Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Apr 26, 2021

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

26 April 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
23/04/2021	2,095	298.90	296.20	297.66	BATE
23/04/2021	9,677	298.70	297.30	297.97	CHIX
23/04/2021	38,493	298.90	294.50	297.14	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 1,356,088,009 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 (BST)	Price (pence)	Quantity bought	Exchange Venue	Reference number of the transaction
23/04/2021	08:08:18	294.90	1,169	XLON	E05ig9QMm4KM
23/04/2021	08:17:02	295.00	698	XLON	E05ig9QMmQIv
23/04/2021	08:17:02	295.00	425	XLON	E05ig9QMmQIx
23/04/2021	08:30:01	294.70	1,012	XLON	E05ig9QMms3I
23/04/2021	08:40:09	294.50	983	XLON	E05ig9QMnADk
23/04/2021	08:55:34	295.30	1,015	XLON	E05ig9QMnbW6
23/04/2021	08:55:34	295.20	980	XLON	E05ig9QMnbWc
23/04/2021	09:27:16	296.10	1,072	XLON	E05ig9QMoIPu
23/04/2021	09:27:23	295.80	1,184	XLON	E05ig9QMoIg1
23/04/2021	09:42:37	296.20	964	BATE	97350559842
23/04/2021	10:05:11	297.80	1,132	XLON	E05ig9QMp4H9
23/04/2021	10:18:20	297.50	9	CHIX	2918460482693
23/04/2021	10:18:20	297.50	1,392	CHIX	2918460482694
23/04/2021	10:23:28	297.00	136	XLON	E05ig9QMpMtm
23/04/2021	10:23:28	297.00	848	XLON	E05ig9QMpMtp
23/04/2021	10:41:48	296.30	1,074	XLON	E05ig9QMphwl
23/04/2021	10:51:55	296.50	142	XLON	E05ig9QMpung
23/04/2021	11:07:13	295.90	1,129	XLON	E05ig9QMqCkq
23/04/2021	11:20:45	296.70	987	XLON	E05ig9QMqQuO
23/04/2021	11:36:11	297.40	973	XLON	E05ig9QMqhCm
23/04/2021	11:48:46	297.80	980	CHIX	2918460498611
23/04/2021	11:56:44	297.80	141	CHIX	2918460500115
23/04/2021	11:56:44	297.80	925	CHIX	2918460500116
23/04/2021	12:15:40	297.50	426	XLON	E05ig9QMrO7Z
23/04/2021	12:21:16	297.50	1,046	XLON	E05ig9QMrTGU
23/04/2021	12:23:16	297.50	1,133	XLON	E05ig9QMrVAa
23/04/2021	12:44:16	297.80	1,068	XLON	E05ig9QMrnxO
23/04/2021	13:07:01	297.80	1,144	XLON	E05ig9QMsCAJ
23/04/2021	13:21:34	297.60	1,065	XLON	E05ig9QMsSqP
23/04/2021	13:22:13	297.40	778	CHIX	2918460515555
23/04/2021	13:22:13	297.40	216	CHIX	2918460515556
23/04/2021	13:32:02	297.20	968	XLON	E05ig9QMsgFi
23/04/2021	13:59:06	297.30	1,175	XLON	E05ig9QMt9kb
23/04/2021	13:59:06	297.20	1,141	XLON	E05ig9QMt9kr
23/04/2021	14:15:16	297.30	1,126	CHIX	2918460526252
23/04/2021	14:24:28	297.10	382	XLON	E05ig9QMteXe
23/04/2021	14:27:34	297.10	1,005	XLON	E05ig9QMtiSB
23/04/2021	14:36:01	297.80	1,136	XLON	E05ig9QMu7Wv
23/04/2021	14:44:53	297.30	991	XLON	E05ig9QMuWrB
23/04/2021	14:51:49	297.90	1,188	XLON	E05ig9QMuolR
23/04/2021	15:01:11	297.90	1,013	XLON	E05ig9QMvAiW
23/04/2021	15:12:14	298.60	1,032	XLON	E05ig9QMvVrA
23/04/2021	15:12:14	298.50	993	CHIX	2918460548728
23/04/2021	15:26:12	298.60	1,105	XLON	E05ig9QMvupm
23/04/2021	15:34:04	298.80	971	XLON	E05ig9QMw9rM
23/04/2021	15:41:13	298.90	1,088	XLON	E05ig9QMwMn2
23/04/2021	15:46:33	298.90	1,131	BATE	97350622478
23/04/2021	15:54:13	298.70	957	CHIX	2918460564804
23/04/2021	16:02:18	298.60	475	XLON	E05ig9QMwwhT
23/04/2021	16:02:18	298.60	560	XLON	E05ig9QMwwhV
23/04/2021	16:06:52	298.40	1,012	XLON	E05ig9QMx4Ku
23/04/2021	16:10:57	298.40	999	XLON	E05ig9QMxAqG
23/04/2021	16:18:19	298.50	2,160	CHIX	2918460574658
23/04/2021	16:24:09	298.50	1,411	XLON	E05ig9QMxWFU

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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