Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Mar 15, 2021

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

15 March 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
12/03/2021	23,102	316.80	312.60	314.41	BATE
12/03/2021	47,002	316.60	312.60	314.48	CHIX
12/03/2021	147,662	316.90	310.80	314.28	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 1,363,680,064 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 (GMT)	Price (pence)	Quantity bought	Exchange Venue	Reference number of the transaction
12/03/2021	08:00:50	311.90	1,136	XLON	E05EFjIOctyq
12/03/2021	08:00:50	311.80	668	XLON	E05EFjIOctyw
12/03/2021	08:00:50	311.80	489	XLON	E05EFjIOctz2
12/03/2021	08:06:28	310.80	1,317	XLON	E05EFjIOdGfN
12/03/2021	08:12:29	312.50	2,138	XLON	E05EFjIOdXO1
12/03/2021	08:14:19	311.80	1,117	XLON	E05EFjIOdb3h
12/03/2021	08:17:50	313.30	1,079	XLON	E05EFjIOdjHO
12/03/2021	08:22:40	313.70	1,139	XLON	E05EFjIOduUq
12/03/2021	08:22:40	313.70	17	XLON	E05EFjIOduUt
12/03/2021	08:25:09	313.40	1,190	CHIX	2918460460101
12/03/2021	08:27:59	313.00	1,098	XLON	E05EFjIOe5b9
12/03/2021	08:32:35	313.20	1,596	XLON	E05EFjIOeEmi
12/03/2021	08:32:35	313.20	229	BATE	97350549495
12/03/2021	08:32:35	313.20	510	CHIX	2918460462207
12/03/2021	08:34:54	313.20	780	XLON	E05EFjIOeJkg
12/03/2021	08:34:54	313.20	357	XLON	E05EFjIOeJki
12/03/2021	08:38:24	313.00	1,141	XLON	E05EFjIOeRng
12/03/2021	08:42:22	313.20	1,139	CHIX	2918460465196
12/03/2021	08:49:34	312.90	1,186	BATE	97350552250
12/03/2021	08:49:34	312.90	1,270	XLON	E05EFjIOelhl
12/03/2021	08:56:46	312.70	557	CHIX	2918460468947
12/03/2021	08:56:46	312.70	1,746	XLON	E05EFjIOf0l3
12/03/2021	08:58:58	312.50	1,129	XLON	E05EFjIOf5Al
12/03/2021	09:09:43	313.10	3,088	XLON	E05EFjIOfOKy
12/03/2021	09:09:43	313.10	444	BATE	97350555470
12/03/2021	09:16:05	312.60	1,159	XLON	E05EFjIOfZIj
12/03/2021	09:17:21	312.50	1,110	XLON	E05EFjIOfbPc
12/03/2021	09:24:08	312.60	531	CHIX	2918460475629
12/03/2021	09:24:08	312.60	239	BATE	97350557619
12/03/2021	09:24:08	312.60	1,664	XLON	E05EFjIOfoNq
12/03/2021	09:35:08	313.20	1,968	XLON	E05EFjIOg6EF
12/03/2021	09:35:08	313.20	102	BATE	97350558948
12/03/2021	09:35:08	313.20	181	BATE	97350558949
12/03/2021	09:35:08	313.20	628	BATE	97350558950
12/03/2021	09:38:29	313.10	1,096	XLON	E05EFjIOgAWe
12/03/2021	09:40:04	313.10	1,157	XLON	E05EFjIOgCJQ
12/03/2021	09:50:20	313.30	229	BATE	97350560549
12/03/2021	09:50:20	313.30	510	CHIX	2918460480949
12/03/2021	09:50:20	313.30	308	XLON	E05EFjIOgRQi
12/03/2021	09:50:20	313.30	1,288	XLON	E05EFjIOgRQk
12/03/2021	09:50:31	313.30	1,127	CHIX	2918460481056
12/03/2021	09:59:49	313.10	1,143	XLON	E05EFjIOgegN
12/03/2021	09:59:49	313.10	1,184	CHIX	2918460482664
12/03/2021	10:02:52	313.00	1,103	BATE	97350561948
12/03/2021	10:08:24	313.20	1,206	XLON	E05EFjIOgq92
12/03/2021	10:08:24	313.10	1,189	CHIX	2918460484694
12/03/2021	10:13:06	313.10	1,134	XLON	E05EFjIOgvSZ
12/03/2021	10:22:31	313.30	521	CHIX	2918460487303
12/03/2021	10:22:31	313.30	235	BATE	97350564575
12/03/2021	10:22:31	313.30	1,208	XLON	E05EFjIOh7YO
12/03/2021	10:22:31	313.30	426	XLON	E05EFjIOh7YQ
12/03/2021	10:24:59	313.10	733	XLON	E05EFjIOhA1B
12/03/2021	10:24:59	313.10	175	XLON	E05EFjIOhA1D
12/03/2021	10:24:59	313.10	330	XLON	E05EFjIOhA1F
12/03/2021	10:27:30	312.80	1,275	CHIX	2918460488250
12/03/2021	10:31:35	313.20	1,162	CHIX	2918460489121
12/03/2021	10:34:49	313.30	1,250	XLON	E05EFjIOhKpr
12/03/2021	10:43:06	313.20	1,627	XLON	E05EFjIOhV2R
12/03/2021	10:43:06	313.20	234	BATE	97350567000
12/03/2021	10:43:06	313.20	519	CHIX	2918460491431
12/03/2021	10:48:36	313.30	1,087	CHIX	2918460492508
12/03/2021	10:48:37	313.20	1,108	XLON	E05EFjIOhbkB
12/03/2021	10:53:33	313.30	1,205	XLON	E05EFjIOhjRo
12/03/2021	10:56:57	313.20	759	XLON	E05EFjIOhq3V
12/03/2021	10:56:57	313.20	574	XLON	E05EFjIOhq3X
12/03/2021	11:03:05	313.10	418	XLON	E05EFjIOhzZi
12/03/2021	11:06:09	313.10	1,077	CHIX	2918460495940
12/03/2021	11:06:09	313.10	1,071	CHIX	2918460495941
12/03/2021	11:06:09	313.10	657	XLON	E05EFjIOi3tL
12/03/2021	11:10:01	313.00	1,122	CHIX	2918460496621
12/03/2021	11:13:02	312.80	1,100	BATE	97350570819
12/03/2021	11:18:56	313.00	1,277	XLON	E05EFjIOiJ2q
12/03/2021	11:27:51	313.00	2,253	XLON	E05EFjIOiU8R
12/03/2021	11:27:51	313.00	1,250	XLON	E05EFjIOiU8T
12/03/2021	11:30:55	313.00	1,225	XLON	E05EFjIOiYEW
12/03/2021	11:34:19	313.00	658	XLON	E05EFjIOicCr
12/03/2021	11:45:05	313.10	1,288	CHIX	2918460502774
12/03/2021	11:48:45	313.10	294	CHIX	2918460503507
12/03/2021	11:48:45	313.10	287	CHIX	2918460503508
12/03/2021	11:48:45	313.10	568	BATE	97350575105
12/03/2021	11:49:08	313.00	485	CHIX	2918460503580
12/03/2021	11:49:08	313.00	335	BATE	97350575158
12/03/2021	11:49:08	313.00	2,331	XLON	E05EFjIOitc7
12/03/2021	11:49:08	313.00	259	CHIX	2918460503581
12/03/2021	11:52:12	313.10	1,218	XLON	E05EFjIOiwzH
12/03/2021	11:56:36	313.20	1,263	XLON	E05EFjIOj13e
12/03/2021	12:04:42	313.10	549	XLON	E05EFjIOjAH3
12/03/2021	12:10:31	313.30	750	XLON	E05EFjIOjFKC
12/03/2021	12:12:46	313.30	517	CHIX	2918460507243
12/03/2021	12:12:46	313.30	1,617	XLON	E05EFjIOjHIc
12/03/2021	12:12:46	313.30	1,270	XLON	E05EFjIOjHIS
12/03/2021	12:12:46	313.30	232	BATE	97350577984
12/03/2021	12:17:46	313.20	1,073	XLON	E05EFjIOjM0w
12/03/2021	12:17:47	313.20	1,061	BATE	97350578498
12/03/2021	12:27:13	313.10	281	XLON	E05EFjIOjWTq
12/03/2021	12:27:13	313.10	1,232	CHIX	2918460509481
12/03/2021	12:27:13	313.10	855	XLON	E05EFjIOjWTz
12/03/2021	12:27:13	313.10	1,073	XLON	E05EFjIOjWU3
12/03/2021	12:30:33	313.10	1,135	BATE	97350579999
12/03/2021	12:37:12	313.40	1,186	XLON	E05EFjIOjfWk
12/03/2021	12:37:12	313.40	1,113	XLON	E05EFjIOjfWm
12/03/2021	12:40:02	313.60	1,156	XLON	E05EFjIOjisS
12/03/2021	12:47:06	313.60	534	XLON	E05EFjIOjpN3
12/03/2021	12:47:06	313.60	636	XLON	E05EFjIOjpN7
12/03/2021	12:47:06	313.60	1,137	BATE	97350581770
12/03/2021	12:58:38	314.20	733	XLON	E05EFjIOjzgB
12/03/2021	12:58:38	314.20	333	XLON	E05EFjIOjzgD
12/03/2021	13:01:27	314.20	375	BATE	97350583478
12/03/2021	13:01:27	314.20	833	CHIX	2918460514823
12/03/2021	13:01:27	314.20	2,609	XLON	E05EFjIOk2T6
12/03/2021	13:09:21	314.50	2,214	CHIX	2918460516097
12/03/2021	13:09:21	314.50	1,231	BATE	97350584376
12/03/2021	13:11:51	314.30	1,026	XLON	E05EFjIOkCu7
12/03/2021	13:11:51	314.30	194	XLON	E05EFjIOkCu9
12/03/2021	13:16:28	314.30	1,130	XLON	E05EFjIOkHTF
12/03/2021	13:24:09	314.30	93	XLON	E05EFjIOkOg1
12/03/2021	13:24:09	314.30	1,530	XLON	E05EFjIOkOg3
12/03/2021	13:24:09	314.30	518	CHIX	2918460518355
12/03/2021	13:24:09	314.30	233	BATE	97350586253
12/03/2021	13:25:51	314.30	838	CHIX	2918460518629
12/03/2021	13:25:51	314.30	395	CHIX	2918460518630
12/03/2021	13:29:55	314.20	1,228	XLON	E05EFjIOkUaQ
12/03/2021	13:33:56	314.20	1,130	XLON	E05EFjIOkaBZ
12/03/2021	13:34:47	314.00	1,091	XLON	E05EFjIOkbHi
12/03/2021	13:36:55	314.00	821	BATE	97350588032
12/03/2021	13:36:55	314.00	397	BATE	97350588033
12/03/2021	13:43:25	314.20	448	XLON	E05EFjIOkkbn
12/03/2021	13:43:25	314.20	1,121	XLON	E05EFjIOkkbp
12/03/2021	13:43:25	314.20	225	BATE	97350588912
12/03/2021	13:43:25	314.20	501	CHIX	2918460521917
12/03/2021	13:48:09	314.10	1,140	XLON	E05EFjIOkpzI
12/03/2021	13:50:22	314.10	1,235	BATE	97350589903
12/03/2021	13:57:18	314.40	2,049	XLON	E05EFjIOl13B
12/03/2021	13:57:18	314.40	1,227	XLON	E05EFjIOl13D
12/03/2021	14:04:04	314.50	1,725	XLON	E05EFjIOl980
12/03/2021	14:04:04	314.50	550	CHIX	2918460526224
12/03/2021	14:08:04	314.80	2,265	XLON	E05EFjIOlEOY
12/03/2021	14:12:53	314.80	404	XLON	E05EFjIOlLOg
12/03/2021	14:12:53	314.80	820	XLON	E05EFjIOlLOk
12/03/2021	14:12:53	314.80	1,146	XLON	E05EFjIOlLOm
12/03/2021	14:17:37	315.00	240	XLON	E05EFjIOlQx3
12/03/2021	14:17:37	315.00	853	XLON	E05EFjIOlQx5
12/03/2021	14:18:31	314.90	1,118	CHIX	2918460529534
12/03/2021	14:18:31	314.90	148	CHIX	2918460529535
12/03/2021	14:22:21	314.80	1,082	XLON	E05EFjIOlXGl
12/03/2021	14:25:55	315.00	2,231	XLON	E05EFjIOlcML
12/03/2021	14:34:47	315.60	1,422	CHIX	2918460536263
12/03/2021	14:34:47	315.60	1,200	XLON	E05EFjIOm3SR
12/03/2021	14:34:47	315.60	3,257	XLON	E05EFjIOm3SZ
12/03/2021	14:37:01	315.20	1,181	XLON	E05EFjIOmC4j
12/03/2021	14:48:42	315.70	723	CHIX	2918460542877
12/03/2021	14:48:42	315.70	326	BATE	97350602518
12/03/2021	14:48:42	315.70	2,264	XLON	E05EFjIOmpYi
12/03/2021	14:48:42	315.60	154	CHIX	2918460542880
12/03/2021	14:48:42	315.60	196	XLON	E05EFjIOmpZR
12/03/2021	14:48:42	315.60	981	XLON	E05EFjIOmpZT
12/03/2021	14:48:42	315.60	1,011	CHIX	2918460542881
12/03/2021	14:51:17	315.50	1,271	XLON	E05EFjIOmwED
12/03/2021	14:59:16	315.70	2,443	XLON	E05EFjIOnFzV
12/03/2021	14:59:16	315.70	1,084	XLON	E05EFjIOnFzX
12/03/2021	14:59:16	315.70	351	BATE	97350605957
12/03/2021	14:59:16	315.70	780	CHIX	2918460547741
12/03/2021	14:59:20	315.60	578	XLON	E05EFjIOnG5V
12/03/2021	14:59:20	315.60	509	XLON	E05EFjIOnG5X
12/03/2021	15:01:46	315.70	1,148	XLON	E05EFjIOnMxf
12/03/2021	15:07:10	315.60	819	XLON	E05EFjIOnZ23
12/03/2021	15:07:10	315.60	232	BATE	97350608301
12/03/2021	15:07:10	315.60	515	CHIX	2918460551081
12/03/2021	15:07:10	315.60	795	XLON	E05EFjIOnZ29
12/03/2021	15:12:22	315.50	1,124	XLON	E05EFjIOnkEb
12/03/2021	15:13:25	315.50	1,101	XLON	E05EFjIOnmLr
12/03/2021	15:13:25	315.50	467	CHIX	2918460553434
12/03/2021	15:13:25	315.50	814	CHIX	2918460553435
12/03/2021	15:13:25	315.50	167	CHIX	2918460553437
12/03/2021	15:13:25	315.50	974	CHIX	2918460553441
12/03/2021	15:18:53	315.40	1,231	XLON	E05EFjIOnwot
12/03/2021	15:18:53	315.40	2,184	CHIX	2918460555344
12/03/2021	15:22:39	315.70	808	XLON	E05EFjIOo4eL
12/03/2021	15:22:39	315.70	295	XLON	E05EFjIOo4eN
12/03/2021	15:22:39	315.70	1,092	CHIX	2918460556844
12/03/2021	15:26:01	315.50	1,166	BATE	97350613496
12/03/2021	15:27:13	315.30	1,178	XLON	E05EFjIOoEFd
12/03/2021	15:34:24	315.40	2,686	XLON	E05EFjIOoUS4
12/03/2021	15:34:24	315.40	359	XLON	E05EFjIOoUS6
12/03/2021	15:34:24	315.40	438	BATE	97350616306
12/03/2021	15:34:24	315.40	973	CHIX	2918460562200
12/03/2021	15:46:20	316.80	1,445	BATE	97350619508
12/03/2021	15:46:20	316.80	1,274	XLON	E05EFjIOomlP
12/03/2021	15:46:20	316.80	1,245	XLON	E05EFjIOomlT
12/03/2021	15:46:20	316.80	1,392	XLON	E05EFjIOomlV
12/03/2021	15:46:20	316.80	140	XLON	E05EFjIOomlX
12/03/2021	15:46:20	316.80	1,984	XLON	E05EFjIOomlc
12/03/2021	15:47:40	316.90	2,214	XLON	E05EFjIOooOW
12/03/2021	15:48:52	316.60	1,113	CHIX	2918460567174
12/03/2021	15:52:19	316.30	497	XLON	E05EFjIOoujP
12/03/2021	15:52:19	316.30	630	XLON	E05EFjIOoujT
12/03/2021	15:52:19	316.30	1,076	CHIX	2918460568409
12/03/2021	15:57:59	316.40	1,545	XLON	E05EFjIOp3sR
12/03/2021	15:57:59	316.40	222	BATE	97350623073
12/03/2021	15:57:59	316.40	1,193	BATE	97350623074
12/03/2021	15:57:59	316.40	493	CHIX	2918460570794
12/03/2021	15:57:59	316.40	1,078	CHIX	2918460570795
12/03/2021	16:04:17	316.30	1,156	BATE	97350625243
12/03/2021	16:04:17	316.30	1,106	BATE	97350625244
12/03/2021	16:04:17	316.30	1,178	CHIX	2918460573696
12/03/2021	16:04:17	316.30	1,160	CHIX	2918460573699
12/03/2021	16:04:17	316.30	1,109	CHIX	2918460573700
12/03/2021	16:10:12	316.00	1,114	XLON	E05EFjIOpQaP
12/03/2021	16:10:12	316.00	1,087	XLON	E05EFjIOpQaR
12/03/2021	16:10:12	316.00	1,071	XLON	E05EFjIOpQaT
12/03/2021	16:14:11	315.90	579	XLON	E05EFjIOpXTw
12/03/2021	16:16:49	315.90	2,181	XLON	E05EFjIOpc8x
12/03/2021	16:16:49	315.90	1,106	XLON	E05EFjIOpc93
12/03/2021	16:20:00	316.00	472	XLON	E05EFjIOph7e
12/03/2021	16:20:00	316.00	329	BATE	97350631131
12/03/2021	16:20:00	316.00	776	CHIX	2918460581038
12/03/2021	16:20:00	316.00	1,957	XLON	E05EFjIOph7h
12/03/2021	16:20:00	316.00	20	BATE	97350631132
12/03/2021	16:22:14	316.10	223	BATE	97350632255
12/03/2021	16:22:14	316.10	495	CHIX	2918460582444
12/03/2021	16:22:14	316.10	1,552	XLON	E05EFjIOpkz0
12/03/2021	16:24:02	316.00	1,197	XLON	E05EFjIOpnRI
12/03/2021	16:26:07	316.00	1,493	XLON	E05EFjIOpqty

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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