Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1689L

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

12 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
11 May 2022	10,421	244.50	240.40	241.96	LSE
11 May 2022	1,388	243.00	243.00	243.00	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 1,319,237,593 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,319,237,593. 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
11/05/2022	08:15:13	240.70	1,264	LSE	E0ACPbIhysfv
11/05/2022	08:27:23	240.60	1,239	LSE	E0ACPbIhzR8E
11/05/2022	09:00:03	240.40	1,299	LSE	E0ACPbIi0eXr
11/05/2022	09:42:48	242.00	1,336	LSE	E0ACPbIi1v3a
11/05/2022	10:45:29	241.90	1,338	LSE	E0ACPbIi3Sj5
11/05/2022	12:04:01	244.50	1,139	LSE	E0ACPbIi54XC
11/05/2022	15:33:50	242.60	1,570	LSE	E0ACPbIiEa8f
11/05/2022	16:16:20	243.10	1,236	LSE	E0ACPbIiGhme
11/05/2022	16:25:55	243.00	46	BATE	78364388112
11/05/2022	16:25:55	243.00	68	BATE	78364388113
11/05/2022	16:25:55	243.00	232	BATE	78364388114
11/05/2022	16:25:57	243.00	1,042	BATE	78364388127

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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