Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6423N

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

01 October 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 of shares purchased	Highest price paid: (pence)	Lowest price paid: (pence)	Volume  weighted average price paid per share (pence)	Venue
30 September 2021	150,000	290.60	287.20	289.22	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 1,342,203,604 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,342,203,604. 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 (pence)	Quantity purchased	Exchange Venue	Reference number of transaction
30/09/2021	08:26:28	289.30	1,071	XLON	401459866772974
30/09/2021	08:40:06	289.70	878	XLON	401459866775843
30/09/2021	08:42:11	290.00	1,300	XLON	401459866776184
30/09/2021	08:49:36	289.70	172	XLON	401459866777714
30/09/2021	08:49:36	289.70	629	XLON	401459866777715
30/09/2021	08:56:20	290.00	1,232	XLON	401459866778564
30/09/2021	08:56:25	290.00	1,813	XLON	401459866778594
30/09/2021	09:04:44	290.10	828	XLON	401459866779932
30/09/2021	09:04:50	290.10	28	XLON	401459866779938
30/09/2021	09:04:50	290.10	547	XLON	401459866779939
30/09/2021	09:04:50	290.10	828	XLON	401459866779940
30/09/2021	09:15:38	289.10	1,191	XLON	401459866781536
30/09/2021	09:15:38	289.10	552	XLON	401459866781537
30/09/2021	09:26:04	288.60	753	XLON	401459866782955
30/09/2021	09:36:15	288.40	549	XLON	401459866784267
30/09/2021	09:36:15	288.40	114	XLON	401459866784268
30/09/2021	09:36:15	288.40	564	XLON	401459866784269
30/09/2021	09:42:02	288.60	301	XLON	401459866785236
30/09/2021	09:42:02	288.60	670	XLON	401459866785237
30/09/2021	09:56:52	288.70	691	XLON	401459866787487
30/09/2021	09:59:45	288.70	671	XLON	401459866787878
30/09/2021	10:07:28	289.10	662	XLON	401459866789151
30/09/2021	10:07:28	289.20	653	XLON	401459866789161
30/09/2021	10:07:33	289.10	73	XLON	401459866789205
30/09/2021	10:07:33	289.10	796	XLON	401459866789206
30/09/2021	10:09:56	289.10	605	XLON	401459866789629
30/09/2021	10:13:02	289.10	576	XLON	401459866790107
30/09/2021	10:19:18	288.80	559	XLON	401459866791196
30/09/2021	10:19:19	288.80	712	XLON	401459866791197
30/09/2021	10:22:53	288.80	1,019	XLON	401459866791833
30/09/2021	10:31:03	288.90	866	XLON	401459866793363
30/09/2021	10:36:05	289.30	769	XLON	401459866794145
30/09/2021	10:37:14	289.10	548	XLON	401459866794367
30/09/2021	10:41:36	288.90	694	XLON	401459866795243
30/09/2021	10:43:02	288.80	580	XLON	401459866795560
30/09/2021	10:53:02	289.00	1,186	XLON	401459866797808
30/09/2021	10:57:40	289.20	2,313	XLON	401459866798603
30/09/2021	10:57:40	289.20	65	XLON	401459866798604
30/09/2021	10:59:13	288.90	585	XLON	401459866798862
30/09/2021	11:03:53	289.00	900	XLON	401459866799550
30/09/2021	11:03:53	289.00	203	XLON	401459866799551
30/09/2021	11:03:55	288.90	1,325	XLON	401459866799567
30/09/2021	11:04:16	288.70	872	XLON	401459866799655
30/09/2021	11:09:39	288.30	1,474	XLON	401459866800756
30/09/2021	11:09:41	288.30	649	XLON	401459866800763
30/09/2021	11:10:12	288.20	591	XLON	401459866800916
30/09/2021	11:24:11	287.60	1,500	XLON	401459866803840
30/09/2021	11:24:11	287.60	115	XLON	401459866803841
30/09/2021	11:27:30	287.60	899	XLON	401459866804557
30/09/2021	11:32:45	287.30	792	XLON	401459866805501
30/09/2021	11:32:45	287.30	573	XLON	401459866805503
30/09/2021	11:35:04	287.30	136	XLON	401459866805901
30/09/2021	11:35:04	287.30	554	XLON	401459866805902
30/09/2021	11:35:42	287.50	733	XLON	401459866806022
30/09/2021	11:36:30	287.40	1,157	XLON	401459866806157
30/09/2021	11:36:30	287.40	545	XLON	401459866806158
30/09/2021	11:41:47	287.30	5	XLON	401459866806888
30/09/2021	11:41:47	287.30	729	XLON	401459866806889
30/09/2021	11:52:08	287.90	21	XLON	401459866808193
30/09/2021	11:52:08	287.90	1,480	XLON	401459866808194
30/09/2021	11:52:43	287.80	585	XLON	401459866808275
30/09/2021	11:54:12	287.80	761	XLON	401459866808491
30/09/2021	11:56:33	287.60	646	XLON	401459866808815
30/09/2021	11:56:33	287.60	52	XLON	401459866808816
30/09/2021	12:15:10	287.20	216	XLON	401459866811845
30/09/2021	12:15:10	287.20	380	XLON	401459866811846
30/09/2021	12:15:48	287.50	690	XLON	401459866811997
30/09/2021	12:19:14	287.60	62	XLON	401459866812299
30/09/2021	12:20:54	287.60	15	XLON	401459866812527
30/09/2021	12:20:54	287.60	259	XLON	401459866812528
30/09/2021	12:20:54	287.60	591	XLON	401459866812529
30/09/2021	12:28:17	288.30	50	XLON	401459866813269
30/09/2021	12:28:17	288.30	900	XLON	401459866813270
30/09/2021	12:32:51	288.60	1,020	XLON	401459866813913
30/09/2021	12:33:10	288.70	770	XLON	401459866813978
30/09/2021	12:37:30	288.80	900	XLON	401459866814637
30/09/2021	12:38:39	288.70	858	XLON	401459866814830
30/09/2021	12:38:40	288.70	900	XLON	401459866814835
30/09/2021	12:38:40	288.70	880	XLON	401459866814836
30/09/2021	12:42:15	288.30	560	XLON	401459866815445
30/09/2021	12:44:56	288.40	1,249	XLON	401459866816296
30/09/2021	12:59:37	288.70	1,491	XLON	401459866818368
30/09/2021	13:03:11	288.70	935	XLON	401459866818873
30/09/2021	13:10:04	288.80	603	XLON	401459866819882
30/09/2021	13:32:09	289.80	167	XLON	401459866823160
30/09/2021	13:32:09	289.80	751	XLON	401459866823161
30/09/2021	13:34:44	289.90	897	XLON	401459866823659
30/09/2021	13:34:44	289.90	168	XLON	401459866823660
30/09/2021	13:34:49	289.90	1,204	XLON	401459866823673
30/09/2021	13:35:01	289.90	482	XLON	401459866823712
30/09/2021	13:35:01	289.90	219	XLON	401459866823713
30/09/2021	13:36:49	289.90	1,828	XLON	401459866824174
30/09/2021	13:48:05	289.90	1,141	XLON	401459866825900
30/09/2021	13:49:05	289.90	673	XLON	401459866826096
30/09/2021	13:49:05	289.70	621	XLON	401459866826103
30/09/2021	13:52:10	289.50	685	XLON	401459866826808
30/09/2021	13:52:19	289.10	1,100	XLON	401459866826852
30/09/2021	13:52:19	289.10	622	XLON	401459866826853
30/09/2021	14:00:49	288.90	783	XLON	401459866828560
30/09/2021	14:01:06	288.80	835	XLON	401459866828671
30/09/2021	14:01:06	288.80	1,305	XLON	401459866828672
30/09/2021	14:06:23	288.70	646	XLON	401459866830124
30/09/2021	14:06:29	288.60	310	XLON	401459866830172
30/09/2021	14:08:52	288.30	849	XLON	401459866830632
30/09/2021	14:08:52	288.50	849	XLON	401459866830630
30/09/2021	14:08:52	288.50	539	XLON	401459866830631
30/09/2021	14:13:08	288.60	616	XLON	401459866831452
30/09/2021	14:20:49	289.20	818	XLON	401459866833047
30/09/2021	14:20:49	289.00	1,045	XLON	401459866833055
30/09/2021	14:27:58	289.10	650	XLON	401459866835126
30/09/2021	14:29:04	289.00	968	XLON	401459866835414
30/09/2021	14:30:48	289.00	1,207	XLON	401459866836670
30/09/2021	14:33:56	289.40	2,453	XLON	401459866838577
30/09/2021	14:33:56	289.30	621	XLON	401459866838579
30/09/2021	14:33:56	289.30	175	XLON	401459866838580
30/09/2021	14:37:56	288.70	943	XLON	401459866840291
30/09/2021	14:39:09	288.50	787	XLON	401459866840856
30/09/2021	14:41:45	288.80	1,281	XLON	401459866842062
30/09/2021	14:42:13	289.00	849	XLON	401459866842329
30/09/2021	14:42:13	289.00	745	XLON	401459866842335
30/09/2021	14:42:33	288.80	604	XLON	401459866842468
30/09/2021	14:42:33	288.80	26	XLON	401459866842469
30/09/2021	14:47:41	288.70	943	XLON	401459866844343
30/09/2021	14:49:00	288.70	672	XLON	401459866844873
30/09/2021	14:54:23	289.50	2,229	XLON	401459866847212
30/09/2021	14:56:29	289.30	560	XLON	401459866847987
30/09/2021	14:58:20	289.20	861	XLON	401459866848794
30/09/2021	14:59:47	289.10	840	XLON	401459866849305
30/09/2021	15:03:04	289.10	303	XLON	401459866851186
30/09/2021	15:03:04	289.10	1,621	XLON	401459866851187
30/09/2021	15:11:33	289.80	804	XLON	401459866855055
30/09/2021	15:11:33	289.80	626	XLON	401459866855063
30/09/2021	15:11:46	289.80	900	XLON	401459866855134
30/09/2021	15:12:50	289.80	1,022	XLON	401459866855487
30/09/2021	15:12:50	289.80	1,300	XLON	401459866855490
30/09/2021	15:12:50	289.80	356	XLON	401459866855491
30/09/2021	15:13:41	289.90	1,201	XLON	401459866855869
30/09/2021	15:13:42	289.90	569	XLON	401459866855876
30/09/2021	15:15:36	289.80	1,054	XLON	401459866856545
30/09/2021	15:20:07	289.60	1,322	XLON	401459866858630
30/09/2021	15:21:09	289.50	397	XLON	401459866859236
30/09/2021	15:21:09	289.50	251	XLON	401459866859237
30/09/2021	15:22:43	289.60	548	XLON	401459866859941
30/09/2021	15:24:25	289.50	749	XLON	401459866860648
30/09/2021	15:27:48	289.50	1,237	XLON	401459866861938
30/09/2021	15:29:45	289.20	552	XLON	401459866862527
30/09/2021	15:30:18	289.30	767	XLON	401459866862820
30/09/2021	15:35:33	290.00	1,079	XLON	401459866864917
30/09/2021	15:35:33	290.00	295	XLON	401459866864919
30/09/2021	15:35:33	290.00	501	XLON	401459866864920
30/09/2021	15:39:23	290.00	1,241	XLON	401459866866010
30/09/2021	15:40:02	290.10	1,086	XLON	401459866866146
30/09/2021	15:42:44	290.00	835	XLON	401459866867060
30/09/2021	15:42:44	290.00	287	XLON	401459866867061
30/09/2021	15:47:07	289.80	1,557	XLON	401459866868407
30/09/2021	15:49:59	289.70	613	XLON	401459866869432
30/09/2021	15:49:59	289.70	695	XLON	401459866869433
30/09/2021	15:51:11	289.60	580	XLON	401459866869906
30/09/2021	15:51:12	289.50	760	XLON	401459866869915
30/09/2021	15:53:22	289.40	578	XLON	401459866870878
30/09/2021	15:55:45	289.40	816	XLON	401459866871972
30/09/2021	15:55:45	289.40	540	XLON	401459866871969
30/09/2021	15:59:34	289.30	1,410	XLON	401459866873721
30/09/2021	15:59:34	289.30	1,082	XLON	401459866873752
30/09/2021	16:03:36	289.70	543	XLON	401459866875739
30/09/2021	16:07:49	289.90	230	XLON	401459866877421
30/09/2021	16:07:49	289.90	379	XLON	401459866877422
30/09/2021	16:09:06	289.90	238	XLON	401459866877947
30/09/2021	16:09:06	289.90	693	XLON	401459866877948
30/09/2021	16:09:21	289.90	1,645	XLON	401459866878080
30/09/2021	16:09:21	289.90	1,847	XLON	401459866878101
30/09/2021	16:10:10	289.90	1,985	XLON	401459866878364
30/09/2021	16:10:11	289.80	1,279	XLON	401459866878372
30/09/2021	16:13:04	290.00	645	XLON	401459866879451
30/09/2021	16:13:44	290.00	603	XLON	401459866879661
30/09/2021	16:15:03	290.00	568	XLON	401459866880128
30/09/2021	16:15:11	290.00	564	XLON	401459866880172
30/09/2021	16:18:38	290.00	577	XLON	401459866881575
30/09/2021	16:18:38	290.00	900	XLON	401459866881579
30/09/2021	16:18:38	290.00	566	XLON	401459866881580
30/09/2021	16:20:27	290.10	614	XLON	401459866882446
30/09/2021	16:20:27	290.10	883	XLON	401459866882453
30/09/2021	16:22:03	290.10	444	XLON	401459866883421
30/09/2021	16:22:14	290.10	173	XLON	401459866883526
30/09/2021	16:22:19	290.10	1,198	XLON	401459866883573
30/09/2021	16:24:07	290.20	913	XLON	401459866884450
30/09/2021	16:24:07	290.20	1,223	XLON	401459866884463
30/09/2021	16:26:28	290.30	834	XLON	401459866885755
30/09/2021	16:26:39	290.20	1,177	XLON	401459866885872
30/09/2021	16:26:39	290.20	1,022	XLON	401459866885873
30/09/2021	16:27:44	290.30	630	XLON	401459866886576
30/09/2021	16:28:42	290.30	11	XLON	401459866887017
30/09/2021	16:28:42	290.30	1,177	XLON	401459866887018
30/09/2021	16:29:50	290.60	1,069	XLON	401459866888152

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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