Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2024A

CRH PLC

28 May 2019

 

28^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 24^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	93,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2531.0	€28.75
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2513.0	€28.40
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2521.0	€28.57

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 38,032,028 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 805,358,310 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	2521.0	26,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.57	93,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	28.40	EUR	8:15:39 AM	ISE	00029090906TRLO0-1
10000	28.68	EUR	10:09:40 AM	ISE	00029092929TRLO0-1
10000	28.63	EUR	11:50:38 AM	ISE	00029094848TRLO0-1
5000	28.65	EUR	12:16:43 PM	ISE	00029095316TRLO0-1
13000	28.75	EUR	12:38:08 PM	ISE	00029095667TRLO0-1
10000	28.61	EUR	2:17:07 PM	ISE	00029097172TRLO0-1
15000	28.52	EUR	3:40:09 PM	ISE	00029100110TRLO0-1
10000	28.51	EUR	3:41:17 PM	ISE	00029100163TRLO0-1
5000	28.40	EUR	4:07:21 PM	ISE	00029101469TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	2523	GBp	10:58:32 AM	LSE	00029093752TRLO0-1
6000	2531	GBp	12:50:04 PM	LSE	00029095882TRLO0-1
10000	2513	GBp	3:42:57 PM	LSE	00029100217TRLO0-1

 

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