Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7386Y

CRH PLC

13 May 2019

 

13^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 10^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:			55,000	147,500
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2505.0	€29.20
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2470.0	€28.50
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2484.3	€28.79

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 36,371,059 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 807,019,279 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	2484.3	55,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.79	147,500

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	29.20	EUR	8:07:29 AM	ISE	00028965955TRLO0-1
25000	29.20	EUR	8:09:08 AM	ISE	00028965995TRLO0-1
5000	29. 0	EUR	8:20:59 AM	ISE	00028966222TRLO0-1
10000	28.90	EUR	8:27:19 AM	ISE	00028966292TRLO0-1
5000	28.86	EUR	9:30:31 AM	ISE	00028966937TRLO0-1
8000	28.63	EUR	10:43:16 AM	ISE	00028967664TRLO0-1
10000	28.68	EUR	11:31:01 AM	ISE	00028968816TRLO0-1
10000	28.73	EUR	11:39:12 AM	ISE	00028969004TRLO0-1
6000	28.77	EUR	11:48:04 AM	ISE	00028969115TRLO0-1
3500	28.61	EUR	12:22:23 PM	ISE	00028969660TRLO0-1
5000	28.60	EUR	12:43:06 PM	ISE	00028969839TRLO0-1
10000	28.64	EUR	3:27:29 PM	ISE	00028973086TRLO0-1
15000	28.52	EUR	3:44:33 PM	ISE	00028973596TRLO0-1
25000	28.50	EUR	4:02:46 PM	ISE	00028974143TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	2505	GBp	8:15:07 AM	LSE	00028966073TRLO0-1
5000	2482	GBp	9:24:10 AM	LSE	00028966812TRLO0-1
10000	2487	GBp	9:43:03 AM	LSE	00028967085TRLO0-1
10000	2472	GBp	2:06:48 PM	LSE	00028970983TRLO0-1
5000	2472	GBp	2:07:37 PM	LSE	00028970997TRLO0-1
10000	2470	GBp	2:25:24 PM	LSE	00028971302TRLO0-1

 

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