Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1711P

CRH PLC

06 February 2019

 

6th February 2019
CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares
CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 5th February 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 UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.
			London Stock Exchange	Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:			1,303	8,013
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2,296.0000	€26.2700
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2,279.0000	€25.9800
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2,287.4804	€26.0998
The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €1 billion over a 12 month period following its announcement on 25th April 2018 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Phase 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.
Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 30,561,269 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 812,829,069 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 UBS Limited 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:		UBS Limited
Intermediary code:		UBSWGB24
Time zone:		BST
Currency:		GBp & EUR (as indicated below)
Aggregated Information
Trading venue		Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange		GBp	2,287.4804	1,303
Euronext Dublin		EUR	26.0998	8,013
London Stock Exchange
Number of Shares	Price per Share (GBp)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	MatchId
380	2,279	LSE	08:16:56	330396
273	2,279	LSE	08:16:56	330394
450	2,296	LSE	09:06:47	388365
200	2,296	LSE	09:06:47	388363

Euronext Dublin
Number of Shares	Price per Share (EUR)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	MatchId
187	26.01	ISE	08:17:13	330633
566	26.01	ISE	08:17:13	330631
323	26.01	ISE	08:17:13	330629
482	26.00	ISE	08:17:16	330683
495	25.98	ISE	08:25:44	339794
244	26.27	ISE	09:17:20	403480
332	26.27	ISE	09:17:20	403478
599	26.25	ISE	09:18:11	404580
559	26.05	ISE	15:09:16	761256
201	26.07	ISE	15:09:16	761254
338	26.07	ISE	15:09:16	761252
365	26.12	ISE	15:16:07	772681
435	26.12	ISE	15:16:08	772726
207	26.12	ISE	15:16:45	773623
387	26.12	ISE	15:16:45	773621
429	26.12	ISE	15:16:45	773608
108	26.12	ISE	15:16:45	773596
169	26.12	ISE	15:16:45	773592
565	26.13	ISE	15:23:49	785701
514	26.08	ISE	15:25:18	788722
130	26.12	ISE	15:30:42	797798
378	26.12	ISE	15:30:50	798012

 

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