Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1489N

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

30 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
27 May 2022	5,823	260.50	256.20	259.24	LSE
27 May 2022	2,543	259.90	259.20	259.67	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 1,317,528,599 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,317,528,599. 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
27/05/2022	08:01:15	256.20	1,386	LSE	E0AO0x1YKcfx
27/05/2022	09:41:33	260.10	1,381	LSE	E0AO0x1YNNc0
27/05/2022	10:23:35	259.20	164	CHIX	2899474136991
27/05/2022	10:33:56	259.50	425	CHIX	2899474140231
27/05/2022	10:33:56	259.50	208	CHIX	2899474140232
27/05/2022	10:33:56	259.50	428	CHIX	2899474140233
27/05/2022	10:33:56	259.50	136	CHIX	2899474140234
27/05/2022	12:48:01	259.80	1,194	LSE	E0AO0x1YQ4c1
27/05/2022	15:01:41	259.90	1,182	CHIX	2899474256706
27/05/2022	16:21:29	260.50	1,862	LSE	E0AO0x1YVR38

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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