Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3549L

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

13 May 2022

 

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 9 March 2022 , as announced on 9 March 2022:

Date of purchase	Number of shares purchased	Highest price paid: (pence)	Lowest price paid: (pence)	Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence)	Venue
12 May 2022	9,292	245.00	242.70	243.50	LSE
12 May 2022	1,330	244.40	244.40	244.40	BATE
12 May 2022	4,435	246.60	243.10	244.39	CHIX

DLG will cancel the purchased shares.   

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,319,222,536 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,319,222,536. 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
12/05/2022	08:19:12	243.70	1,464	LSE	E0AD8YmdVqq4
12/05/2022	09:03:53	243.10	1,167	CHIX	2899474124075
12/05/2022	09:03:53	243.10	53	CHIX	2899474124076
12/05/2022	10:09:26	243.30	1,384	LSE	E0AD8YmdaDAd
12/05/2022	10:46:38	242.70	1,366	LSE	E0AD8Ymdb9Vs
12/05/2022	11:30:48	243.20	1,363	LSE	E0AD8Ymdc6jH
12/05/2022	11:59:19	243.20	1,238	LSE	E0AD8YmdccyB
12/05/2022	12:55:26	243.50	1,226	LSE	E0AD8Ymddr2N
12/05/2022	13:47:57	244.40	203	BATE	78364269391
12/05/2022	13:47:57	244.40	33	BATE	78364269392
12/05/2022	13:47:57	244.40	949	BATE	78364269393
12/05/2022	13:47:57	244.40	50	BATE	78364269394
12/05/2022	13:48:33	244.40	95	BATE	78364269525
12/05/2022	14:09:19	245.00	1,251	LSE	E0AD8YmdfiLh
12/05/2022	14:45:16	244.00	1,318	CHIX	2899474309985
12/05/2022	15:07:25	244.90	1,251	CHIX	2899474337979
12/05/2022	16:11:36	246.60	646	CHIX	2899474419358

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

Email:  [e-mail]  

 

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