Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8834Y

CRH PLC

14 May 2019

 

14^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 13^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:			63,400	139,300
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2452.0	€28.38
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2414.0	€27.95
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2425.3	€28.08

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 36,573,759 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 806,816,579 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	2425.3	63,400
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.08	139,300

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	28.38	EUR	8:13:15 AM	ISE	00028977431TRLO0-1
5000	28.30	EUR	8:29:25 AM	ISE	00028977550TRLO0-1
2500	28.15	EUR	9:40:32 AM	ISE	00028978183TRLO0-1
10000	28.14	EUR	10:35:34 AM	ISE	00028978653TRLO0-1
12000	28.18	EUR	10:44:47 AM	ISE	00028978723TRLO0-1
10000	28.11	EUR	12:23:35 PM	ISE	00028979552TRLO0-1
5800	28.11	EUR	12:23:56 PM	ISE	00028979555TRLO0-1
10000	28.11	EUR	12:27:41 PM	ISE	00028979577TRLO0-1
10000	28.15	EUR	12:34:19 PM	ISE	00028979598TRLO0-1
11000	28.09	EUR	1:03:42 PM	ISE	00028979958TRLO0-1
7000	27.98	EUR	1:20:11 PM	ISE	00028980261TRLO0-1
5000	27.97	EUR	1:23:58 PM	ISE	00028980306TRLO0-1
11000	27.95	EUR	2:15:38 PM	ISE	00028981172TRLO0-1
10000	27.96	EUR	2:35:38 PM	ISE	00028981606TRLO0-1
15000	27.98	EUR	2:51:22 PM	ISE	00028982015TRLO0-1
10000	28. 0	EUR	3:29:46 PM	ISE	00028983091TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	2452	GBp	8:13:30 AM	LSE	00028977433TRLO0-1
2500	2431	GBp	9:01:25 AM	LSE	00028977856TRLO0-1
5000	2434	GBp	9:45:41 AM	LSE	00028978216TRLO0-1
7000	2428	GBp	10:35:09 AM	LSE	00028978649TRLO0-1
8900	2428	GBp	12:37:19 PM	LSE	00028979615TRLO0-1
10000	2414	GBp	1:57:46 PM	LSE	00028981011TRLO0-1
10000	2414	GBp	2:08:05 PM	LSE	00028981101TRLO0-1
5000	2416	GBp	3:08:27 PM	LSE	00028982619TRLO0-1
10000	2429	GBp	3:40:54 PM	LSE	00028983358TRLO0-1

 

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