Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7946A
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
04 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

03/06/2021

2,055 

298.50

298.50

298.50

BATE

03/06/2021

1,072 

298.50

298.50

298.50

CHIX

03/06/2021

4,644 

298.90

298.10

298.42

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 1,350,776,885 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

 

03/06/2021

08:01:11

298.50

930

XLON

E06CPUDPCOY3

03/06/2021

08:01:11

298.50

201

BATE

97350543636

03/06/2021

08:01:11

298.50

101

BATE

97350543637

03/06/2021

08:01:11

298.50

709

BATE

97350543638

03/06/2021

08:11:21

298.50

77

CHIX

2918460453883

03/06/2021

08:11:21

298.50

84

CHIX

2918460453884

03/06/2021

08:11:21

298.50

228

BATE

97350545298

03/06/2021

08:11:21

298.50

175

CHIX

2918460453885

03/06/2021

08:11:21

298.50

736

CHIX

2918460453886

03/06/2021

08:11:21

298.50

816

BATE

97350545299

03/06/2021

08:42:33

298.20

178

XLON

E06CPUDPDcHc

03/06/2021

08:53:43

298.10

41

XLON

E06CPUDPE0Bp

03/06/2021

08:53:44

298.10

1,127

XLON

E06CPUDPE0Cd

03/06/2021

08:59:40

298.20

1,128

XLON

E06CPUDPE8r4

03/06/2021

09:21:42

298.90

1,240

XLON

E06CPUDPEdhS

 

 

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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