Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1689L
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
12 May 2022
 

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 9 March 2022 , as announced on 9 March 2022:

 

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 May 2022

10,421

244.50

240.40

241.96

LSE

11 May 2022

1,388

243.00

243.00

243.00

BATE

 

DLG will cancel the purchased shares.   

 

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,319,237,593 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,319,237,593. 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

11/05/2022

08:15:13

240.70

1,264

LSE

E0ACPbIhysfv

11/05/2022

08:27:23

240.60

1,239

LSE

E0ACPbIhzR8E

11/05/2022

09:00:03

240.40

1,299

LSE

E0ACPbIi0eXr

11/05/2022

09:42:48

242.00

1,336

LSE

E0ACPbIi1v3a

11/05/2022

10:45:29

241.90

1,338

LSE

E0ACPbIi3Sj5

11/05/2022

12:04:01

244.50

1,139

LSE

E0ACPbIi54XC

11/05/2022

15:33:50

242.60

1,570

LSE

E0ACPbIiEa8f

11/05/2022

16:16:20

243.10

1,236

LSE

E0ACPbIiGhme

11/05/2022

16:25:55

243.00

46

BATE

78364388112

11/05/2022

16:25:55

243.00

68

BATE

78364388113

11/05/2022

16:25:55

243.00

232

BATE

78364388114

11/05/2022

16:25:57

243.00

1,042

BATE

78364388127

 

 

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

 

 

LEI: 213800FF2R23ALJQOP04

 

 

-- ENDS--

 

Roger Clifton

Company Secretary

Email:  Roger.Clifton@directlinegroup.co.uk  

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