Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1555F

CRH PLC

11 July 2019

 

11^th July 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 10^th July 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:			19,537	68,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2650.0	€29.48
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2632.0	€29.30
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2640.1	€29.38

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 43,198,858 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.12% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 800,191,480 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 Day 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	2640.1	19,537
Euronext Dublin		EUR	29.38	68,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
4000	29.39	EUR	9:10:33 AM	ISE	00029437926TRLO0-1
2000	29.34	EUR	9:13:28 AM	ISE	00029437989TRLO0-1
4000	29.30	EUR	9:54:50 AM	ISE	00029438363TRLO0-1
10000	29.30	EUR	11:18:57 AM	ISE	00029439284TRLO0-1
7500	29.48	EUR	2:44:35 PM	ISE	00029442441TRLO0-1
11000	29.45	EUR	3:25:30 PM	ISE	00029443457TRLO0-1
6000	29.39	EUR	3:38:33 PM	ISE	00029443945TRLO0-1
6000	29.39	EUR	3:42:34 PM	ISE	00029444052TRLO0-1
10000	29.40	EUR	3:50:10 PM	ISE	00029444293TRLO0-1
7500	29.33	EUR	4:04:20 PM	ISE	00029444821TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
119	2635	GBp	9:32:07 AM	LSE	00029438182TRLO0-1
7881	2635	GBp	9:32:07 AM	LSE	00029438183TRLO0-1
129	2634	GBp	10:10:44 AM	LSE	00029438510TRLO0-1
267	2634	GBp	10:41:25 AM	LSE	00029438777TRLO0-1
91	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438778TRLO0-1
632	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438779TRLO0-1
595	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438780TRLO0-1
114	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438781TRLO0-1
1203	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438782TRLO0-1
888	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438783TRLO0-1
241	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438784TRLO0-1
192	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438785TRLO0-1
148	2634	GBp	10:42:15 AM	LSE	00029438786TRLO0-1
37	2632	GBp	11:17:29 AM	LSE	00029439273TRLO0-1
7000	2650	GBp	3:01:28 PM	LSE	00029442822TRLO0-1

 

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