Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Jun 4, 2021

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

04 June 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
03/06/2021	2,055	298.50	298.50	298.50	BATE
03/06/2021	1,072	298.50	298.50	298.50	CHIX
03/06/2021	4,644	298.90	298.10	298.42	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 1,350,776,885 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
03/06/2021	08:01:11	298.50	930	XLON	E06CPUDPCOY3
03/06/2021	08:01:11	298.50	201	BATE	97350543636
03/06/2021	08:01:11	298.50	101	BATE	97350543637
03/06/2021	08:01:11	298.50	709	BATE	97350543638
03/06/2021	08:11:21	298.50	77	CHIX	2918460453883
03/06/2021	08:11:21	298.50	84	CHIX	2918460453884
03/06/2021	08:11:21	298.50	228	BATE	97350545298
03/06/2021	08:11:21	298.50	175	CHIX	2918460453885
03/06/2021	08:11:21	298.50	736	CHIX	2918460453886
03/06/2021	08:11:21	298.50	816	BATE	97350545299
03/06/2021	08:42:33	298.20	178	XLON	E06CPUDPDcHc
03/06/2021	08:53:43	298.10	41	XLON	E06CPUDPE0Bp
03/06/2021	08:53:44	298.10	1,127	XLON	E06CPUDPE0Cd
03/06/2021	08:59:40	298.20	1,128	XLON	E06CPUDPE8r4
03/06/2021	09:21:42	298.90	1,240	XLON	E06CPUDPEdhS

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

Email:  Roger.Clifton@directlinegroup.co.uk 

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