Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1608I

CRH PLC

07 August 2019

 

7^th August 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 6^th August 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:			135,000	412,800
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2590.0	€28.24
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2566.0	€27.88
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2571.3	€28.04

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 46,229,168 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.48% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 797,161,170 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 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	2571.3	135,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.04	412,800

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	28.00	EUR	8:23:13 AM	ISE	00029681436TRLO1-1
15000	27.99	EUR	8:24:09 AM	ISE	00029681439TRLO1-1
20000	28.00	EUR	8:43:47 AM	ISE	00029681890TRLO1-1
50000	28.02	EUR	8:46:46 AM	ISE	00029681951TRLO1-1
25000	28.01	EUR	9:03:22 AM	ISE	00029682205TRLO1-1
50000	28.00	EUR	10:00:30 AM	ISE	00029683545TRLO1-1
15000	28.24	EUR	11:38:29 AM	ISE	00029685023TRLO1-1
20000	28.23	EUR	11:40:41 AM	ISE	00029685042TRLO1-1
15000	28.23	EUR	11:41:03 AM	ISE	00029685044TRLO1-1
10000	28.15	EUR	12:30:39 PM	ISE	00029685764TRLO1-1
24000	28.19	EUR	12:47:43 PM	ISE	00029685976TRLO1-1
25000	28.17	EUR	12:55:41 PM	ISE	00029686057TRLO1-1
40000	28.02	EUR	2:26:55 PM	ISE	00029687858TRLO1-1
40000	28.00	EUR	2:57:47 PM	ISE	00029690091TRLO1-1
25000	27.90	EUR	4:07:55 PM	ISE	00029693120TRLO1-1
23800	27.88	EUR	4:10:56 PM	ISE	00029693339TRLO1-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	2590	GBp	10:53:12 AM	LSE	00029684383TRLO1-1
25000	2572	GBp	2:53:24 PM	LSE	00029689283TRLO1-1
50000	2569	GBp	3:14:40 PM	LSE	00029690742TRLO1-1
25000	2566	GBp	3:17:49 PM	LSE	00029690967TRLO1-1
20000	2569	GBp	3:33:16 PM	LSE	00029691690TRLO1-1

 

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