Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8373A

CRH PLC

03 June 2019

 

3^rd June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 31^st 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:			90,000	175,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2481.0	€28.06
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2470.0	€27.90
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2476.3	€27.96

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 38,932,564 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 804,457,774 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	2476.3	90,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	27.96	175,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	28.06	EUR	8:06:06 AM	ISE	00029149048TRLO0-1
10000	28.01	EUR	9:34:25 AM	ISE	00029151095TRLO0-1
10000	27.94	EUR	9:56:50 AM	ISE	00029151447TRLO0-1
10000	27.98	EUR	10:38:57 AM	ISE	00029152184TRLO0-1
5000	27.93	EUR	10:53:10 AM	ISE	00029152314TRLO0-1
5000	27.95	EUR	10:57:07 AM	ISE	00029152367TRLO0-1
10000	27.96	EUR	11:03:43 AM	ISE	00029152577TRLO0-1
10000	27.95	EUR	11:57:30 AM	ISE	00029153546TRLO0-1
10000	27.98	EUR	12:00:15 PM	ISE	00029153556TRLO0-1
15000	27.95	EUR	12:20:30 PM	ISE	00029153822TRLO0-1
30000	27.90	EUR	12:39:15 PM	ISE	00029154078TRLO0-1
5000	28. 0	EUR	1:54:23 PM	ISE	00029155678TRLO0-1
20000	27.95	EUR	2:21:41 PM	ISE	00029156124TRLO0-1
15000	27.93	EUR	2:51:38 PM	ISE	00029156918TRLO0-1
10000	28.03	EUR	3:03:27 PM	ISE	00029157260TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	2474	GBp	8:13:26 AM	LSE	00029149307TRLO0-1
20000	2478	GBp	8:42:58 AM	LSE	00029150141TRLO0-1
5000	2473	GBp	10:10:30 AM	LSE	00029151769TRLO0-1
7000	2470	GBp	10:31:51 AM	LSE	00029152090TRLO0-1
3000	2476	GBp	11:25:33 AM	LSE	00029153015TRLO0-1
5000	2470	GBp	12:59:14 PM	LSE	00029154479TRLO0-1
5000	2478	GBp	1:57:24 PM	LSE	00029155714TRLO0-1
10000	2481	GBp	2:31:08 PM	LSE	00029156354TRLO0-1
10000	2475	GBp	3:27:25 PM	LSE	00029157887TRLO0-1
5000	2476	GBp	4:04:15 PM	LSE	00029158930TRLO0-1
15000	2478	GBp	4:06:59 PM	LSE	00029159038TRLO0-1

 

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