Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5105R

CRH PLC

01 March 2019

 

1st March 2019
CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares
CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 28th February 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 UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.
			London Stock Exchange	Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:			2,291	2,901
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2,383.0000	€27.7000
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2,370.0000	€27.4700
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2,377.3457	€27.6102
The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €1 billion over a 12 month period following its announcement on 25th April 2018 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Phase 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.
Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 32,057,086 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,333,252 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 UBS Limited 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:		UBS Limited
Intermediary code:		UBSWGB24
Time zone:		BST
Currency:		GBp & EUR (as indicated below)
Aggregated Information
Trading venue		Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange		GBp	2,377.3457	2,291
Euronext Dublin		EUR	27.6102	2,901
London Stock Exchange
Number of Shares	Price per Share (GBp)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	MatchId
73	2,370	LSE	16:01:22	1435313
546	2,372	LSE	16:02:05	1436622
129	2,372	LSE	16:02:05	1436620
674	2,383	LSE	16:05:19	1443188
10	2,377	LSE	16:08:25	1449557
225	2,377	LSE	16:08:25	1449555
372	2,378	LSE	16:10:08	1453376
170	2,378	LSE	16:10:08	1453374
6	2,378	LSE	16:10:08	1453371
57	2,378	LSE	16:10:08	1453369
29	2,378	LSE	16:10:08	1453366

Euronext Dublin
Number of Shares	Price per Share (EUR)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	MatchId
57	27.51	ISE	10:55:49	1077521
33	27.51	ISE	10:55:49	1077519
51	27.51	ISE	10:55:49	1077517
43	27.51	ISE	10:55:49	1077515
46	27.51	ISE	10:55:59	1077623
152	27.51	ISE	10:55:59	1077621
88	27.51	ISE	10:55:59	1077619
49	27.47	ISE	10:56:39	1078032
560	27.61	ISE	10:59:45	1080522
564	27.70	ISE	11:32:39	1104989
191	27.70	ISE	11:34:16	1106115
317	27.70	ISE	11:34:48	1106450
65	27.70	ISE	11:35:13	1106754
80	27.70	ISE	11:35:18	1106834
83	27.70	ISE	11:35:50	1107279
522	27.49	ISE	12:26:42	1145383

 

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