Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Mar 16, 2021

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RNS Number : 3249S

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

16 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
15/03/2021	15,481	317.30	311.10	313.52	BATE
15/03/2021	39,783	317.30	310.00	312.59	CHIX
15/03/2021	170,087	317.30	309.60	313.11	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 1,363,454,713 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
15/03/2021	08:02:51	314.90	868	XLON	E05GQbkBCFk8
15/03/2021	08:05:35	314.70	1,174	XLON	E05GQbkBCRHD
15/03/2021	08:13:23	314.20	347	BATE	97350545652
15/03/2021	08:13:23	314.20	141	XLON	E05GQbkBCssr
15/03/2021	08:13:23	314.20	2,131	XLON	E05GQbkBCssu
15/03/2021	08:13:23	314.20	142	XLON	E05GQbkBCssy
15/03/2021	08:20:56	315.50	1,199	XLON	E05GQbkBDEhR
15/03/2021	08:23:29	315.00	1,164	XLON	E05GQbkBDKdd
15/03/2021	08:23:29	314.90	1,193	XLON	E05GQbkBDKfi
15/03/2021	08:23:29	314.90	747	XLON	E05GQbkBDKfk
15/03/2021	08:23:29	314.90	330	XLON	E05GQbkBDKfm
15/03/2021	08:33:13	315.00	1,144	CHIX	2918460459949
15/03/2021	08:38:59	315.50	1,121	BATE	97350549344
15/03/2021	08:46:55	315.90	2,248	XLON	E05GQbkBE53x
15/03/2021	08:46:55	315.80	1,440	XLON	E05GQbkBE54F
15/03/2021	08:46:55	315.80	1,034	XLON	E05GQbkBE54I
15/03/2021	08:53:32	315.50	1,061	XLON	E05GQbkBEH05
15/03/2021	08:53:32	315.50	686	XLON	E05GQbkBEH07
15/03/2021	08:53:32	315.50	420	XLON	E05GQbkBEH09
15/03/2021	08:57:21	315.00	850	XLON	E05GQbkBENma
15/03/2021	08:57:21	315.00	282	XLON	E05GQbkBENmc
15/03/2021	09:04:27	314.90	1,203	XLON	E05GQbkBEZr2
15/03/2021	09:04:27	314.90	1,192	XLON	E05GQbkBEZr4
15/03/2021	09:10:02	314.90	1,228	XLON	E05GQbkBEiKb
15/03/2021	09:16:52	315.40	542	XLON	E05GQbkBEs1V
15/03/2021	09:16:52	315.40	1,111	XLON	E05GQbkBEs1b
15/03/2021	09:16:52	315.40	622	XLON	E05GQbkBEs1X
15/03/2021	09:22:08	315.70	1,119	XLON	E05GQbkBEzJR
15/03/2021	09:23:53	315.90	754	XLON	E05GQbkBF1ed
15/03/2021	09:23:53	315.90	406	XLON	E05GQbkBF1ef
15/03/2021	09:28:49	315.40	1,253	XLON	E05GQbkBF8Ri
15/03/2021	09:41:41	315.10	1,141	CHIX	2918460474610
15/03/2021	09:41:41	315.10	1,150	XLON	E05GQbkBFPA1
15/03/2021	09:49:23	315.40	589	XLON	E05GQbkBFZ56
15/03/2021	09:49:23	315.40	311	BATE	97350558448
15/03/2021	09:49:23	315.40	690	CHIX	2918460476063
15/03/2021	09:49:23	315.40	1,573	XLON	E05GQbkBFZ5D
15/03/2021	09:49:23	315.40	1,192	XLON	E05GQbkBFZ5H
15/03/2021	09:58:36	315.90	2,258	XLON	E05GQbkBFkkA
15/03/2021	10:08:44	316.50	1,058	XLON	E05GQbkBFxEd
15/03/2021	10:08:44	316.40	1,163	XLON	E05GQbkBFxFL
15/03/2021	10:08:45	316.30	1,187	XLON	E05GQbkBFxGL
15/03/2021	10:13:10	316.30	1,194	XLON	E05GQbkBG2tm
15/03/2021	10:30:14	317.10	72	CHIX	2918460483119
15/03/2021	10:30:14	317.20	1,108	XLON	E05GQbkBGMxn
15/03/2021	10:30:14	317.10	1,073	XLON	E05GQbkBGMyK
15/03/2021	10:30:14	317.10	448	CHIX	2918460483122
15/03/2021	10:30:14	317.10	588	CHIX	2918460483123
15/03/2021	10:40:54	317.30	229	BATE	97350564298
15/03/2021	10:46:24	317.30	1,135	BATE	97350564862
15/03/2021	10:46:24	317.20	1,103	XLON	E05GQbkBGcns
15/03/2021	10:48:25	317.30	225	BATE	97350565018
15/03/2021	10:48:25	317.30	500	CHIX	2918460486189
15/03/2021	10:48:25	317.30	465	XLON	E05GQbkBGeQe
15/03/2021	10:48:25	317.30	1,100	XLON	E05GQbkBGeQi
15/03/2021	10:53:36	317.00	1,194	CHIX	2918460486900
15/03/2021	10:53:53	316.40	1,056	XLON	E05GQbkBGjXu
15/03/2021	10:57:28	315.40	1,238	XLON	E05GQbkBGoOb
15/03/2021	11:03:26	316.40	1,248	XLON	E05GQbkBGuwy
15/03/2021	11:07:24	316.20	1,050	XLON	E05GQbkBGzDK
15/03/2021	11:12:06	316.20	1,088	XLON	E05GQbkBH4iE
15/03/2021	11:17:09	315.80	2,183	XLON	E05GQbkBHAMt
15/03/2021	11:20:17	314.80	1,124	XLON	E05GQbkBHEOh
15/03/2021	11:24:33	315.60	1,178	XLON	E05GQbkBHJfK
15/03/2021	11:33:12	314.90	60	CHIX	2918460494533
15/03/2021	11:33:12	314.90	2,174	CHIX	2918460494534
15/03/2021	11:35:49	314.70	1,068	BATE	97350571458
15/03/2021	11:40:27	314.80	1,164	XLON	E05GQbkBHdCC
15/03/2021	11:43:37	314.60	1,111	BATE	97350572638
15/03/2021	11:49:47	314.50	1,266	BATE	97350573560
15/03/2021	11:49:47	314.40	1,187	BATE	97350573561
15/03/2021	11:49:47	314.30	1,084	XLON	E05GQbkBHo84
15/03/2021	11:54:30	314.80	819	XLON	E05GQbkBHtnf
15/03/2021	11:54:30	314.80	328	XLON	E05GQbkBHtnk
15/03/2021	11:57:41	314.00	1,147	XLON	E05GQbkBHyNj
15/03/2021	12:05:08	314.20	1,164	CHIX	2918460501628
15/03/2021	12:08:51	314.30	1,149	XLON	E05GQbkBIDWy
15/03/2021	12:08:51	314.20	1,054	XLON	E05GQbkBIDYp
15/03/2021	12:16:33	313.50	654	XLON	E05GQbkBIPKC
15/03/2021	12:16:33	313.50	1,566	XLON	E05GQbkBIPKE
15/03/2021	12:20:33	313.50	1,137	XLON	E05GQbkBIVaV
15/03/2021	12:23:27	313.50	1,100	XLON	E05GQbkBIYne
15/03/2021	12:34:15	314.00	1,071	XLON	E05GQbkBIn6v
15/03/2021	12:34:16	313.90	1,064	XLON	E05GQbkBIn9t
15/03/2021	12:34:16	313.90	1,075	XLON	E05GQbkBIn9v
15/03/2021	12:40:41	314.00	1,085	XLON	E05GQbkBIutt
15/03/2021	12:40:41	314.00	759	CHIX	2918460509702
15/03/2021	12:40:41	314.00	312	CHIX	2918460509703
15/03/2021	12:52:04	313.40	1,153	XLON	E05GQbkBJ9Fi
15/03/2021	12:54:04	313.40	152	XLON	E05GQbkBJC9g
15/03/2021	12:54:04	313.40	1,031	XLON	E05GQbkBJC9i
15/03/2021	12:56:55	313.60	119	CHIX	2918460512994
15/03/2021	12:56:55	313.60	382	CHIX	2918460512995
15/03/2021	12:56:55	313.60	226	BATE	97350583489
15/03/2021	12:56:55	313.60	1,571	XLON	E05GQbkBJG12
15/03/2021	12:59:01	313.30	1,102	XLON	E05GQbkBJICp
15/03/2021	13:04:13	313.10	593	XLON	E05GQbkBJOI2
15/03/2021	13:04:13	313.10	514	XLON	E05GQbkBJOI5
15/03/2021	13:06:05	313.20	1,104	XLON	E05GQbkBJQyg
15/03/2021	13:09:28	313.30	1,146	XLON	E05GQbkBJVmh
15/03/2021	13:14:40	313.10	18	XLON	E05GQbkBJbqv
15/03/2021	13:14:40	313.20	1,148	XLON	E05GQbkBJbql
15/03/2021	13:14:40	313.10	1,183	XLON	E05GQbkBJbrO
15/03/2021	13:26:43	313.20	1,200	CHIX	2918460520041
15/03/2021	13:26:43	313.20	956	CHIX	2918460520042
15/03/2021	13:26:43	313.10	1,094	XLON	E05GQbkBJoWe
15/03/2021	13:28:46	312.90	1,168	XLON	E05GQbkBJrWA
15/03/2021	13:30:59	312.60	627	XLON	E05GQbkBJxk4
15/03/2021	13:37:10	312.90	1,383	XLON	E05GQbkBKHyi
15/03/2021	13:37:10	312.90	1,227	CHIX	2918460524155
15/03/2021	13:42:21	313.10	1,139	CHIX	2918460525485
15/03/2021	13:42:21	313.10	1,107	XLON	E05GQbkBKUcG
15/03/2021	13:46:53	312.60	210	BATE	97350592245
15/03/2021	13:46:53	312.60	912	BATE	97350592246
15/03/2021	13:50:00	312.30	1,217	XLON	E05GQbkBKn9a
15/03/2021	13:51:32	311.90	898	XLON	E05GQbkBKr2S
15/03/2021	13:51:32	311.90	199	XLON	E05GQbkBKr2X
15/03/2021	13:51:32	311.80	1,174	XLON	E05GQbkBKr49
15/03/2021	13:56:54	311.60	1,069	XLON	E05GQbkBL51x
15/03/2021	13:57:31	311.20	805	XLON	E05GQbkBL73o
15/03/2021	13:57:35	311.20	290	XLON	E05GQbkBL7BR
15/03/2021	14:01:25	310.90	1,154	CHIX	2918460532016
15/03/2021	14:04:40	310.60	183	XLON	E05GQbkBLRBH
15/03/2021	14:04:40	310.60	924	XLON	E05GQbkBLRBJ
15/03/2021	14:08:32	310.50	1,146	CHIX	2918460534624
15/03/2021	14:11:26	310.00	1,141	CHIX	2918460535709
15/03/2021	14:12:47	309.60	1,204	XLON	E05GQbkBLmtr
15/03/2021	14:15:24	310.60	1,145	XLON	E05GQbkBLv2j
15/03/2021	14:23:49	311.20	1,295	XLON	E05GQbkBMEYC
15/03/2021	14:23:49	311.20	1,150	XLON	E05GQbkBMEYE
15/03/2021	14:26:27	310.90	1,077	XLON	E05GQbkBMK76
15/03/2021	14:29:15	311.00	278	XLON	E05GQbkBMPqr
15/03/2021	14:29:15	311.00	993	XLON	E05GQbkBMPqw
15/03/2021	14:29:15	310.80	1,173	XLON	E05GQbkBMPsl
15/03/2021	14:37:04	311.40	437	BATE	97350603895
15/03/2021	14:37:04	311.40	971	CHIX	2918460546340
15/03/2021	14:37:04	311.40	3,039	XLON	E05GQbkBMipQ
15/03/2021	14:37:05	311.20	1,066	BATE	97350603900
15/03/2021	14:39:06	311.30	1,075	XLON	E05GQbkBMnOV
15/03/2021	14:40:03	311.10	124	CHIX	2918460547838
15/03/2021	14:40:03	311.10	1,109	CHIX	2918460547839
15/03/2021	14:46:05	311.30	2,200	XLON	E05GQbkBN1On
15/03/2021	14:49:59	311.10	1,199	XLON	E05GQbkBNAJK
15/03/2021	14:49:59	311.10	437	XLON	E05GQbkBNAJY
15/03/2021	14:49:59	311.10	420	CHIX	2918460551740
15/03/2021	14:49:59	311.10	235	BATE	97350607268
15/03/2021	14:49:59	311.10	103	CHIX	2918460551741
15/03/2021	14:50:59	311.00	1,257	CHIX	2918460552170
15/03/2021	14:53:51	311.20	1,189	XLON	E05GQbkBNHV4
15/03/2021	14:53:51	311.20	1,066	XLON	E05GQbkBNHV8
15/03/2021	14:55:26	311.20	393	XLON	E05GQbkBNK3w
15/03/2021	14:55:26	311.20	663	XLON	E05GQbkBNK40
15/03/2021	15:02:50	312.00	2,277	XLON	E05GQbkBNY3x
15/03/2021	15:02:50	312.00	73	XLON	E05GQbkBNY3z
15/03/2021	15:02:50	312.00	327	BATE	97350610661
15/03/2021	15:02:50	312.00	727	CHIX	2918460556628
15/03/2021	15:02:50	312.00	1,081	XLON	E05GQbkBNY42
15/03/2021	15:06:23	311.60	158	BATE	97350611711
15/03/2021	15:07:07	311.70	240	BATE	97350611832
15/03/2021	15:07:07	311.70	51	CHIX	2918460558278
15/03/2021	15:07:07	311.70	856	XLON	E05GQbkBNg5m
15/03/2021	15:07:07	311.70	481	CHIX	2918460558279
15/03/2021	15:07:07	311.70	811	XLON	E05GQbkBNg5q
15/03/2021	15:11:43	311.60	1,234	XLON	E05GQbkBNncf
15/03/2021	15:11:43	311.60	1,101	XLON	E05GQbkBNncj
15/03/2021	15:11:43	311.50	169	XLON	E05GQbkBNnf5
15/03/2021	15:11:43	311.50	741	XLON	E05GQbkBNnf7
15/03/2021	15:11:43	311.50	319	XLON	E05GQbkBNnf9
15/03/2021	15:19:58	311.50	2,300	CHIX	2918460562691
15/03/2021	15:19:58	311.50	1,184	CHIX	2918460562692
15/03/2021	15:19:58	311.50	1,147	BATE	97350615172
15/03/2021	15:19:58	311.40	1,149	XLON	E05GQbkBO05W
15/03/2021	15:24:08	311.20	212	CHIX	2918460564261
15/03/2021	15:24:08	311.20	1,217	XLON	E05GQbkBO7ST
15/03/2021	15:24:08	311.20	1,038	CHIX	2918460564262
15/03/2021	15:27:13	311.30	1,053	XLON	E05GQbkBOD7u
15/03/2021	15:29:13	311.30	543	XLON	E05GQbkBOHhX
15/03/2021	15:29:13	311.30	626	XLON	E05GQbkBOHhZ
15/03/2021	15:30:17	311.40	1,222	BATE	97350618180
15/03/2021	15:30:17	311.40	43	BATE	97350618181
15/03/2021	15:30:17	311.30	78	BATE	97350618183
15/03/2021	15:32:28	311.40	1,128	XLON	E05GQbkBOOUu
15/03/2021	15:32:28	311.40	655	XLON	E05GQbkBOOUy
15/03/2021	15:32:28	311.40	566	XLON	E05GQbkBOOV0
15/03/2021	15:35:20	311.20	1,190	XLON	E05GQbkBOUlx
15/03/2021	15:40:41	311.40	1,097	XLON	E05GQbkBOk4Q
15/03/2021	15:45:08	311.70	644	XLON	E05GQbkBOsBi
15/03/2021	15:45:08	311.70	1,565	XLON	E05GQbkBOsBk
15/03/2021	15:45:08	311.70	1,394	XLON	E05GQbkBOsBq
15/03/2021	15:45:08	311.70	1,155	XLON	E05GQbkBOsC5
15/03/2021	15:45:08	311.70	971	XLON	E05GQbkBOsC8
15/03/2021	15:45:08	311.70	40	XLON	E05GQbkBOsCA
15/03/2021	15:46:05	311.60	1,060	XLON	E05GQbkBOtsy
15/03/2021	15:46:05	311.50	107	CHIX	2918460574469
15/03/2021	15:46:05	311.50	552	CHIX	2918460574470
15/03/2021	15:46:05	311.50	440	CHIX	2918460574471
15/03/2021	15:47:37	311.50	107	CHIX	2918460575341
15/03/2021	15:47:37	311.50	968	CHIX	2918460575342
15/03/2021	15:51:32	311.60	1,102	CHIX	2918460577198
15/03/2021	15:51:32	311.60	1,143	CHIX	2918460577199
15/03/2021	15:54:24	311.90	240	BATE	97350626076
15/03/2021	15:54:24	311.90	534	CHIX	2918460578326
15/03/2021	15:54:24	311.90	1,673	XLON	E05GQbkBP9Q3
15/03/2021	15:54:24	311.90	1,194	XLON	E05GQbkBP9Q5
15/03/2021	15:55:45	311.80	1,104	XLON	E05GQbkBPBsB
15/03/2021	16:01:04	311.50	303	XLON	E05GQbkBPLXW
15/03/2021	16:01:04	311.50	851	XLON	E05GQbkBPLXY
15/03/2021	16:01:04	311.50	1,208	CHIX	2918460581049
15/03/2021	16:01:04	311.50	1,163	CHIX	2918460581050
15/03/2021	16:01:04	311.40	209	XLON	E05GQbkBPLXz
15/03/2021	16:01:04	311.40	877	XLON	E05GQbkBPLYM
15/03/2021	16:02:03	311.40	1,074	CHIX	2918460581484
15/03/2021	16:05:13	311.00	1,129	XLON	E05GQbkBPSAF
15/03/2021	16:05:13	311.00	966	XLON	E05GQbkBPSAN
15/03/2021	16:05:13	311.00	122	XLON	E05GQbkBPSAP
15/03/2021	16:05:13	310.90	1,021	XLON	E05GQbkBPSAw
15/03/2021	16:05:13	310.90	104	XLON	E05GQbkBPSAy
15/03/2021	16:11:07	311.10	530	XLON	E05GQbkBPcDq
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	2,488	XLON	E05GQbkBPjfR
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	1,215	XLON	E05GQbkBPjfV
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	2,303	XLON	E05GQbkBPjfZ
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	803	XLON	E05GQbkBPjfj
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	186	XLON	E05GQbkBPjfo
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	1,499	XLON	E05GQbkBPjfq
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	186	XLON	E05GQbkBPjfu
15/03/2021	16:15:44	311.20	394	XLON	E05GQbkBPjg1
15/03/2021	16:17:04	311.40	73	CHIX	2918460587994
15/03/2021	16:17:10	311.40	1,024	CHIX	2918460588025
15/03/2021	16:17:10	311.40	522	CHIX	2918460588028
15/03/2021	16:17:10	311.40	235	BATE	97350633119
15/03/2021	16:17:10	311.40	1,634	XLON	E05GQbkBPmKD
15/03/2021	16:21:06	311.50	1,027	XLON	E05GQbkBPsen
15/03/2021	16:21:06	311.50	1,016	XLON	E05GQbkBPsep
15/03/2021	16:21:06	311.50	17	XLON	E05GQbkBPsf3
15/03/2021	16:21:06	311.50	344	XLON	E05GQbkBPsf5
15/03/2021	16:21:06	311.50	1,682	XLON	E05GQbkBPsf7
15/03/2021	16:21:06	311.50	477	XLON	E05GQbkBPsf9
15/03/2021	16:21:06	311.50	1,079	CHIX	2918460589980
15/03/2021	16:22:05	311.20	1,269	XLON	E05GQbkBPuNV
15/03/2021	16:23:57	311.30	1,151	XLON	E05GQbkBPxrc
15/03/2021	16:23:57	311.30	1,137	XLON	E05GQbkBPxrY
15/03/2021	16:25:58	311.20	2,062	XLON	E05GQbkBQ1S6
15/03/2021	16:25:58	311.20	325	XLON	E05GQbkBQ1SD
15/03/2021	16:25:58	311.20	1,737	XLON	E05GQbkBQ1SG
15/03/2021	16:25:58	311.20	726	XLON	E05GQbkBQ1SI
15/03/2021	16:28:14	311.40	705	BATE	97350638432
15/03/2021	16:28:14	311.40	767	XLON	E05GQbkBQ6A0

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

Email:  Roger.Clifton@directlinegroup.co.uk 

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