Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5309A

CRH PLC

30 May 2019

 

30^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 29^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:			172,037	125,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2460.0	€28.10
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2436.0	€27.68
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2448.0	€27.86

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 38,612,564 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 804,777,774 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	2448	172,037
Euronext Dublin		EUR	27.86	125,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
40000	28.10	EUR	8:00:37 AM	ISE	00029127218TRLO0-1
25000	27.83	EUR	8:18:11 AM	ISE	00029127663TRLO0-1
10000	27.70	EUR	8:59:45 AM	ISE	00029128496TRLO0-1
10000	27.76	EUR	9:18:49 AM	ISE	00029128877TRLO0-1
10000	27.70	EUR	10:49:48 AM	ISE	00029130199TRLO0-1
15000	27.71	EUR	12:00:47 PM	ISE	00029131486TRLO0-1
15000	27.68	EUR	2:23:22 PM	ISE	00029133187TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	2460	GBp	8:10:23 AM	LSE	00029127509TRLO0-1
5000	2452	GBp	8:33:30 AM	LSE	00029128019TRLO0-1
5000	2450	GBp	8:40:40 AM	LSE	00029128117TRLO0-1
52	2446	GBp	8:47:07 AM	LSE	00029128253TRLO0-1
200	2446	GBp	8:47:07 AM	LSE	00029128254TRLO0-1
14	2446	GBp	8:47:07 AM	LSE	00029128255TRLO0-1
190	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128256TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128257TRLO0-1
128	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128258TRLO0-1
127	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128259TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128260TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128261TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128262TRLO0-1
88	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128263TRLO0-1
54	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128265TRLO0-1
4	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128266TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128267TRLO0-1
128	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128268TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128269TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128270TRLO0-1
100	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128271TRLO0-1
142	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128272TRLO0-1
110	2446	GBp	8:47:08 AM	LSE	00029128273TRLO0-1
8000	2451	GBp	9:34:27 AM	LSE	00029129082TRLO0-1
7000	2450	GBp	10:05:38 AM	LSE	00029129552TRLO0-1
15000	2445	GBP	12:37:42	LSE	00029131990TRLO0-1
8000	2444	GBP	12:51:16	LSE	00029132124TRLO0-1
10000	2441	GBP	14:10:45	LSE	00029132970TRLO0-1
11000	2439	GBP	14:14:40	LSE	00029133016TRLO0-1
7000	2436	GBP	14:29:29	LSE	00029133311TRLO0-1
14000	2441	GBP	14:45:59	LSE	00029133875TRLO0-1
10000	2442	GBP	15:04:06	LSE	00029134402TRLO0-1
10000	2447	GBP	15:10:43	LSE	00029134701TRLO0-1
10000	2451	GBP	15:18:16	LSE	00029134855TRLO0-1
10000	2453	GBP	15:23:43	LSE	00029135040TRLO0-1
10000	2455	GBP	15:28:44	LSE	00029135230TRLO0-1
10000	2456	GBP	15:33:49	LSE	00029135531TRLO0-1
10000	2456	GBP	16:04:23	LSE	00029136901TRLO0-1

 

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