Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 31, 2021

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

31 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
27 August 2021	23,466	311.90	310.60	311.30	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 1,342,802,662 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,342,802,662. 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
27/08/2021	08:56:05	310.60	697	XLON	380431706888956
27/08/2021	09:22:50	311.00	517	XLON	380431706891404
27/08/2021	09:40:05	311.20	669	XLON	380431706892893
27/08/2021	09:58:00	311.40	1,296	XLON	380431706894364
27/08/2021	10:05:48	311.30	111	XLON	380431706895174
27/08/2021	10:05:48	311.30	479	XLON	380431706895175
27/08/2021	10:30:00	311.90	1,019	XLON	380431706897086
27/08/2021	10:48:00	311.80	725	XLON	380431706898444
27/08/2021	11:04:09	311.80	803	XLON	380431706899659
27/08/2021	11:21:47	311.10	618	XLON	380431706900994
27/08/2021	11:34:24	311.00	640	XLON	380431706901833
27/08/2021	11:50:08	310.80	721	XLON	380431706902907
27/08/2021	12:15:05	311.20	580	XLON	380431706904573
27/08/2021	12:20:02	311.20	581	XLON	380431706905045
27/08/2021	12:38:43	311.70	614	XLON	380431706906350
27/08/2021	12:49:02	311.70	631	XLON	380431706907331
27/08/2021	13:08:40	311.20	587	XLON	380431706909171
27/08/2021	13:41:42	311.60	1,117	XLON	380431706912256
27/08/2021	13:45:45	311.40	241	XLON	380431706912654
27/08/2021	13:45:45	311.40	428	XLON	380431706912655
27/08/2021	14:17:04	311.40	1,095	XLON	380431706916210
27/08/2021	14:26:36	311.50	620	XLON	380431706917294
27/08/2021	14:38:11	311.60	753	XLON	380431706920277
27/08/2021	14:49:58	311.90	1,075	XLON	380431706922839
27/08/2021	15:00:02	311.70	460	XLON	380431706925289
27/08/2021	15:00:02	311.70	165	XLON	380431706925290
27/08/2021	15:07:41	311.00	640	XLON	380431706928254
27/08/2021	15:21:37	310.90	710	XLON	380431706931719
27/08/2021	15:21:37	310.90	125	XLON	380431706931720
27/08/2021	15:33:22	310.90	754	XLON	380431706933773
27/08/2021	15:44:02	310.80	933	XLON	380431706935876
27/08/2021	16:04:58	311.30	739	XLON	380431706940607
27/08/2021	16:07:01	311.10	656	XLON	380431706941017
27/08/2021	16:22:02	310.90	950	XLON	380431706945198
27/08/2021	16:22:02	310.90	58	XLON	380431706945199
27/08/2021	16:29:52	310.90	659	XLON	380431706947895

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

Telephone: +44 (0)1651 831 956

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