Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2559D

CRH PLC

25 June 2019

 

25^th June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 24^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:			42,000	207,800
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2533.0	€28.59
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2530.0	€28.16
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2532.3	€28.29

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 41,935,134 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 801,455,204 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	2532.3	42,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.29	207,800

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	28.59	EUR	8:00:57 AM	ISE	00029318051TRLO0-1
10000	28.51	EUR	8:20:24 AM	ISE	00029318329TRLO0-1
7000	28.30	EUR	8:51:02 AM	ISE	00029318800TRLO0-1
20000	28.32	EUR	10:24:22 AM	ISE	00029319784TRLO0-1
5000	28.36	EUR	10:56:22 AM	ISE	00029320096TRLO0-1
15000	28.38	EUR	11:02:56 AM	ISE	00029320131TRLO0-1
12000	28.34	EUR	11:24:39 AM	ISE	00029320305TRLO0-1
11000	28.32	EUR	1:14:56 PM	ISE	00029321344TRLO0-1
15000	28.27	EUR	1:29:28 PM	ISE	00029321472TRLO0-1
12000	28.26	EUR	1:52:14 PM	ISE	00029321716TRLO0-1
25000	28.21	EUR	2:15:39 PM	ISE	00029321931TRLO0-1
7800	28.17	EUR	2:25:19 PM	ISE	00029322004TRLO0-1
12000	28.23	EUR	3:27:04 PM	ISE	00029323165TRLO0-1
12000	28.20	EUR	3:49:06 PM	ISE	00029323696TRLO0-1
14000	28.18	EUR	4:01:56 PM	ISE	00029324159TRLO0-1
20000	28.16	EUR	4:13:30 PM	ISE	00029324527TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	2532	GBp	12:03:09 PM	LSE	00029320779TRLO0-1
15000	2533	GBp	12:48:10 PM	LSE	00029321137TRLO0-1
10000	2533	GBp	12:51:16 PM	LSE	00029321157TRLO0-1
7000	2530	GBp	1:22:34 PM	LSE	00029321397TRLO0-1

 

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