296.40	969	XLON	E05hxBwRQk3K
22/04/2021	15:27:46	296.50	1,075	XLON	E05hxBwRR4LD
22/04/2021	15:27:46	296.50	999	XLON	E05hxBwRR4LR
22/04/2021	15:32:46	296.20	1,094	XLON	E05hxBwRRDqb
22/04/2021	15:39:50	296.40	1,149	XLON	E05hxBwRRQzj
22/04/2021	15:44:56	295.80	1,041	XLON	E05hxBwRRaNE
22/04/2021	15:50:08	296.00	1,034	XLON	E05hxBwRRkcy
22/04/2021	15:56:34	296.00	958	XLON	E05hxBwRRv66
22/04/2021	16:08:43	295.80	73	XLON	E05hxBwRSGYM
22/04/2021	16:08:43	295.80	114	XLON	E05hxBwRSGYO
22/04/2021	16:08:43	295.80	338	XLON	E05hxBwRSGYQ
22/04/2021	16:08:45	295.80	495	XLON	E05hxBwRSGbz
22/04/2021	16:08:45	295.80	1,012	XLON	E05hxBwRSGcG
22/04/2021	16:08:45	295.80	188	BATE	97350643987
22/04/2021	16:08:45	295.80	116	BATE	97350643988
22/04/2021	16:08:45	295.80	759	BATE	97350643989
22/04/2021	16:20:24	295.60	1,109	XLON	E05hxBwRScG4
22/04/2021	16:20:24	295.60	1,007	XLON	E05hxBwRScG8
22/04/2021	16:20:24	295.60	701	XLON	E05hxBwRScGs
22/04/2021	16:20:24	295.60	287	XLON	E05hxBwRScGu
22/04/2021	16:21:08	295.40	1,013	CHIX	2918460602723
22/04/2021	16:21:08	295.40	58	CHIX	2918460602724
22/04/2021	16:26:18	296.20	546	XLON	E05hxBwRSowi
22/04/2021	16:26:18	296.20	424	XLON	E05hxBwRSowk

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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