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 8 March 2021, as announced on 9 March 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 |
| 06/05/2021 | 9,265 | 290.90 | 286.10 | 287.50 | XLON |
DLG will cancel the purchased shares.
Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,353,925,576 ordinary shares in issue. 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 |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:00:56 | 286.20 | 1,184 | XLON | E05s6chQYuzp |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:00:56 | 286.10 | 1,211 | XLON | E05s6chQYuzy |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:00:57 | 286.10 | 74 | XLON | E05s6chQYv1S |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:01:48 | 286.10 | 1,326 | XLON | E05s6chQZ0A8 |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:18:32 | 287.90 | 688 | XLON | E05s6chQZqR3 |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:18:32 | 287.90 | 349 | XLON | E05s6chQZqR5 |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:18:32 | 287.90 | 1,085 | XLON | E05s6chQZqR7 |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:25:36 | 287.80 | 2,276 | XLON | E05s6chQa3Rr |
| 06/05/2021 | 08:50:40 | 290.90 | 1,072 | XLON | E05s6chQakwy |
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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