Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4070D

CRH PLC

26 June 2019

 

26^th June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 25^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:			35,000	140,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2538.0	€28.33
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2500.0	€28.02
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2521.4	€28.22

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 42,110,134 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 801,280,204 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	2521.4	35,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.22	140,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
20000	28.02	EUR	8:08:25 AM	ISE	00029327000TRLO0-1
8000	28.10	EUR	9:04:23 AM	ISE	00029327747TRLO0-1
10000	28.11	EUR	9:26:55 AM	ISE	00029328087TRLO0-1
10000	28.17	EUR	10:50:57 AM	ISE	00029329089TRLO0-1
15000	28.24	EUR	12:18:12 PM	ISE	00029329970TRLO0-1
10000	28.21	EUR	12:47:23 PM	ISE	00029330223TRLO0-1
25000	28.33	EUR	1:57:07 PM	ISE	00029331069TRLO0-1
25000	28.29	EUR	2:24:13 PM	ISE	00029331429TRLO0-1
17000	28.31	EUR	3:07:30 PM	ISE	00029332453TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	2508	GBp	8:23:45 AM	LSE	00029327213TRLO0-1
5000	2500	GBp	8:48:56 AM	LSE	00029327589TRLO0-1
10000	2514	GBp	11:26:03 AM	LSE	00029329382TRLO0-1
15000	2538	GBp	3:50:10 PM	LSE	00029333549TRLO0-1

 

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