Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • May 21, 2021

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

21 May 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 purchase	Number of shares purchased	Highest price paid: (pence)	Lowest price paid: (pence)	Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence)	Venue
20/05/2021	3,330	296.40	292.70	294.31	BATE
20/05/2021	9,089	295.30	293.00	294.20	CHIX
20/05/2021	42,052	296.60	292.70	294.55	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 1,352,146,378 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
20/05/2021	08:04:25	293.00	1,344	XLON	E062G3SPsvgs
20/05/2021	08:04:39	292.70	1,241	XLON	E062G3SPsweX
20/05/2021	08:08:47	293.00	1,153	XLON	E062G3SPtBcu
20/05/2021	08:08:47	293.00	1,477	XLON	E062G3SPtBcw
20/05/2021	08:08:47	293.00	1,061	CHIX	2918460454818
20/05/2021	08:13:01	292.70	428	XLON	E062G3SPtOoL
20/05/2021	08:13:01	292.70	1,110	BATE	97350546560
20/05/2021	08:16:09	292.70	568	XLON	E062G3SPtVW3
20/05/2021	08:16:09	292.70	547	XLON	E062G3SPtVW5
20/05/2021	08:21:31	293.30	1,232	XLON	E062G3SPtjDl
20/05/2021	08:26:17	294.00	1,252	XLON	E062G3SPtu5y
20/05/2021	08:33:27	293.50	1,052	XLON	E062G3SPu9SU
20/05/2021	08:42:06	293.10	51	XLON	E062G3SPuQXo
20/05/2021	08:42:06	293.10	1,054	XLON	E062G3SPuQXq
20/05/2021	08:48:53	293.70	1,233	XLON	E062G3SPuc5X
20/05/2021	08:59:46	293.20	1,227	CHIX	2918460471603
20/05/2021	09:03:47	293.10	1,119	XLON	E062G3SPv0SJ
20/05/2021	09:11:47	293.20	1,216	CHIX	2918460475597
20/05/2021	09:31:14	294.00	609	XLON	E062G3SPvhPN
20/05/2021	09:31:14	294.00	244	XLON	E062G3SPvhPR
20/05/2021	09:31:14	294.00	359	XLON	E062G3SPvhPT
20/05/2021	09:33:06	293.80	1,103	XLON	E062G3SPvjjb
20/05/2021	09:33:06	293.80	1,103	BATE	97350562322
20/05/2021	09:54:42	294.20	1,389	XLON	E062G3SPwKbC
20/05/2021	10:07:41	294.20	1,141	XLON	E062G3SPwgQ2
20/05/2021	10:12:08	294.10	77	XLON	E062G3SPwn7r
20/05/2021	10:12:08	294.10	999	XLON	E062G3SPwn7t
20/05/2021	10:18:21	294.50	1,119	XLON	E062G3SPwuJs
20/05/2021	10:27:58	294.00	1,103	XLON	E062G3SPxCZM
20/05/2021	10:44:10	294.50	2,224	XLON	E062G3SPxe6X
20/05/2021	10:48:52	294.20	1,059	CHIX	2918460502088
20/05/2021	11:01:57	294.40	1,104	XLON	E062G3SPy49v
20/05/2021	11:01:57	294.30	1,057	XLON	E062G3SPy4BK
20/05/2021	11:11:40	294.30	677	CHIX	2918460507527
20/05/2021	11:11:40	294.30	568	CHIX	2918460507528
20/05/2021	11:18:09	294.60	1,086	XLON	E062G3SPyS0u
20/05/2021	11:45:43	295.30	2,228	CHIX	2918460515089
20/05/2021	11:53:54	295.50	1,192	XLON	E062G3SPzBhy
20/05/2021	12:16:37	295.30	1,053	CHIX	2918460522678
20/05/2021	12:28:57	295.40	1,073	XLON	E062G3SPzubi
20/05/2021	12:38:28	296.00	1,085	XLON	E062G3SQ06aX
20/05/2021	12:57:52	296.20	957	XLON	E062G3SQ0SAe
20/05/2021	12:57:52	296.20	102	XLON	E062G3SQ0SAg
20/05/2021	13:06:10	296.60	331	XLON	E062G3SQ0cP6
20/05/2021	13:06:10	296.60	725	XLON	E062G3SQ0cP8
20/05/2021	13:16:18	296.40	1,055	XLON	E062G3SQ0pBy
20/05/2021	13:26:33	295.90	1,157	XLON	E062G3SQ11V8
20/05/2021	13:39:03	296.20	134	XLON	E062G3SQ1KEX
20/05/2021	13:39:44	296.20	1,055	XLON	E062G3SQ1Kzw
20/05/2021	13:43:10	296.40	330	XLON	E062G3SQ1Qh9
20/05/2021	13:43:10	296.40	807	XLON	E062G3SQ1QhB
20/05/2021	13:49:15	296.40	277	BATE	97350605413
20/05/2021	13:49:15	296.40	840	BATE	97350605414
20/05/2021	13:58:08	296.20	1,072	XLON	E062G3SQ1o7I
20/05/2021	14:12:55	296.30	2,419	XLON	E062G3SQ2I8S
20/05/2021	14:22:14	296.20	1,193	XLON	E062G3SQ2YlN

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

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Roger Clifton

Company Secretary

Email:  Roger.Clifton@directlinegroup.co.uk 

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