Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 26, 2021

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

26 August 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
25 August 2021	23,344	312.80	311.20	311.77	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 1,342,849,544 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,342,849,544. 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
25/08/2021	08:33:29	312.00	41	XLON	379194756308777
25/08/2021	08:34:11	311.80	506	XLON	379194756308877
25/08/2021	08:40:08	312.30	967	XLON	379194756309718
25/08/2021	09:16:46	312.50	28	XLON	379194756313840
25/08/2021	09:17:56	312.50	599	XLON	379194756314005
25/08/2021	09:31:15	312.80	679	XLON	379194756315561
25/08/2021	09:38:25	312.20	615	XLON	379194756316417
25/08/2021	09:56:32	312.30	660	XLON	379194756318898
25/08/2021	10:14:17	312.80	719	XLON	379194756320851
25/08/2021	10:25:55	312.60	694	XLON	379194756322272
25/08/2021	10:45:13	312.30	52	XLON	379194756324907
25/08/2021	10:45:13	312.30	539	XLON	379194756324908
25/08/2021	10:58:06	312.10	905	XLON	379194756326573
25/08/2021	11:12:37	312.10	494	XLON	379194756328151
25/08/2021	11:12:37	312.10	135	XLON	379194756328152
25/08/2021	11:34:38	311.90	728	XLON	379194756330521
25/08/2021	12:05:42	312.00	854	XLON	379194756334487
25/08/2021	12:09:11	311.70	735	XLON	379194756334960
25/08/2021	12:28:55	311.20	754	XLON	379194756337076
25/08/2021	12:45:01	311.20	343	XLON	379194756338863
25/08/2021	12:57:20	311.50	707	XLON	379194756340557
25/08/2021	13:20:27	311.20	88	XLON	379194756343077
25/08/2021	13:20:27	311.20	565	XLON	379194756343078
25/08/2021	13:44:21	311.20	325	XLON	379194756345734
25/08/2021	13:44:21	311.20	326	XLON	379194756345735
25/08/2021	13:59:00	311.40	740	XLON	379194756347425
25/08/2021	14:19:34	311.30	7	XLON	379194756350647
25/08/2021	14:19:34	311.30	562	XLON	379194756350648
25/08/2021	14:23:49	311.30	586	XLON	379194756351425
25/08/2021	14:34:08	311.20	651	XLON	379194756355621
25/08/2021	14:41:41	311.50	390	XLON	379194756358792
25/08/2021	14:46:41	311.70	706	XLON	379194756360318
25/08/2021	15:03:38	311.40	962	XLON	379194756365281
25/08/2021	15:10:23	311.40	639	XLON	379194756367035
25/08/2021	15:22:33	311.40	763	XLON	379194756370744
25/08/2021	15:35:29	311.60	685	XLON	379194756373706
25/08/2021	15:47:40	311.80	704	XLON	379194756376634
25/08/2021	15:54:56	311.40	577	XLON	379194756378325
25/08/2021	16:10:02	311.30	426	XLON	379194756381931
25/08/2021	16:21:52	311.50	135	XLON	379194756385114
25/08/2021	16:22:42	311.60	46	XLON	379194756385391
25/08/2021	16:22:42	311.60	493	XLON	379194756385392
25/08/2021	16:22:42	311.60	83	XLON	379194756385393
25/08/2021	16:28:30	311.40	385	XLON	379194756387514
25/08/2021	16:28:30	311.40	144	XLON	379194756387515
25/08/2021	16:29:36	311.60	602	XLON	379194756388295

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

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