Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5658R

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

08 November 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
5 November 2021	100,000	290.50	287.70	289.44	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 1,331,575,144 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,331,575,144. 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
05/11/2021	08:51:24	289.4	530	XLON	423750747039693
05/11/2021	08:53:00	288.4	1300	XLON	423750747039915
05/11/2021	08:53:43	288.4	791	XLON	423750747039977
05/11/2021	08:53:43	288.4	46	XLON	423750747039978
05/11/2021	08:55:22	288.2	1193	XLON	423750747040142
05/11/2021	08:57:14	288.1	932	XLON	423750747040385
05/11/2021	09:26:24	288.2	69	XLON	423750747044285
05/11/2021	09:27:30	288.7	90	XLON	423750747044374
05/11/2021	09:27:30	288.7	598	XLON	423750747044375
05/11/2021	09:27:30	288.7	90	XLON	423750747044376
05/11/2021	09:31:33	288.3	767	XLON	423750747045115
05/11/2021	09:32:00	288.3	714	XLON	423750747045135
05/11/2021	09:40:04	288.1	217	XLON	423750747045749
05/11/2021	09:40:04	288.1	507	XLON	423750747045750
05/11/2021	09:40:18	287.7	357	XLON	423750747045770
05/11/2021	09:41:04	287.7	1073	XLON	423750747045826
05/11/2021	09:55:11	288.2	845	XLON	423750747047237
05/11/2021	09:57:07	288.5	806	XLON	423750747047395
05/11/2021	10:00:17	288.6	1030	XLON	423750747047689
05/11/2021	10:04:50	288.8	724	XLON	423750747048223
05/11/2021	10:08:09	288.7	1141	XLON	423750747048599
05/11/2021	10:24:44	289.3	347	XLON	423750747050079
05/11/2021	10:24:44	289.3	319	XLON	423750747050080
05/11/2021	10:26:23	289.1	906	XLON	423750747050258
05/11/2021	10:30:13	289.3	2039	XLON	423750747050829
05/11/2021	10:35:22	289.4	438	XLON	423750747051477
05/11/2021	10:35:22	289.4	460	XLON	423750747051478
05/11/2021	10:38:46	289.4	456	XLON	423750747051920
05/11/2021	10:38:46	289.4	290	XLON	423750747051921
05/11/2021	10:49:26	289.6	1768	XLON	423750747052990
05/11/2021	10:55:54	289.9	760	XLON	423750747054284
05/11/2021	11:00:14	290.1	849	XLON	423750747054966
05/11/2021	11:04:57	290.2	676	XLON	423750747055909
05/11/2021	11:09:34	290.1	1273	XLON	423750747057076
05/11/2021	11:32:09	290	2071	XLON	423750747062439
05/11/2021	11:47:23	289.8	1003	XLON	423750747065135
05/11/2021	11:57:44	289	1045	XLON	423750747066772
05/11/2021	11:57:44	289	70	XLON	423750747066773
05/11/2021	12:11:28	288.7	275	XLON	423750747068699
05/11/2021	12:12:33	288.7	702	XLON	423750747068862
05/11/2021	12:12:33	288.7	205	XLON	423750747068863
05/11/2021	12:16:00	288.9	762	XLON	423750747069348
05/11/2021	12:22:34	288.5	101	XLON	423750747070096
05/11/2021	12:22:44	288.5	527	XLON	423750747070102
05/11/2021	12:33:35	289	69	XLON	423750747071970
05/11/2021	12:33:35	289	942	XLON	423750747071971
05/11/2021	12:36:57	289.3	1536	XLON	423750747073142
05/11/2021	12:36:57	289.3	164	XLON	423750747073143
05/11/2021	12:41:23	289.1	538	XLON	423750747073912
05/11/2021	12:45:39	288.9	786	XLON	423750747074448
05/11/2021	12:52:42	289.1	692	XLON	423750747075681
05/11/2021	12:52:42	289.1	670	XLON	423750747075682
05/11/2021	12:52:42	289.1	692	XLON	423750747075686
05/11/2021	13:02:50	289.2	1673	XLON	423750747077662
05/11/2021	13:12:07	289.2	924	XLON	423750747079066
05/11/2021	13:17:47	289.1	2	XLON	423750747080126
05/11/2021	13:17:47	289.1	779	XLON	423750747080127
05/11/2021	13:23:20	289	739	XLON	423750747081199
05/11/2021	13:23:20	288.9	127	XLON	423750747081203
05/11/2021	13:23:20	288.9	639	XLON	423750747081204
05/11/2021	13:23:20	288.9	286	XLON	423750747081205
05/11/2021	13:30:56	288.8	762	XLON	423750747083933
05/11/2021	13:33:15	288.7	678	XLON	423750747085345
05/11/2021	13:41:02	289.3	1828	XLON	423750747087851
05/11/2021	13:45:33	289.3	474	XLON	423750747089204
05/11/2021	13:45:33	289.3	1472	XLON	423750747089205
05/11/2021	13:52:04	289.2	1109	XLON	423750747090439
05/11/2021	13:59:38	289.4	912	XLON	423750747092474
05/11/2021	14:03:00	289.4	744	XLON	423750747093693
05/11/2021	14:06:45	289.3	556	XLON	423750747094698
05/11/2021	14:06:45	289.3	109	XLON	423750747094699
05/11/2021	14:12:45	289.3	1081	XLON	423750747095790
05/11/2021	14:12:47	289.3	680	XLON	423750747095803
05/11/2021	14:13:00	289.3	124	XLON	423750747095816
05/11/2021	14:13:09	289.3	173	XLON	423750747095853
05/11/2021	14:13:09	289.3	301	XLON	423750747095854
05/11/2021	14:16:29	289.3	1150	XLON	423750747096508
05/11/2021	14:19:28	289.2	781	XLON	423750747097270
05/11/2021	14:22:49	289.2	599	XLON	423750747097994
05/11/2021	14:22:49	289.2	117	XLON	423750747097995
05/11/2021	14:26:35	289.1	843	XLON	423750747098701
05/11/2021	14:31:46	288.7	1000	XLON	423750747099743
05/11/2021	14:31:47	288.7	2	XLON	423750747099745
05/11/2021	14:32:31	288.7	1159	XLON	423750747099930
05/11/2021	14:39:17	289.1	739	XLON	423750747101607
05/11/2021	14:39:17	289.1	850	XLON	423750747101616
05/11/2021	14:42:34	289.1	494	XLON	423750747102327
05/11/2021	14:42:34	289.1	666	XLON	423750747102328
05/11/2021	14:43:03	289	3218	XLON	423750747102387
05/11/2021	14:56:34	289.8	702	XLON	423750747105526
05/11/2021	14:59:54	290.2	44	XLON	423750747106237
05/11/2021	15:01:05	290.3	1000	XLON	423750747106639
05/11/2021	15:01:05	290.3	204	XLON	423750747106640
05/11/2021	15:01:05	290.3	835	XLON	423750747106624
05/11/2021	15:02:09	290	966	XLON	423750747106925
05/11/2021	15:06:44	290.3	526	XLON	423750747108201
05/11/2021	15:06:44	290.3	917	XLON	423750747108202
05/11/2021	15:06:44	290.3	45	XLON	423750747108203
05/11/2021	15:07:45	290.2	1997	XLON	423750747108524
05/11/2021	15:09:36	290	1772	XLON	423750747108905
05/11/2021	15:10:54	290.1	742	XLON	423750747109177
05/11/2021	15:12:14	289.9	734	XLON	423750747109491
05/11/2021	15:14:13	290.1	776	XLON	423750747109894
05/11/2021	15:18:00	290.2	1559	XLON	423750747110671
05/11/2021	15:22:02	290	560	XLON	423750747111369
05/11/2021	15:22:02	290	338	XLON	423750747111370
05/11/2021	15:22:02	289.9	879	XLON	423750747111375
05/11/2021	15:28:56	290.2	3154	XLON	423750747112711
05/11/2021	15:28:56	290.2	613	XLON	423750747112718
05/11/2021	15:28:56	290.2	138	XLON	423750747112719
05/11/2021	15:34:33	290.5	254	XLON	423750747113983
05/11/2021	15:34:40	290.5	796	XLON	423750747114013
05/11/2021	15:34:40	290.5	146	XLON	423750747114014
05/11/2021	15:34:40	290.5	1050	XLON	423750747114018
05/11/2021	15:41:46	290.4	1373	XLON	423750747115260
05/11/2021	15:41:54	290.3	822	XLON	423750747115286
05/11/2021	15:48:26	290.3	21	XLON	423750747116493
05/11/2021	15:48:26	290.3	982	XLON	423750747116494
05/11/2021	15:50:00	290.3	1438	XLON	423750747116741
05/11/2021	15:50:52	290.3	60	XLON	423750747116938
05/11/2021	15:50:52	290.3	624	XLON	423750747116939
05/11/2021	15:56:13	289.9	1084	XLON	423750747117998
05/11/2021	15:56:18	289.7	867	XLON	423750747118017
05/11/2021	16:04:12	290	1075	XLON	423750747119743
05/11/2021	16:06:43	290.1	759	XLON	423750747120288
05/11/2021	16:06:43	290.1	1000	XLON	423750747120292
05/11/2021	16:06:43	290.1	169	XLON	423750747120293
05/11/2021	16:09:44	290.2	785	XLON	423750747120879
05/11/2021	16:12:06	290.1	797	XLON	423750747121415
05/11/2021	16:16:33	290.1	1563	XLON	423750747122303
05/11/2021	16:18:37	290	793	XLON	423750747122767

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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