Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6745L

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

17 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
16 May 2022	2,273	251.00	250.00	250.55	LSE
16 May 2022	147	250.70	250.70	250.70	BATE

DLG will cancel the purchased shares.   

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,319,212,110 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,319,212,110. 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
16/05/2022	10:22:47	251.00	578	LSE	E0AG2OiLdplE
16/05/2022	13:30:54	250.70	524	LSE	E0AG2OiLgUvb
16/05/2022	15:11:31	250.70	362	LSE	E0AG2OiLjmAh
16/05/2022	15:11:31	250.70	75	LSE	E0AG2OiLjmAj
16/05/2022	15:11:36	250.70	147	CHIX	2899474286886
16/05/2022	16:20:04	250.00	733	LSE	E0AG2OiLmBBN
16/05/2022	16:20:04	250.00	1	LSE	E0AG2OiLmBCF

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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