Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7429I)

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RNS Number : 7429I

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

01 September 2016

Direct Line Insurance Group plc ("DLG")

Buy As You Earn Plan ("BAYE")

Date: 1 September 2016

DLG was notified on 1 September 2016 that, on 30 August 2016, the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") purchased ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence each in DLG ("Shares"), and were allocated one Share for every two Shares purchased free of charge ("Matching Shares") under the BAYE. This was a non-discretionary transaction.

 
       PDMR               Shares         No. of      Price       No. of          Shares 
                        held under       Shares     per share    Matching      held under 
                        BAYE before     purchased   purchased     Shares     BAYE following 
                      the transaction                 (GBP)      acquired    the transaction 
-------------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
                            A              B                        C            A+B+C 
-------------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
Jonathan Greenwood        2,708            41         3.64         21            2,770 
-------------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
Steven Maddock            2,720            41         3.64         21            2,782 
-------------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
John Reizenstein          2,732            41         3.64         21            2,794 
-------------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
Humphrey Tomlinson        1,104            41         3.64         21            1,166 
-------------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------------- 
 

The BAYE is an HMRC-approved Share Incentive Plan under which qualifying UK employees are able to purchase ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence each in the Company out of monthly deductions from salary and are allocated Matching Shares as described above.

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.

For any enquiries relating to this announcement, please contact:

Sian Hoskins

Assistant Company Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

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