Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5825Y

CRH PLC

10 May 2019

 

10^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 9^th May 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:			15,000	168,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2476.0	€28.94
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2476.0	€28.56
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2476.0	€28.74

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €350 million in the period to 16 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 36,168,559 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 807,221,779 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]

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	2476.	15,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.74	168,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
20000	28.94	EUR	8:28:20 AM	ISE	00028956784TRLO0-1
10000	28.90	EUR	8:32:54 AM	ISE	00028956837TRLO0-1
15000	28.82	EUR	8:42:39 AM	ISE	00028956995TRLO0-1
7000	28.66	EUR	9:20:25 AM	ISE	00028957546TRLO0-1
10000	28.76	EUR	10:45:10 AM	ISE	00028958344TRLO0-1
10000	28.83	EUR	1:22:04 PM	ISE	00028959945TRLO0-1
5000	28.79	EUR	1:44:05 PM	ISE	00028960188TRLO0-1
15000	28.69	EUR	2:34:22 PM	ISE	00028960995TRLO0-1
25000	28.66	EUR	2:36:28 PM	ISE	00028961092TRLO0-1
15000	28.69	EUR	2:48:09 PM	ISE	00028961297TRLO0-1
15000	28.67	EUR	3:03:27 PM	ISE	00028961677TRLO0-1
10000	28.56	EUR	3:50:14 PM	ISE	00028963079TRLO0-1
11000	28.61	EUR	4:14:04 PM	ISE	00028963746TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	2476	GBp	8:50:28 AM	LSE	00028957150TRLO0-1

 

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