Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9640I

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

22 April 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
21 April 2022	7,180	264.10	259.20	261.80	LSE
21 April 2022	2,343	261.30	260.00	260.65	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 1,323,311,814 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,323,311,814. 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
21/04/2022	08:27:02	259.20	770	LSE	E09xuPe9Xrr8
21/04/2022	08:27:02	259.20	445	LSE	E09xuPe9XrrB
21/04/2022	08:47:56	259.70	1,157	LSE	E09xuPe9YkIK
21/04/2022	09:07:48	260.00	962	BATE	78364190667
21/04/2022	09:07:48	260.00	203	BATE	78364190668
21/04/2022	10:02:04	261.30	1,178	BATE	78364202249
21/04/2022	11:48:24	262.80	1,299	LSE	E09xuPe9cxCn
21/04/2022	13:13:02	264.10	1,212	LSE	E09xuPe9eYiE
21/04/2022	14:52:24	262.80	834	LSE	E09xuPe9hC1d
21/04/2022	14:52:24	262.80	447	LSE	E09xuPe9hC1f
21/04/2022	16:22:00	262.00	1,016	LSE	E09xuPe9jzGg

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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