Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3394Z

CRH PLC

17 May 2019

 

17^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 16^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:			35,000	141,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2528.0	€29.00
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2493.0	€28.44
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2502.0	€28.64

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 37,069,769 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 806,320,569 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	2502	35,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.64	141,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
25000	28.44	EUR	9:06:23 AM	ISE	00029011085TRLO0-1
5000	28.71	EUR	11:29:02 AM	ISE	00029012847TRLO0-1
5000	28.66	EUR	11:47:55 AM	ISE	00029013096TRLO0-1
2500	28.66	EUR	12:02:42 PM	ISE	00029013292TRLO0-1
4000	28.70	EUR	12:05:11 PM	ISE	00029013333TRLO0-1
6000	28.66	EUR	12:24:55 PM	ISE	00029013625TRLO0-1
10000	28.73	EUR	12:31:13 PM	ISE	00029013685TRLO0-1
10000	28.59	EUR	1:05:25 PM	ISE	00029014070TRLO0-1
10000	28.55	EUR	2:18:37 PM	ISE	00029015261TRLO0-1
10000	28.54	EUR	2:26:44 PM	ISE	00029015410TRLO0-1
20000	28.60	EUR	2:35:22 PM	ISE	00029015641TRLO0-1
10000	28.74	EUR	3:10:06 PM	ISE	00029016615TRLO0-1
15000	28.77	EUR	3:22:20 PM	ISE	00029016973TRLO0-1
2500	29. 0	EUR	4:07:03 PM	ISE	00029018433TRLO0-1
6000	29. 0	EUR	4:07:16 PM	ISE	00029018434TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
20000	2493	GBp	2:29:52 PM	LSE	00029015494TRLO0-1
10000	2507	GBp	2:50:23 PM	LSE	00029016082TRLO0-1
5000	2528	GBp	4:16:03 PM	LSE	00029018823TRLO0-1

 

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