Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0013B

CRH PLC

04 June 2019

 

4^th June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 3^rd June 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:			140,000
Highest price paid per share:			€28.05
Lowest price paid per share:			€27.60
Volume weighted average price paid:			€27.77

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 39,072,564 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 804,317,774 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:		EUR (as indicated below)
Aggregated Information
Trading venue		Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price	Aggregated volume
Euronext Dublin		EUR	27.77	140,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
25000	27.70	EUR	8:28:20 AM	ISE	00029162996TRLO0-1
5000	27.60	EUR	9:09:57 AM	ISE	00029163571TRLO0-1
10000	27.70	EUR	10:02:51 AM	ISE	00029164097TRLO0-1
25000	27.62	EUR	10:28:40 AM	ISE	00029164467TRLO0-1
5000	27.80	EUR	11:23:58 AM	ISE	00029165167TRLO0-1
15000	27.79	EUR	12:33:11 PM	ISE	00029165885TRLO0-1
15000	27.80	EUR	12:48:26 PM	ISE	00029166024TRLO0-1
10000	27.84	EUR	1:45:07 PM	ISE	00029166814TRLO0-1
15000	27.90	EUR	2:18:12 PM	ISE	00029167337TRLO0-1
10000	28.05	EUR	2:36:33 PM	ISE	00029167674TRLO0-1
5000	28.04	EUR	3:34:20 PM	ISE	00029169489TRLO0-1

 

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