Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2210A

CRH PLC

28 May 2019

 

28^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 27^th May 2019 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on Euronext Dublin from CRH's broker J&E Davy. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

			Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:			177,747
Highest price paid per share:			€28.60
Lowest price paid per share:			€28.30
Volume weighted average price paid:			€28.42

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 38,209,775 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 805,180,563 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:		EUR (as indicated below)
Aggregated Information
Trading venue		Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price	Aggregated volume
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.42	177,747

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
40000	28.60	EUR	8:10:58 AM	ISE	00029104877TRLO0-1
15000	28.50	EUR	9:07:07 AM	ISE	00029105310TRLO0-1
20000	28.40	EUR	9:57:15 AM	ISE	00029105897TRLO0-1
18000	28.37	EUR	1:00:47 PM	ISE	00029107264TRLO0-1
5000	28.36	EUR	1:11:45 PM	ISE	00029107375TRLO0-1
15000	28.41	EUR	2:15:52 PM	ISE	00029108100TRLO0-1
12000	28.36	EUR	2:27:11 PM	ISE	00029108287TRLO0-1
12747	28.37	EUR	2:35:50 PM	ISE	00029108448TRLO0-1
20000	28.31	EUR	3:22:18 PM	ISE	00029109130TRLO0-1
20000	28.30	EUR	4:15:47 PM	ISE	00029110123TRLO0-1

 

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