TIDMDLG

RNS Number : 3651W

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

23 April 2021

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         Number of         Highest         Lowest        Volume      Venue 
   purchase     shares purchased    price paid:    price paid:     weighted 
                                      (pence)        (pence)       average 
                                                                  price paid 
                                                                  per share 
                                                                   (pence) 
 22/04/2021    3,014               297.80         295.80         296.77        BATE 
              ------------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------ 
 22/04/2021    8,168               298.40         295.40         297.51        CHIX 
              ------------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------ 
 22/04/2021    43,213              298.60         295.60         297.32        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 1,356,138,274 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       Price      Quantity   Exchange   Reference number 
                (BST)      (pence)    bought     Venue      of the transaction 
 22/04/2021    09:49:15   297.80     585        XLON       E05hxBwRIcIe 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    09:49:15   297.80     424        XLON       E05hxBwRIcIi 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    10:01:51   297.80     1,016      XLON       E05hxBwRIuHu 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    10:02:38   297.60     1,082      XLON       E05hxBwRIv20 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    10:18:43   298.20     957        XLON       E05hxBwRJHpA 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    10:36:01   298.00     983        XLON       E05hxBwRJeF9 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    10:47:11   298.30     965        XLON       E05hxBwRJrRN 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    10:47:34   298.10     1,000      XLON       E05hxBwRJrwy 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:03:50   298.10     1,032      XLON       E05hxBwRKDxi 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:06:26   297.90     165        XLON       E05hxBwRKHb5 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:06:26   297.90     882        XLON       E05hxBwRKHb7 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:24:01   297.80     783        CHIX       2918460503377 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:24:01   297.80     249        CHIX       2918460503378 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:27:28   297.50     161        XLON       E05hxBwRKdlD 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:30:31   297.80     1,001      XLON       E05hxBwRKhb6 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:46:18   298.10     1,025      CHIX       2918460508062 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:56:02   298.20     51         XLON       E05hxBwRL9ML 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    11:56:02   298.20     980        XLON       E05hxBwRL9MN 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    12:02:37   298.10     972        CHIX       2918460511668 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    12:16:03   298.10     479        XLON       E05hxBwRLaK5 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    12:16:03   298.10     516        XLON       E05hxBwRLaK7 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    12:30:03   298.20     1,000      XLON       E05hxBwRM4x1 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    12:30:03   298.20     983        XLON       E05hxBwRM4x3 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    12:41:50   298.20     1,003      XLON       E05hxBwRMJ1A 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    12:53:08   298.10     998        XLON       E05hxBwRMZfa 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    13:12:50   298.50     1,066      XLON       E05hxBwRMz73 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    13:16:12   298.40     1,022      CHIX       2918460527239 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    13:27:57   298.60     1,040      XLON       E05hxBwRNFce 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    13:30:02   298.60     964        XLON       E05hxBwRNIr6 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    13:45:07   298.60     1,014      XLON       E05hxBwRNgN7 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    13:46:03   298.40     978        XLON       E05hxBwRNhd3 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:05:01   298.10     1,146      XLON       E05hxBwRO6iy 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:14:34   298.20     992        XLON       E05hxBwROHr7 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:15:55   298.10     1,049      CHIX       2918460542742 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:20:01   297.80     1,022      CHIX       2918460543865 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:26:11   297.80     168        BATE       97350608613 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:26:11   297.80     795        BATE       97350608614 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:32:16   297.80     1,017      XLON       E05hxBwROttT 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:38:10   297.30     1,119      XLON       E05hxBwRPDDY 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:46:15   296.40     975        CHIX       2918460558901 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:55:21   296.70     1,088      XLON       E05hxBwRPxAs 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    14:59:32   296.80     1,031      XLON       E05hxBwRQ8RS 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:05:57   297.10     319        XLON       E05hxBwRQOIS 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:05:57   297.10     751        XLON       E05hxBwRQOIV 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:07:46   296.80     57         BATE       97350623224 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:07:46   296.80     931        BATE       97350623225 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:16:20   296.40     969        XLON       E05hxBwRQk3K 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:27:46   296.50     1,075      XLON       E05hxBwRR4LD 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:27:46   296.50     999        XLON       E05hxBwRR4LR 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:32:46   296.20     1,094      XLON       E05hxBwRRDqb 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:39:50   296.40     1,149      XLON       E05hxBwRRQzj 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:44:56   295.80     1,041      XLON       E05hxBwRRaNE 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:50:08   296.00     1,034      XLON       E05hxBwRRkcy 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    15:56:34   296.00     958        XLON       E05hxBwRRv66 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:43   295.80     73         XLON       E05hxBwRSGYM 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:43   295.80     114        XLON       E05hxBwRSGYO 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:43   295.80     338        XLON       E05hxBwRSGYQ 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:45   295.80     495        XLON       E05hxBwRSGbz 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:45   295.80     1,012      XLON       E05hxBwRSGcG 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:45   295.80     188        BATE       97350643987 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:45   295.80     116        BATE       97350643988 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:08:45   295.80     759        BATE       97350643989 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:20:24   295.60     1,109      XLON       E05hxBwRScG4 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:20:24   295.60     1,007      XLON       E05hxBwRScG8 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:20:24   295.60     701        XLON       E05hxBwRScGs 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:20:24   295.60     287        XLON       E05hxBwRScGu 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:21:08   295.40     1,013      CHIX       2918460602723 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:21:08   295.40     58         CHIX       2918460602724 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:26:18   296.20     546        XLON       E05hxBwRSowi 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 22/04/2021    16:26:18   296.20     424        XLON       E05hxBwRSowk 
              ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------------------- 
 

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

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

POSFLFLRSSIFFIL

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 23, 2021 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)

Direct Line Insurance (LSE:DLG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024 Click Here for more Direct Line Insurance Charts.
Direct Line Insurance (LSE:DLG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024 Click Here for more Direct Line Insurance Charts.