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Transaction in Own Shares • Nov 2, 2021
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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
02 November 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 |
| 1 November 2021 | 2,000 | 293.90 | 291.80 | 293.27 | 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 1,333,236,737 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,333,236,737. 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 |
| 01/11/2021 | 08:40:02 | 291.80 | 196 | XLON | 421276845876089 |
| 01/11/2021 | 10:14:42 | 292.50 | 22 | XLON | 421276845888485 |
| 01/11/2021 | 10:14:42 | 292.50 | 151 | XLON | 421276845888486 |
| 01/11/2021 | 10:30:12 | 292.60 | 205 | XLON | 421276845890501 |
| 01/11/2021 | 12:06:31 | 293.60 | 176 | XLON | 421276845902157 |
| 01/11/2021 | 12:55:08 | 293.60 | 196 | XLON | 421276845907695 |
| 01/11/2021 | 13:55:28 | 293.80 | 201 | XLON | 421276845917552 |
| 01/11/2021 | 14:39:05 | 293.60 | 205 | XLON | 421276845925904 |
| 01/11/2021 | 15:13:24 | 293.90 | 242 | XLON | 421276845933952 |
| 01/11/2021 | 16:01:58 | 293.60 | 222 | XLON | 421276845943806 |
| 01/11/2021 | 16:24:46 | 293.50 | 135 | XLON | 421276845948796 |
| 01/11/2021 | 16:29:50 | 293.20 | 49 | XLON | 421276845950780 |
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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