Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3354M

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

23 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
20 May 2022	21,450	253.90	249.90	250.87	LSE
20 May 2022	4,019	252.90	250.20	251.92	BATE
20 May 2022	15,679	254.20	250.00	251.42	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 1,318,270,483 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,318,270,483. 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
20/05/2022	08:01:06	249.90	1,377	LSE	E0AIwEe3fnLJ
20/05/2022	08:20:08	251.00	768	CHIX	2899474092617
20/05/2022	08:21:54	250.90	61	CHIX	2899474093529
20/05/2022	08:21:54	250.90	37	CHIX	2899474093530
20/05/2022	08:21:54	250.90	4	CHIX	2899474093531
20/05/2022	08:26:54	251.30	1,208	CHIX	2899474096083
20/05/2022	08:37:23	251.90	567	CHIX	2899474101127
20/05/2022	08:37:23	251.90	772	CHIX	2899474101128
20/05/2022	09:02:21	251.80	1,247	CHIX	2899474110805
20/05/2022	11:00:17	254.20	919	CHIX	2899474155821
20/05/2022	11:00:17	254.20	269	CHIX	2899474155822
20/05/2022	11:56:07	252.90	1,192	BATE	78364230183
20/05/2022	12:00:35	252.90	157	BATE	78364231331
20/05/2022	12:00:36	252.90	171	BATE	78364231332
20/05/2022	12:00:38	252.90	40	BATE	78364231336
20/05/2022	12:07:28	253.20	221	CHIX	2899474178751
20/05/2022	12:07:28	253.20	428	CHIX	2899474178752
20/05/2022	12:07:28	253.20	594	CHIX	2899474178753
20/05/2022	12:38:11	253.90	1,235	LSE	E0AIwEe3lBNy
20/05/2022	13:41:43	253.90	1,221	LSE	E0AIwEe3lvDq
20/05/2022	14:15:12	252.50	1,175	BATE	78364261038
20/05/2022	14:27:57	252.20	1,277	LSE	E0AIwEe3maTd
20/05/2022	14:36:58	251.30	147	LSE	E0AIwEe3n4OE
20/05/2022	14:36:58	251.30	260	LSE	E0AIwEe3n4OQ
20/05/2022	14:36:59	251.30	766	LSE	E0AIwEe3n4Ws
20/05/2022	14:47:22	251.50	396	CHIX	2899474248283
20/05/2022	14:47:22	251.50	276	CHIX	2899474248284
20/05/2022	14:47:22	251.50	122	CHIX	2899474248285
20/05/2022	14:47:22	251.50	434	CHIX	2899474248286
20/05/2022	15:02:33	251.40	1,237	LSE	E0AIwEe3oAQT
20/05/2022	15:07:23	251.40	282	CHIX	2899474268000
20/05/2022	15:07:23	251.40	574	CHIX	2899474268001
20/05/2022	15:07:23	251.40	370	CHIX	2899474268002
20/05/2022	15:16:58	251.10	1,223	LSE	E0AIwEe3ohmv
20/05/2022	15:25:57	250.80	900	CHIX	2899474285217
20/05/2022	15:25:57	250.80	325	CHIX	2899474285218
20/05/2022	15:34:58	250.60	1,391	CHIX	2899474294205
20/05/2022	15:47:14	250.40	940	LSE	E0AIwEe3plD4
20/05/2022	15:47:14	250.40	305	LSE	E0AIwEe3plD7
20/05/2022	15:53:29	250.20	1,210	LSE	E0AIwEe3py9s
20/05/2022	15:56:57	250.20	1,284	BATE	78364316798
20/05/2022	15:59:12	250.20	1,208	LSE	E0AIwEe3q8me
20/05/2022	16:05:45	250.00	1,208	CHIX	2899474326019
20/05/2022	16:05:45	250.00	1,250	LSE	E0AIwEe3qNJ0
20/05/2022	16:07:58	250.00	1,301	LSE	E0AIwEe3qTQb
20/05/2022	16:16:00	250.30	1,329	LSE	E0AIwEe3qiH5
20/05/2022	16:16:00	250.30	2,306	CHIX	2899474338236
20/05/2022	16:18:52	250.00	1,352	LSE	E0AIwEe3qoU3
20/05/2022	16:23:56	250.10	2,731	LSE	E0AIwEe3qxin
20/05/2022	16:27:52	250.10	1,040	LSE	E0AIwEe3r6rm
20/05/2022	16:28:37	250.10	41	LSE	E0AIwEe3r8I6

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

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