Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7344D

CRH PLC

28 June 2019

 

28^th June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 27^th June 2019 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange and/or Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker J&E Davy. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

			London Stock Exchange	Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:			16,000	94,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2572.0	€28.77
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2559.0	€28.60
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2565.5	€28.65

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €350 million in the period to 16^th August 2019 following its announcement on 24^th April 2019 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 29^th April 2019.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 42,344,034 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.02% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 801,046,304 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a detailed breakdown of individual trades made by J&E Davy on behalf of CRH as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

Contact:

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Issuer name:		CRH plc
LEI		549300MIDJNNTH068E74
ISIN:		IE0001827041
Intermediary name:		J&E Davy
Intermediary code:		DAVYIE21
Time zone:		BST
Currency:		GBp & EUR (as indicated below)
Aggregated Information
Trading venue		Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange		GBp	2565.5	16,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.65	94,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	28.77	EUR	10:05:09 AM	ISE	00029345810TRLO0-1
10000	28.60	EUR	11:59:27 AM	ISE	00029347483TRLO0-1
15000	28.61	EUR	12:18:37 PM	ISE	00029347720TRLO0-1
10000	28.60	EUR	12:28:39 PM	ISE	00029347847TRLO0-1
10000	28.68	EUR	1:17:02 PM	ISE	00029348261TRLO0-1
10000	28.67	EUR	1:18:03 PM	ISE	00029348264TRLO0-1
10000	28.62	EUR	2:36:18 PM	ISE	00029349275TRLO0-1
5000	28.65	EUR	2:37:58 PM	ISE	00029349308TRLO0-1
14000	28.67	EUR	3:21:50 PM	ISE	00029350571TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
508	2572	GBp	9:39:14 AM	LSE	00029345495TRLO0-1
530	2572	GBp	9:39:14 AM	LSE	00029345496TRLO0-1
48	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345515TRLO0-1
405	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345516TRLO0-1
364	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345517TRLO0-1
93	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345518TRLO0-1
576	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345519TRLO0-1
701	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345520TRLO0-1
600	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345521TRLO0-1
600	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345522TRLO0-1
600	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345523TRLO0-1
200	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345524TRLO0-1
2775	2572	GBp	9:40:32 AM	LSE	00029345525TRLO0-1
8000	2559	GBp	11:07:25 AM	LSE	00029346949TRLO0-1

 

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