Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0055L

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

11 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
10 May 2022	22,635	240.80	235.80	238.76	LSE
10 May 2022	1,324	239.70	239.70	239.70	BATE
10 May 2022	5,286	241.00	238.00	239.82	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 1,319,249,402 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,319,249,402. 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
10/05/2022	08:00:36	236.90	1,084	LSE	E0ABgdomRfZ7
10/05/2022	08:00:37	236.90	162	LSE	E0ABgdomRffB
10/05/2022	08:11:50	237.10	1,238	LSE	E0ABgdomSUnw
10/05/2022	08:30:03	236.80	1,342	LSE	E0ABgdomTN8a
10/05/2022	08:43:20	235.80	1,357	LSE	E0ABgdomTzly
10/05/2022	08:48:08	237.00	1,374	LSE	E0ABgdomUBtt
10/05/2022	09:09:47	238.10	271	LSE	E0ABgdomUyxq
10/05/2022	09:09:47	238.10	982	LSE	E0ABgdomUyxs
10/05/2022	09:39:34	238.00	1,269	CHIX	2899474130205
10/05/2022	09:48:18	238.20	1,386	LSE	E0ABgdomVy3e
10/05/2022	10:03:57	238.60	141	LSE	E0ABgdomWIeU
10/05/2022	10:08:12	238.80	102	LSE	E0ABgdomWP2A
10/05/2022	10:08:12	238.80	1,193	LSE	E0ABgdomWP2C
10/05/2022	10:53:58	239.30	58	LSE	E0ABgdomXUci
10/05/2022	10:53:58	239.30	76	LSE	E0ABgdomXUck
10/05/2022	11:26:11	240.00	1,463	LSE	E0ABgdomYEZY
10/05/2022	11:57:58	239.70	1,324	BATE	78364233681
10/05/2022	12:37:59	240.60	1,382	LSE	E0ABgdomZX0t
10/05/2022	13:09:54	241.00	93	CHIX	2899474216683
10/05/2022	13:09:54	241.00	524	CHIX	2899474216684
10/05/2022	13:09:54	241.00	862	CHIX	2899474216685
10/05/2022	13:44:14	240.80	1,280	LSE	E0ABgdomaklL
10/05/2022	14:11:56	240.30	1,258	CHIX	2899474245534
10/05/2022	14:46:22	239.60	1,293	LSE	E0ABgdomcugF
10/05/2022	15:05:55	239.80	382	LSE	E0ABgdomdzb3
10/05/2022	15:09:44	239.90	603	LSE	E0ABgdomeB0o
10/05/2022	15:09:44	239.90	703	LSE	E0ABgdomeB0r
10/05/2022	15:26:49	240.00	1,394	LSE	E0ABgdomf1tK
10/05/2022	15:49:11	239.80	386	CHIX	2899474349687
10/05/2022	15:49:11	239.80	894	CHIX	2899474349688
10/05/2022	16:04:16	239.60	610	LSE	E0ABgdomgryn
10/05/2022	16:07:13	239.70	1,286	LSE	E0ABgdomh2xl
10/05/2022	16:25:57	239.80	880	LSE	E0ABgdomhvXP
10/05/2022	16:25:57	239.80	324	LSE	E0ABgdomhvXT
10/05/2022	16:25:57	239.80	269	LSE	E0ABgdomhvZ0

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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