Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1799Z

CRH PLC

16 May 2019

 

16^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 15^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:			26,000	214,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2465.0	€28.63
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2450.0	€28.21
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2458.5	€28.34

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 36,893,769 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 806,496,569 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	2458.5	26,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.34	214,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	28.63	EUR	8:07:20 AM	ISE	00028997766TRLO0-1
10000	28.48	EUR	8:19:24 AM	ISE	00028997910TRLO0-1
10000	28.46	EUR	8:19:48 AM	ISE	00028997926TRLO0-1
40000	28.42	EUR	8:21:31 AM	ISE	00028997978TRLO0-1
5000	28.41	EUR	8:34:04 AM	ISE	00028998173TRLO0-1
6000	28.40	EUR	8:34:48 AM	ISE	00028998181TRLO0-1
5000	28.42	EUR	9:21:53 AM	ISE	00028998899TRLO0-1
5000	28.43	EUR	9:58:30 AM	ISE	00028999281TRLO0-1
10000	28.39	EUR	10:56:56 AM	ISE	00029000191TRLO0-1
10000	28.32	EUR	11:27:11 AM	ISE	00029000732TRLO0-1
8000	28.31	EUR	12:47:18 PM	ISE	00029002110TRLO0-1
20000	28.26	EUR	1:22:45 PM	ISE	00029002663TRLO0-1
30000	28.22	EUR	1:41:19 PM	ISE	00029003055TRLO0-1
11000	28.22	EUR	2:28:39 PM	ISE	00029004189TRLO0-1
10000	28.22	EUR	2:28:56 PM	ISE	00029004192TRLO0-1
7000	28.21	EUR	2:45:54 PM	ISE	00029004702TRLO0-1
10000	28.26	EUR	2:49:36 PM	ISE	00029004846TRLO0-1
7000	28.47	EUR	3:29:20 PM	ISE	00029006141TRLO0-1
5000	28.44	EUR	3:44:41 PM	ISE	00029006613TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
4000	2461	GBp	8:39:59 AM	LSE	00028998286TRLO0-1
10000	2465	GBp	10:40:42 AM	LSE	00028999912TRLO0-1
4000	2457	GBp	11:51:45 AM	LSE	00029001135TRLO0-1
8000	2450	GBp	1:43:58 PM	LSE	00029003131TRLO0-1

 

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