Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1459B

CRH PLC

05 June 2019

 

5^th June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4^th June 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:			20,000	70,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2548.0	€28.80
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2490.0	€28.00
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2523.5	€28.42

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 39,162,564 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 804,227,774 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	2523.5	20,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.42	70,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	28.02	EUR	8:02:15 AM	ISE	00029172952TRLO0-1
10000	28. 0	EUR	8:07:31 AM	ISE	00029173093TRLO0-1
5000	28.16	EUR	8:22:30 AM	ISE	00029173420TRLO0-1
5000	28.16	EUR	8:34:36 AM	ISE	00029173678TRLO0-1
5000	28.30	EUR	8:57:44 AM	ISE	00029174027TRLO0-1
5000	28.37	EUR	9:07:47 AM	ISE	00029174213TRLO0-1
5000	28.48	EUR	9:43:03 AM	ISE	00029174608TRLO0-1
5000	28.67	EUR	10:14:00 AM	ISE	00029175055TRLO0-1
10000	28.77	EUR	11:05:28 AM	ISE	00029175636TRLO0-1
5000	28.80	EUR	11:51:56 AM	ISE	00029176482TRLO0-1
10000	28.71	EUR	3:01:22 PM	ISE	00029180842TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
3000	2490	GBp	8:10:22 AM	LSE	00029173202TRLO0-1
2000	2497	GBp	8:18:58 AM	LSE	00029173388TRLO0-1
3000	2510	GBp	8:48:02 AM	LSE	00029173871TRLO0-1
2000	2518	GBp	8:56:15 AM	LSE	00029174009TRLO0-1
5000	2548	GBp	10:20:31 AM	LSE	00029175115TRLO0-1
5000	2540	GBp	12:23:41 PM	LSE	00029176910TRLO0-1

 

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