Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Apr 27, 2021

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Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

27 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
26/04/2021	7,409	299.10	296.10	298.38	BATE
26/04/2021	5,378	299.20	296.10	298.10	CHIX
26/04/2021	35,994	299.40	296.40	298.38	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 1,356,039,228 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
26/04/2021	08:02:25	297.50	984	XLON	E05kr1s9KyP1
26/04/2021	08:17:44	297.70	1,108	CHIX	2918460456506
26/04/2021	08:26:04	297.60	1,113	XLON	E05kr1s9Lu6M
26/04/2021	08:33:34	297.10	1,011	XLON	E05kr1s9M6NW
26/04/2021	08:46:54	296.10	885	CHIX	2918460464014
26/04/2021	08:46:54	296.10	96	CHIX	2918460464015
26/04/2021	08:57:16	296.40	398	XLON	E05kr1s9MoUb
26/04/2021	09:01:53	296.10	1,048	BATE	97350554372
26/04/2021	09:17:08	297.20	1,001	XLON	E05kr1s9NQ4p
26/04/2021	09:28:20	296.60	997	XLON	E05kr1s9NiOJ
26/04/2021	09:52:14	297.00	1,231	XLON	E05kr1s9OFdP
26/04/2021	09:56:03	297.50	1,018	XLON	E05kr1s9OK46
26/04/2021	10:10:41	298.00	973	BATE	97350564752
26/04/2021	10:30:51	297.90	1,020	XLON	E05kr1s9P3rR
26/04/2021	10:48:34	297.30	895	XLON	E05kr1s9PPRp
26/04/2021	10:52:48	297.60	1,009	XLON	E05kr1s9PTxQ
26/04/2021	11:15:53	297.90	1,156	XLON	E05kr1s9Pxmk
26/04/2021	11:30:05	297.50	1,018	XLON	E05kr1s9QE9x
26/04/2021	11:51:32	298.30	1,122	CHIX	2918460503517
26/04/2021	12:01:54	298.30	840	XLON	E05kr1s9Qn8r
26/04/2021	12:01:54	298.30	263	XLON	E05kr1s9Qn8t
26/04/2021	12:26:36	298.60	694	XLON	E05kr1s9RFuB
26/04/2021	12:26:36	298.60	382	XLON	E05kr1s9RFuE
26/04/2021	12:36:28	298.80	1,092	XLON	E05kr1s9RP1n
26/04/2021	12:48:20	298.80	1,105	XLON	E05kr1s9RaGh
26/04/2021	12:59:49	299.10	180	XLON	E05kr1s9RjcQ
26/04/2021	12:59:49	299.10	838	XLON	E05kr1s9RjcT
26/04/2021	13:15:20	298.90	1,005	XLON	E05kr1s9Rwhh
26/04/2021	13:29:23	299.30	994	XLON	E05kr1s9S9Zl
26/04/2021	13:50:11	299.10	463	XLON	E05kr1s9SVlK
26/04/2021	13:50:11	299.10	669	XLON	E05kr1s9SVlM
26/04/2021	13:56:55	299.10	1,157	XLON	E05kr1s9SbgQ
26/04/2021	14:05:01	299.00	1,022	XLON	E05kr1s9Sk7t
26/04/2021	14:15:21	299.00	1,047	XLON	E05kr1s9Sw4y
26/04/2021	14:19:33	299.00	1,046	CHIX	2918460530948
26/04/2021	14:33:27	299.40	986	XLON	E05kr1s9TVI2
26/04/2021	14:40:22	299.30	986	XLON	E05kr1s9Tr9f
26/04/2021	14:48:37	299.40	1,125	XLON	E05kr1s9UAEc
26/04/2021	14:53:40	299.10	1,013	XLON	E05kr1s9UO1G
26/04/2021	15:10:10	299.10	1,065	BATE	97350613229
26/04/2021	15:15:48	299.30	1,008	XLON	E05kr1s9V7CE
26/04/2021	15:24:45	299.00	1,032	XLON	E05kr1s9VOVJ
26/04/2021	15:36:41	299.20	1,121	CHIX	2918460564039
26/04/2021	15:37:32	299.10	39	BATE	97350621112
26/04/2021	15:37:40	299.10	1,126	BATE	97350621140
26/04/2021	15:45:46	299.00	983	BATE	97350623629
26/04/2021	15:53:58	298.90	157	XLON	E05kr1s9WCJR
26/04/2021	15:53:58	298.90	984	XLON	E05kr1s9WCJT
26/04/2021	16:02:10	298.70	1,013	BATE	97350628414
26/04/2021	16:07:18	298.60	307	XLON	E05kr1s9WXPd
26/04/2021	16:07:18	298.60	724	XLON	E05kr1s9WXPf
26/04/2021	16:17:35	298.60	1,139	XLON	E05kr1s9WkkL
26/04/2021	16:21:47	298.60	1,053	XLON	E05kr1s9Wr1r
26/04/2021	16:21:47	298.60	1,162	BATE	97350634751
26/04/2021	16:25:39	298.60	878	XLON	E05kr1s9WxiC

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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