Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3682I

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

12 August 2021

 

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SHARES

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 from Goldman Sachs International. Such purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by DLG on 3 August 2021, as announced on 4 August 2021:

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 August 2021	50,000	£ 318.30	£ 314.30	£ 316.48	LSE

DLG will cancel the purchased shares. 

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,347,641,708 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,347,641,708. 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 DLG, 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 Goldman Sachs is detailed below:

Date	Time	Price (pence)	Quantity purchased	Exchange Venue	Reference number of transaction
11/08/2021	08:18:07	£ 317.80	857	XLON	370536102237753
11/08/2021	08:18:07	£ 317.80	678	XLON	370536102237757
11/08/2021	08:24:07	£ 317.70	708	XLON	370536102238983
11/08/2021	08:34:26	£ 317.10	847	XLON	370536102240976
11/08/2021	08:45:51	£ 317.40	1,347	XLON	370536102242595
11/08/2021	08:50:17	£ 317.90	714	XLON	370536102243124
11/08/2021	08:54:21	£ 317.90	622	XLON	370536102243712
11/08/2021	09:08:21	£ 317.70	1,170	XLON	370536102245413
11/08/2021	09:13:09	£ 317.90	646	XLON	370536102246033
11/08/2021	09:32:04	£ 318.30	323	XLON	370536102248339
11/08/2021	09:35:59	£ 318.10	1,575	XLON	370536102248750
11/08/2021	09:45:52	£ 317.90	563	XLON	370536102249693
11/08/2021	09:49:06	£ 317.90	657	XLON	370536102250082
11/08/2021	09:52:41	£ 317.80	322	XLON	370536102250454
11/08/2021	10:13:08	£ 318.00	697	XLON	370536102252802
11/08/2021	10:13:08	£ 318.00	670	XLON	370536102252805
11/08/2021	10:16:57	£ 317.90	742	XLON	370536102253168
11/08/2021	10:33:14	£ 317.70	1,190	XLON	370536102255122
11/08/2021	10:43:02	£ 317.80	1,165	XLON	370536102256129
11/08/2021	10:48:53	£ 317.80	85	XLON	370536102256843
11/08/2021	10:56:02	£ 317.70	67	XLON	370536102257695
11/08/2021	10:56:02	£ 317.70	545	XLON	370536102257696
11/08/2021	10:56:04	£ 317.60	806	XLON	370536102257707
11/08/2021	11:06:53	£ 316.50	868	XLON	370536102259072
11/08/2021	11:15:39	£ 315.30	912	XLON	370536102260082
11/08/2021	11:25:01	£ 315.10	669	XLON	370536102261210
11/08/2021	11:33:05	£ 315.10	582	XLON	370536102262002
11/08/2021	11:45:00	£ 315.90	758	XLON	370536102262995
11/08/2021	11:46:38	£ 315.50	621	XLON	370536102263216
11/08/2021	11:59:23	£ 314.40	970	XLON	370536102264665
11/08/2021	12:05:35	£ 314.30	630	XLON	370536102265245
11/08/2021	12:17:41	£ 314.50	1,072	XLON	370536102266532
11/08/2021	12:32:33	£ 314.70	809	XLON	370536102267887
11/08/2021	12:47:37	£ 315.20	614	XLON	370536102269530
11/08/2021	12:48:00	£ 315.20	159	XLON	370536102269556
11/08/2021	12:49:11	£ 315.20	981	XLON	370536102269636
11/08/2021	13:05:46	£ 316.00	704	XLON	370536102271510
11/08/2021	13:05:46	£ 316.00	702	XLON	370536102271513
11/08/2021	13:15:49	£ 316.40	659	XLON	370536102272290
11/08/2021	13:22:44	£ 316.30	1,048	XLON	370536102272918
11/08/2021	13:33:24	£ 316.10	608	XLON	370536102274666
11/08/2021	13:43:12	£ 316.20	684	XLON	370536102276002
11/08/2021	13:51:42	£ 315.70	100	XLON	370536102277481
11/08/2021	14:11:27	£ 316.40	599	XLON	370536102280609
11/08/2021	14:11:28	£ 316.40	820	XLON	370536102280611
11/08/2021	14:15:04	£ 316.80	795	XLON	370536102281345
11/08/2021	14:20:48	£ 316.10	844	XLON	370536102282516
11/08/2021	14:28:33	£ 315.60	1,095	XLON	370536102283680
11/08/2021	14:33:29	£ 315.20	1,116	XLON	370536102285826
11/08/2021	14:44:26	£ 315.40	590	XLON	370536102289205
11/08/2021	14:44:52	£ 315.20	840	XLON	370536102289390
11/08/2021	14:48:29	£ 315.50	609	XLON	370536102290631
11/08/2021	14:54:26	£ 315.30	634	XLON	370536102292563
11/08/2021	15:00:06	£ 315.60	952	XLON	370536102294388
11/08/2021	15:13:44	£ 316.70	1,105	XLON	370536102298556
11/08/2021	15:13:44	£ 316.70	1,197	XLON	370536102298558
11/08/2021	15:13:44	£ 316.70	32	XLON	370536102298559
11/08/2021	15:23:19	£ 316.40	1,151	XLON	370536102300792
11/08/2021	15:30:16	£ 316.60	702	XLON	370536102302632
11/08/2021	15:39:41	£ 316.60	608	XLON	370536102304882
11/08/2021	15:40:43	£ 316.30	736	XLON	370536102305386
11/08/2021	15:43:44	£ 316.20	635	XLON	370536102306179
11/08/2021	15:53:52	£ 316.00	797	XLON	370536102308731
11/08/2021	15:53:52	£ 316.00	56	XLON	370536102308732
11/08/2021	16:01:26	£ 316.00	786	XLON	370536102310467
11/08/2021	16:14:48	£ 316.20	44	XLON	370536102313981
11/08/2021	16:14:48	£ 316.20	961	XLON	370536102313982
11/08/2021	16:15:23	£ 316.10	596	XLON	370536102314169
11/08/2021	16:17:27	£ 316.20	74	XLON	370536102314907
11/08/2021	16:17:27	£ 316.20	215	XLON	370536102314908
11/08/2021	16:18:23	£ 316.10	28	XLON	370536102315192
11/08/2021	16:18:23	£ 316.10	228	XLON	370536102315193
11/08/2021	16:18:23	£ 316.10	9	XLON	370536102315194

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

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Roger Clifton
Company Secretary
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