Direct Line Insurance Group PLC Transaction in Own Shares (9866Q)

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RNS Number : 9866Q

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

02 November 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       Highest         Lowest        Volume      Venue 
                      of shares    price paid:    price paid:     weighted 
                      purchased      (pence)        (pence)       average 
                                                                 price paid 
                                                                 per share 
                                                                  (pence) 
  1 November 2021      2,000         293.90         291.80        293.27       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 1,333,236,737 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,333,236,737. 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      Quantity     Exchange   Reference number 
                           (pence)    purchased    Venue      of transaction 
 01/11/2021    08:40:02   291.80     196          XLON       421276845876089 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    10:14:42   292.50     22           XLON       421276845888485 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    10:14:42   292.50     151          XLON       421276845888486 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    10:30:12   292.60     205          XLON       421276845890501 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    12:06:31   293.60     176          XLON       421276845902157 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    12:55:08   293.60     196          XLON       421276845907695 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    13:55:28   293.80     201          XLON       421276845917552 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    14:39:05   293.60     205          XLON       421276845925904 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    15:13:24   293.90     242          XLON       421276845933952 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    16:01:58   293.60     222          XLON       421276845943806 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    16:24:46   293.50     135          XLON       421276845948796 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 01/11/2021    16:29:50   293.20     49           XLON       421276845950780 
              ---------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 

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

-- ENDS--

Roger Clifton

Company Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

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