Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1095J

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

25 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
22 April 2022	16,304	262.60	259.50	261.35	LSE
22 April 2022	3,864	262.40	260.10	261.36	BATE
22 April 2022	6,551	262.40	260.00	261.36	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 1,323,285,095 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,323,285,095. 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
22/04/2022	08:36:17	261.20	1,263	LSE	E09ydN855M2x
22/04/2022	08:36:17	261.20	265	LSE	E09ydN855M2z
22/04/2022	09:15:08	261.70	667	CHIX	2899474127649
22/04/2022	09:15:08	261.70	746	CHIX	2899474127650
22/04/2022	09:44:04	261.60	1,223	BATE	78364201684
22/04/2022	10:13:09	262.60	1,289	LSE	E09ydN858sVC
22/04/2022	10:48:02	262.60	778	LSE	E09ydN859jzr
22/04/2022	10:48:02	262.60	497	LSE	E09ydN859jzu
22/04/2022	11:13:25	262.00	1,237	LSE	E09ydN85ASYF
22/04/2022	11:50:38	262.10	1,337	LSE	E09ydN85BDp9
22/04/2022	12:20:42	262.50	1,448	LSE	E09ydN85Blro
22/04/2022	12:59:57	262.30	1,218	CHIX	2899474216016
22/04/2022	13:44:43	262.40	1,311	BATE	78364255316
22/04/2022	14:00:39	262.30	200	LSE	E09ydN85DfsR
22/04/2022	14:10:06	262.40	1,312	CHIX	2899474241283
22/04/2022	14:30:08	262.20	1,252	LSE	E09ydN85ELB8
22/04/2022	14:48:42	260.60	276	LSE	E09ydN85FmrM
22/04/2022	14:48:42	260.60	958	LSE	E09ydN85FmrO
22/04/2022	15:15:55	260.00	1,244	CHIX	2899474293057
22/04/2022	15:23:39	259.50	277	LSE	E09ydN85Hj0G
22/04/2022	15:30:02	259.80	1,313	LSE	E09ydN85HywZ
22/04/2022	15:37:05	260.10	1,251	LSE	E09ydN85IIc3
22/04/2022	15:57:49	260.40	1,259	LSE	E09ydN85J0Rg
22/04/2022	16:04:10	260.10	1,330	BATE	78364320201
22/04/2022	16:18:20	260.40	1,364	CHIX	2899474344372
22/04/2022	16:22:25	260.30	1,404	LSE	E09ydN85JrpE

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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