Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3882A

CRH PLC

29 May 2019

 

29^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 28^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:			67,000	41,500
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2515.0	€28.49
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2502.0	€28.32
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2506.9	€28.38

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 38,318,275 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 805,072,063 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	2506.9	67,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.38	41,500

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
4000	28.40	EUR	9:14:13 AM	ISE	00029112557TRLO0-1
7500	28.39	EUR	9:14:58 AM	ISE	00029112563TRLO0-1
15000	28.32	EUR	9:40:07 AM	ISE	00029112994TRLO0-1
5000	28.38	EUR	11:56:47 AM	ISE	00029115060TRLO0-1
5000	28.49	EUR	12:56:55 PM	ISE	00029115959TRLO0-1
5000	28.38	EUR	4:16:36 PM	ISE	00029122777TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
6000	2503	GBp	9:34:38 AM	LSE	00029112912TRLO0-1
2500	2503	GBp	10:02:24 AM	LSE	00029113340TRLO0-1
4000	2502	GBp	11:46:49 AM	LSE	00029114929TRLO0-1
5000	2508	GBp	12:32:33 PM	LSE	00029115523TRLO0-1
10000	2509	GBp	2:24:36 PM	LSE	00029117572TRLO0-1
4500	2510	GBp	2:45:00 PM	LSE	00029118261TRLO0-1
10000	2515	GBp	3:05:57 PM	LSE	00029119266TRLO0-1
5000	2507	GBp	3:42:31 PM	LSE	00029121104TRLO0-1
10000	2505	GBp	3:52:42 PM	LSE	00029121516TRLO0-1
10000	2502	GBp	4:10:55 PM	LSE	00029122501TRLO0-1

 

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