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DLG Direct Line Insurance Group Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Direct Line Insurance Group Plc LSE:DLG London Ordinary Share GB00BY9D0Y18 ORD 10 10/11P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -3.00 -1.56% 189.50 189.70 190.00 192.40 187.20 190.60 7,642,593 16:35:01
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Fire, Marine, Casualty Ins 2.86B 222.9M 0.1700 11.18 2.49B

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9312A)

29/03/2017 4:15pm

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

29 March 2017

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC ("DLG")

TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs")

29 March 2017

DLG announces the following changes in the interests of Directors and other PDMRs in DLG's ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence each ("Ordinary Shares").

Direct Line Insurance Group plc 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")

On 27 March 2017, awards to Participants over options to acquire Ordinary Shares at nil-cost under the LTIP, awarded on 26 March 2014, (each award an "Option Award"), vested as detailed below (Column D). Under the LTIP Rules, Option Awards vest at the expiry of the Performance Period, subject to the Performance Conditions and the addition of Dividend Equivalents. The proportion of the Option Awards vesting in accordance with the Performance Conditions, measured during the Performance Period, is 85.6%. Awards can be exercised for the period up to 10 years from the date of grant and dividends are accrued up to the date of vesting.

On 27 March 2017, certain PDMRs exercised their options to acquire the Ordinary Shares subject to their vesting Option Awards, as detailed in Column E. On 27 March 2017 they then sold the number of Ordinary Shares detailed in Column F to settle the tax liability arising from the Exercise.

 
                        Number of       Number of     Number of       Total      Number of    Number of     Number of 
                         Ordinary       Ordinary     additional      number       Ordinary     Ordinary     Ordinary 
                      Shares subject     Shares       Ordinary     of Ordinary     Shares       Shares       Shares 
                       to an Option      subject       Shares        Shares       acquired     sold to     received by 
                       Award (post        to an      subject to      subject     following      settle      PDMR from 
                         the 2015        Option       an Option       to an          an        the tax        LTIP 
                          Share           Award      Award after     Option        Option     liability     exercise 
                      Consolidation)    deducted         the          Award       Exercise     arising        after 
                                          after      calculation     Vesting       on 27         from        payment 
                                        applying     of Dividend                 March 2017   an Option      of tax 
                                       Performance   Equivalents                               Exercise 
                                       Conditions                                                 on 
                                                                                               27 March 
                                                                                                2017, 
                                                                                               all at a 
                                                                                                price 
                                                                                              of 334.12p 
                                                                                              per share 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
                            A               B             C         D = A-B+C        E            F         G = E - F 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Directors 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Paul 
  Geddes                 286,261         55,826        101,415       331,850      331,850      156,518       175,332 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Mike                       -               -             -             -            -            -             - 
 Holliday-Williams 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 John 
  Reizenstein            173,263         33,789        61,382        200,856      200,856       94,734       106,122 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 PDMRs 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Jonathan 
  Greenwood               77,685         15,150        27,521        90,056        90,056       42,326       47,730 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Steve 
  Maddock                100,709         19,640        35,678        116,747      116,747       54,871       61,876 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Humphrey 
  Tomlinson               51,183          9,982        18,132        59,333        59,333       27,887       31,446 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Jose 
  Vazquez                 94,955         18,518        33,639        110,076      110,076       51,736       58,340 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 Simon Linares              -               -             -             -            -            - 
-------------------  ---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 

Direct Line Insurance Group plc 2012 Deferred Annual Incentive Plan ("DAIP")

On 27 March 2017, awards to Participants over options to acquire Ordinary Shares at nil-cost under the DAIP, awarded on 26 March 2014, (each award an "Option Award"), vested as detailed below (Column C). Under the DAIP Rules, Option Awards vest three years after award, with the addition of Dividend Equivalents. Awards can be exercised for the period up to 10 years from the date of grant and dividends are accrued up to the date of vesting.

On 27 March 2017, certain PDMRs exercised their options to acquire the Ordinary Shares subject to their vesting Option Awards, as detailed in Column D. They then sold the number of Ordinary Shares detailed in Column E to settle the tax liability arising from the Exercise.

 
                        Number of        Number of      Total number      Number of       Number of       Number of 
                         Ordinary       additional      of Ordinary       Ordinary        Ordinary         Ordinary 
                      Shares subject     Ordinary      Shares subject      Shares          Shares           Shares 
                       to an Option       Shares        to an Option      acquired         sold to       received by 
                       Award (post      subject to     Award Vesting    following an       settle         PDMR from 
                         the 2015        an Option                         Option          the tax      LTIP exercise 
                          Share         Award after                       Exercise        liability     after payment 
                      Consolidation)        the                          on 27 March    arising from        of tax 
                                        calculation                         2017          an Option 
                                        of Dividend                                      Exercise on 
                                        Equivalents                                       27 March 
                                                                                            2017, 
                                                                                          all at a 
                                                                                            price 
                                                                                         of 334.12p 
                                                                                          per share 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
                            A                B            C = A +B            D               E           F = D - E 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Directors 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Paul 
  Geddes                 125,804          44,568          170,372          170,372         81,964*          88,408 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Mike                       -                -               -                -               -               - 
 Holliday-Williams 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 John 
  Reizenstein             62,525          22,150           84,675          84,675          39,938           44,737 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 PDMRs 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Jonathan 
  Greenwood               41,432          14,678           56,110          56,110          26,372           29,738 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Steve 
  Maddock                 49,719          17,613           67,332          67,332          31,646           35,686 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Humphrey 
  Tomlinson               22,599           8,005           30,604          30,604          14,384           16,220 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Jose 
  Vazquez                 37,665          13,343           51,008          51,008          23,974           27,034 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 Simon Linares              -                -               -                -               -               - 
-------------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------  --------------  --------------  --------------- 
 

* The 81,964 shares sold to settle the tax liability arising from the Option Exercise for Paul Geddes were sold at a price of 334.34p per share.

DLG was also notified on 27 and 28 March 2017 of the below sales of Ordinary Shares by PDMRs, in Column A of the below table. After the vesting and sales, the below Directors and PDMRs all meet DLG's Share Ownership Guidelines.

 
                           Number of         Shares acquired      Number of       Resulting         Total interest 
                            beneficially        from above      Ordinary Shares    holding of        in Ordinary 
                            owned                vestings         sold on 27       beneficially      Shares, including 
                            Ordinary                              March 2017,      owned Ordinary    under share 
                            Shares held                           at a price       Shares at         plans. 
                            before the                            of 334.12p*      29 March 2017 
                            above vestings                         per share 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
                                                                      A 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Directors 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Paul Geddes                   572,468           263,740              -               836,208           2,468,690 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Mike Holliday-Williams        112,989              -                 -               112,989           1,182,502 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 John 
  Reizenstein                  215,800           150,859              -               366,659           2,286,479 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 PDMRs 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Jonathan 
  Greenwood                    146,566           77,468            105,906            118,128            621,509 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Steve 
  Maddock                      194,266           97,562            146,106            145,722            816,877 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Humphrey 
  Tomlinson                    207,634           47,666            148,270            107,030            452,651 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Jose 
  Vazquez                      187,549           85,374            147,923            125,000            778,341 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 Simon Linares                   299                -                 -                 299              463,747 
------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  -----------------  ----------------  ------------------- 
 

*For Jonathan Greenwood, of the 105,906 shares sold, 28,438 were sold at a price of 335.74p per share. For Steve Maddock, of the 146,106 shares sold, 48,544 were sold at 3.33p per share. For Humphrey Tomlinson, of the 148,270 shares sold, 100,604 shares were sold at a price of 334.50p per share. For Jose Vazquez, of the 147,923 shares sold, 62,549 were sold at a price of 335.25p per share.

For further information on DLG's remuneration policy and the implementation of the policy please see our 2016 Directors' Remuneration Report which is available at: www.directlinegroup.com.

The following disclosures are made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Name                        Paul Geddes 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Position/status             Chief Executive Officer / PDMR 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Name                        Direct Line Insurance Group plc 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800FF2R23ALJQOP04 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Description of the          Ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence 
       financial instrument,       ("Shares") 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code         GB00BY9D0Y18 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction            (i) Acquisition of Shares pursuant 
                                            to the vesting of nil cost options 
                                            under the DLG Long Term Incentive Plan 
                                            (the "LTIP") and Deferred Annual Incentive 
                                            Plan (the "DAIP"); and 
                                            (ii) Sale of Shares to settle tax liabilities 
                                            arising from LTIP and DAIP vestings. 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price (s)               Volume (s) 
                                    ----------------------  ---------------- 
                                     (i) Nil                 LTIP - 331,850 
                                                              DAIP - 170,372 
                                    ----------------------  ---------------- 
                                     (ii) LTIP - GBP3.3412   LTIP - 156,518 
                                      DAIP - GBP3.3434        DAIP - 81,964 
                                    ----------------------  ---------------- 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume          238,482 
 
 
       - Price                      GBP3.3420 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     27 March 2017 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    The London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        John Reizenstein 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             Chief Financial Officer / PDMR 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Direct Line Insurance Group plc 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800FF2R23ALJQOP04 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the          Ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence 
       financial instrument,       ("Shares") 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code         GB00BY9D0Y18 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        (i) Acquisition of Shares pursuant 
                                        to the vesting of nil cost options 
                                        under the DLG Long Term Incentive Plan 
                                        (the "LTIP") and Deferred Annual Incentive 
                                        Plan (the "DAIP"); and 
                                        (ii) Sale of Shares to settle tax liabilities 
                                        arising from LTIP and DAIP vestings. 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price (s)        Volume (s) 
                                   ---------------  --------------- 
                                    (i) Nil          LTIP - 200,856 
                                                      DAIP - 84,675 
                                   ---------------  --------------- 
                                    (ii) GBP3.3412   LTIP - 94,734 
                                                      DAIP - 39,938 
                                   ---------------  --------------- 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume          134,672 
 
 
       - Price                      GBP3.3412 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     27 March 2017 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    The London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Jonathan Greenwood 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             Managing Director, Commercial / PDMR 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Direct Line Insurance Group plc 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800FF2R23ALJQOP04 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the          Ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence 
       financial instrument,       ("Shares") 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code         GB00BY9D0Y18 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        (i) Acquisition of Shares pursuant 
                                        to the vesting of nil cost options 
                                        under the DLG Long Term Incentive Plan 
                                        (the "LTIP") and Deferred Annual Incentive 
                                        Plan (the "DAIP"); 
                                        (ii) Sale of Shares to settle tax liabilities 
                                        arising from LTIP and DAIP vestings; 
                                        and 
                                        (iii) Sale of Shares. 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price (s)          Volume (s) 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (i) Nil            LTIP - 90,056 
                                                         DAIP - 56,110 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (ii) GBP3.3412     LTIP - 42,326 
                                                         DAIP - 26,372 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (iii) GBP3.3412    77,468 
                                       GBP3.3574         28,438 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume          174,604 
 
 
       - Price                      GBP3.3438 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     27 March 2017 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    The London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Steve Maddock 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             Chief Operating Officer / PDMR 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Direct Line Insurance Group plc 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800FF2R23ALJQOP04 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the          Ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence 
       financial instrument,       ("Shares") 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code         GB00BY9D0Y18 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        (i) Acquisition of Shares pursuant 
                                        to the vesting of nil cost options 
                                        under the DLG Long Term Incentive Plan 
                                        (the "LTIP") and the DLG Deferred Annual 
                                        Incentive Plan (the "DAIP"); 
                                        (ii) Sale of Shares to settle tax liabilities 
                                        arising from LTIP and DAIP vestings; 
                                        and 
                                        (iii) Sale of Shares. 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price (s)          Volume (s) 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (i) Nil            LTIP - 116,747 
                                                         DAIP - 67,332 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (ii) GBP3.3412     LTIP - 54,871 
                                                         DAIP - 31,646 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (iii) GBP3.3412    97,562 
                                       GBP3.33           48,544 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume          232,623 
 
 
       - Price                      GBP3.3389 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     27 March 2017 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    The London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Humphrey Tomlinson 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             General Counsel / PDMR 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Direct Line Insurance Group plc 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800FF2R23ALJQOP04 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the          Ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence 
       financial instrument,       ("Shares") 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code         GB00BY9D0Y18 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        (i) Acquisition of Shares pursuant 
                                        to the vesting of nil cost options 
                                        under the DLG Long Term Incentive Plan 
                                        (the "LTIP") and the DLG Deferred Annual 
                                        Incentive Plan (the "DAIP"); 
                                        (ii) Sale of Shares to settle tax liabilities 
                                        arising from LTIP and DAIP vestings; 
                                        and 
                                        (iii) Sale of Shares. 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price (s)          Volume (s) 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (i) Nil            LTIP - 59,333 
                                                         DAIP - 30,604 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (ii) GBP3.3412     LTIP - 27,887 
                                                         DAIP - 14,384 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (iii) GBP3.3412    47,666 
                                       GBP3.3450         100,604 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume          190,541 
 
 
       - Price                      GBP3.3432 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     27 March 2017 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    The London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Jose Vazquez 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             Chief Risk Officer / PDMR 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial Notification 
       /Amendment 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Direct Line Insurance Group plc 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                         213800FF2R23ALJQOP04 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
---  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the          Ordinary shares of 10 (10) /(11) pence 
       financial instrument,       ("Shares") 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code         GB00BY9D0Y18 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        (i) Acquisition of Shares pursuant 
                                        to the vesting of nil cost options 
                                        under the DLG Long Term Incentive Plan 
                                        (the "LTIP") and the DLG Deferred Annual 
                                        Incentive Plan (the "DAIP"); 
                                        (ii) Sale of Shares to settle tax liabilities 
                                        arising from LTIP and DAIP vestings; 
                                        and 
                                        (iii) Sale of Shares. 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price (s)          Volume (s) 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (i) Nil            LTIP - 110,076 
                                                         DAIP - 51,008 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (ii) GBP3.3412     LTIP - 51,736 
                                                         DAIP - 23,974 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
                                     (iii) GBP3.3412    85,374 
                                       GBP3.3525         62,549 
                                    -----------------  --------------- 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
 
       - Aggregated volume          223,633 
 
 
       - Price                      GBP3.3444 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction     27 March 2017 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction    The London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
---  --------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------- 
 

For any enquiries relating to this announcement, please contact:

Simon Watson

Deputy Company Secretary

Telephone: 01651 831911

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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