Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9479J

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

27 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
26 August 2021	23,416	313.50	310.40	312.15	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 1,342,826,128 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,342,826,128. 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
26/08/2021	08:39:06	311.40	651	XLON	379813231598908
26/08/2021	08:41:54	312.20	779	XLON	379813231599266
26/08/2021	09:17:44	312.90	611	XLON	379813231603176
26/08/2021	09:23:43	312.60	624	XLON	379813231603766
26/08/2021	09:54:14	312.50	533	XLON	379813231606397
26/08/2021	09:54:14	312.50	304	XLON	379813231606398
26/08/2021	10:01:59	312.30	636	XLON	379813231607284
26/08/2021	10:15:28	312.30	42	XLON	379813231608917
26/08/2021	10:17:39	312.30	33	XLON	379813231609064
26/08/2021	10:18:27	312.30	34	XLON	379813231609151
26/08/2021	10:19:55	312.30	84	XLON	379813231609237
26/08/2021	10:28:24	313.10	834	XLON	379813231610107
26/08/2021	10:40:55	313.10	186	XLON	379813231611820
26/08/2021	10:40:55	313.10	550	XLON	379813231611821
26/08/2021	11:03:46	313.00	668	XLON	379813231614143
26/08/2021	11:13:43	312.90	660	XLON	379813231615226
26/08/2021	11:32:58	313.00	564	XLON	379813231616649
26/08/2021	11:49:22	313.10	579	XLON	379813231617685
26/08/2021	12:03:59	313.50	314	XLON	379813231618928
26/08/2021	12:03:59	313.50	247	XLON	379813231618929
26/08/2021	12:15:06	313.50	603	XLON	379813231619597
26/08/2021	12:31:23	312.60	814	XLON	379813231621039
26/08/2021	12:50:26	313.00	34	XLON	379813231622636
26/08/2021	12:50:26	313.00	591	XLON	379813231622637
26/08/2021	13:04:28	312.70	591	XLON	379813231623600
26/08/2021	13:26:27	313.10	735	XLON	379813231625440
26/08/2021	13:43:15	312.80	525	XLON	379813231627192
26/08/2021	13:43:15	312.80	328	XLON	379813231627193
26/08/2021	14:03:57	312.80	590	XLON	379813231629101
26/08/2021	14:14:55	312.70	270	XLON	379813231630176
26/08/2021	14:18:32	312.60	623	XLON	379813231630606
26/08/2021	14:36:55	312.30	842	XLON	379813231634681
26/08/2021	14:38:33	312.30	715	XLON	379813231635088
26/08/2021	14:58:51	311.50	635	XLON	379813231639574
26/08/2021	15:06:05	310.60	870	XLON	379813231641360
26/08/2021	15:19:31	310.90	977	XLON	379813231644394
26/08/2021	15:28:30	310.80	644	XLON	379813231646794
26/08/2021	15:38:09	311.20	649	XLON	379813231648851
26/08/2021	15:46:52	310.90	678	XLON	379813231651131
26/08/2021	16:01:33	310.40	47	XLON	379813231654893
26/08/2021	16:01:33	310.40	665	XLON	379813231654894
26/08/2021	16:14:17	310.50	1,043	XLON	379813231658024
26/08/2021	16:24:43	310.80	547	XLON	379813231661358
26/08/2021	16:29:58	311.20	249	XLON	379813231663515
26/08/2021	16:29:58	311.20	218	XLON	379813231663516

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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