Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3388G

CRH PLC

23 July 2019

 

23^rd July 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 22^nd July 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:			25,000	50,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2654.0	€29.66
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2654.0	€29.54
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2654.0	€29.58

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 43,829,861 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.19% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 799,560,477 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	2654.0	25,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	29.58	50,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	29.59	EUR	9:38:38 AM	ISE	00029536851TRLO0-1
10000	29.66	EUR	9:54:01 AM	ISE	00029537141TRLO0-1
25000	29.54	EUR	3:46:07 PM	ISE	00029542469TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
25000	2654	GBp	4:07:56 PM	LSE	00029543360TRLO0-1

 

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