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

 

 

-- ENDS--

 

Roger Clifton

Company Secretary

Email:  Roger.Clifton@directlinegroup.co.uk  

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