Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6239H

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

05 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
4 August 2021	49,866	£ 312.30	£ 306.70	£ 309.14	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 1,347,878,524 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,347,878,524. 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
04/08/2021	09:33:55	£ 311.50	900	XLON	366206775214187
04/08/2021	09:33:55	£ 311.50	61	XLON	366206775214188
04/08/2021	09:36:11	£ 310.90	515	XLON	366206775214580
04/08/2021	09:36:11	£ 310.90	293	XLON	366206775214581
04/08/2021	09:37:08	£ 310.60	655	XLON	366206775214685
04/08/2021	09:46:33	£ 310.70	704	XLON	366206775215685
04/08/2021	09:50:07	£ 311.10	295	XLON	366206775216137
04/08/2021	09:50:07	£ 311.10	398	XLON	366206775216138
04/08/2021	10:01:25	£ 311.00	636	XLON	366206775217437
04/08/2021	10:18:57	£ 312.30	1,725	XLON	366206775219437
04/08/2021	10:20:39	£ 312.30	608	XLON	366206775219572
04/08/2021	10:20:39	£ 312.30	36	XLON	366206775219573
04/08/2021	10:29:34	£ 312.20	569	XLON	366206775220457
04/08/2021	10:29:34	£ 312.20	245	XLON	366206775220458
04/08/2021	10:34:24	£ 312.10	936	XLON	366206775220903
04/08/2021	10:43:04	£ 311.70	474	XLON	366206775221986
04/08/2021	10:43:04	£ 311.70	345	XLON	366206775221987
04/08/2021	10:48:17	£ 311.80	669	XLON	366206775222642
04/08/2021	10:54:43	£ 312.00	511	XLON	366206775223431
04/08/2021	10:54:43	£ 312.00	122	XLON	366206775223432
04/08/2021	11:05:09	£ 312.10	714	XLON	366206775224625
04/08/2021	11:06:46	£ 311.80	1,075	XLON	366206775224776
04/08/2021	11:23:11	£ 311.70	1,136	XLON	366206775226827
04/08/2021	11:28:04	£ 310.90	266	XLON	366206775227247
04/08/2021	11:28:04	£ 310.90	579	XLON	366206775227248
04/08/2021	11:32:22	£ 310.30	583	XLON	366206775227647
04/08/2021	11:43:35	£ 308.40	710	XLON	366206775228535
04/08/2021	11:49:52	£ 307.60	514	XLON	366206775229165
04/08/2021	11:49:52	£ 307.60	235	XLON	366206775229166
04/08/2021	11:51:20	£ 307.10	651	XLON	366206775229297
04/08/2021	12:03:50	£ 306.90	653	XLON	366206775230850
04/08/2021	12:10:54	£ 307.10	806	XLON	366206775231677
04/08/2021	12:19:20	£ 306.70	778	XLON	366206775232501
04/08/2021	12:29:02	£ 307.00	815	XLON	366206775233473
04/08/2021	12:42:38	£ 307.10	1,533	XLON	366206775234822
04/08/2021	12:48:59	£ 306.70	800	XLON	366206775235512
04/08/2021	12:48:59	£ 306.70	126	XLON	366206775235513
04/08/2021	12:48:59	£ 306.70	23	XLON	366206775235514
04/08/2021	13:09:47	£ 308.10	1,393	XLON	366206775238342
04/08/2021	13:24:10	£ 307.30	313	XLON	366206775240271
04/08/2021	13:24:10	£ 307.30	550	XLON	366206775240272
04/08/2021	13:25:11	£ 306.90	592	XLON	366206775240440
04/08/2021	13:30:44	£ 307.10	668	XLON	366206775241358
04/08/2021	13:39:03	£ 306.90	662	XLON	366206775242365
04/08/2021	13:49:16	£ 306.70	895	XLON	366206775243713
04/08/2021	14:00:06	£ 307.10	819	XLON	366206775245325
04/08/2021	14:09:29	£ 307.00	1,090	XLON	366206775246862
04/08/2021	14:19:40	£ 306.70	1,132	XLON	366206775248454
04/08/2021	14:30:01	£ 307.10	892	XLON	366206775250049
04/08/2021	14:31:27	£ 307.00	595	XLON	366206775251281
04/08/2021	14:37:34	£ 307.50	734	XLON	366206775253751
04/08/2021	14:40:22	£ 307.30	827	XLON	366206775254952
04/08/2021	14:45:36	£ 307.40	574	XLON	366206775256340
04/08/2021	14:52:23	£ 308.70	1,120	XLON	366206775259064
04/08/2021	14:54:08	£ 309.00	890	XLON	366206775259510
04/08/2021	15:03:15	£ 308.70	151	XLON	366206775262405
04/08/2021	15:03:15	£ 308.70	808	XLON	366206775262406
04/08/2021	15:03:15	£ 308.60	657	XLON	366206775262411
04/08/2021	15:09:02	£ 309.10	644	XLON	366206775264225
04/08/2021	15:15:00	£ 308.80	986	XLON	366206775265821
04/08/2021	15:16:33	£ 309.00	666	XLON	366206775266191
04/08/2021	15:23:28	£ 309.10	1,104	XLON	366206775267839
04/08/2021	15:29:00	£ 309.30	301	XLON	366206775269500
04/08/2021	15:29:00	£ 309.30	299	XLON	366206775269501
04/08/2021	15:32:31	£ 308.90	583	XLON	366206775270630
04/08/2021	15:47:42	£ 309.70	686	XLON	366206775274063
04/08/2021	15:48:53	£ 309.70	1,223	XLON	366206775274470
04/08/2021	15:53:10	£ 309.60	875	XLON	366206775275544
04/08/2021	15:53:11	£ 309.50	103	XLON	366206775275553
04/08/2021	15:53:13	£ 309.50	208	XLON	366206775275575
04/08/2021	15:53:13	£ 309.50	516	XLON	366206775275576
04/08/2021	16:00:59	£ 309.40	599	XLON	366206775277383
04/08/2021	16:09:21	£ 309.60	363	XLON	366206775279858
04/08/2021	16:09:21	£ 309.60	240	XLON	366206775279859
04/08/2021	16:10:26	£ 309.50	835	XLON	366206775280144
04/08/2021	16:16:35	£ 309.60	1,144	XLON	366206775281721
04/08/2021	16:18:04	£ 309.60	435	XLON	366206775282245

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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