Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9513Z

CRH PLC

16 January 2020

 

16^th January 2020

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 15^th January 2020 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker J&E Davy. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

			Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:			65,000
Highest price paid per share:			€35.170
Lowest price paid per share:			€34.570
Volume weighted average price paid:			€34.928

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €200 million in the period to 31^st March 2020 following its announcement on 7^th January 2020 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 7^th January 2020.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 10,747,066 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 788,893,272 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:		EUR (as indicated below)
Aggregated Information
Trading venue		Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price	Aggregated volume
Euronext Dublin		EUR	€34.928	65,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
4000	35.16	EUR	08:26:44	ISE	00031028340TRLO1-1
2500	35.17	EUR	09:41:42	ISE	00031030337TRLO1-1
4000	35.16	EUR	10:43:31	ISE	00031031079TRLO1-1
2500	35.15	EUR	11:43:20	ISE	00031031711TRLO1-1
25000	35.09	EUR	11:51:24	ISE	00031031811TRLO1-1
4000	34.83	EUR	13:27:20	ISE	00031032727TRLO1-1
7000	34.68	EUR	13:57:07	ISE	00031033157TRLO1-1
10000	34.65	EUR	14:35:24	ISE	00031033758TRLO1-1
6000	34.57	EUR	16:02:09	ISE	00031036077TRLO1-1

 

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