Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6699A

CRH PLC

31 May 2019

 

31^st May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 30^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:			10,000	45,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2495.0	€28.45
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2473.0	€28.04
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2484.2	€28.30

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 38,667,564 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 804,722,774 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	2484.2	10,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.3	45,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
6000	28.13	EUR	8:24:56 AM	ISE	00029139535TRLO0-1
4000	28.04	EUR	9:24:56 AM	ISE	00029140416TRLO0-1
5000	28.16	EUR	11:58:19 AM	ISE	00029142451TRLO0-1
5000	28.35	EUR	2:46:07 PM	ISE	00029144312TRLO0-1
3000	28.38	EUR	3:07:13 PM	ISE	00029144645TRLO0-1
5000	28.45	EUR	3:42:47 PM	ISE	00029145609TRLO0-1
10000	28.40	EUR	3:52:55 PM	ISE	00029145943TRLO0-1
7000	28.39	EUR	4:08:28 PM	ISE	00029146417TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
4000	2473	GBp	9:16:43 AM	LSE	00029140299TRLO0-1
2500	2487	GBp	11:37:54 AM	LSE	00029142339TRLO0-1
3500	2495	GBp	2:35:44 PM	LSE	00029144122TRLO0-1

 

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