Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Mar 15, 2022

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

15 March 2022

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 9 March 2022, as announced on 9 March 2022:

Date of purchase	Number of shares purchased	Highest price paid: (pence)	Lowest price paid: (pence)	Volume  weighted average price paid per share (pence)	Venue
14 March 2022	7,351	271.00	267.00	269.59	LSE
14 March 2022	3,254	271.00	270.60	270.76	BATE
14 March 2022	1,025	270.70	270.70	270.70	CHIX

DLG will cancel the purchased shares.                   

Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, DLG will hold no ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,330,012,878 ordinary shares in issue. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in DLG will be 1,330,012,878 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 (GMT)	Price (pence)	Quantity bought	Exchange Venue	Reference number of the transaction
14/03/2022	8:00:15	267.00	1,084	LSE	E09WNpRtSl6a
14/03/2022	8:00:15	267.00	32	LSE	E09WNpRtSl6c
14/03/2022	8:00:15	267.00	1,174	LSE	E09WNpRtSl6e
14/03/2022	8:04:58	269.80	1,005	LSE	E09WNpRtTHcO
14/03/2022	11:25:12	271.00	538	BATE	78364227523
14/03/2022	11:25:12	271.00	543	BATE	78364227524
14/03/2022	11:34:06	271.00	1,024	LSE	E09WNpRtao07
14/03/2022	11:38:42	270.60	600	BATE	78364231144
14/03/2022	11:38:42	270.60	270	BATE	78364231145
14/03/2022	11:38:42	270.60	298	BATE	78364231146
14/03/2022	11:43:49	270.70	1,005	BATE	78364232373
14/03/2022	11:43:49	270.70	1,017	CHIX	2899474189707
14/03/2022	11:43:49	270.70	8	CHIX	2899474189708
14/03/2022	11:46:35	271.00	194	LSE	E09WNpRtb6LP
14/03/2022	11:46:35	271.00	675	LSE	E09WNpRtb6LR
14/03/2022	11:46:35	271.00	108	LSE	E09WNpRtb6LV
14/03/2022	11:56:41	271.00	1,018	LSE	E09WNpRtbOHq
14/03/2022	12:22:51	271.00	1,037	LSE	E09WNpRtbux0

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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