Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6907K

CRH PLC

23 December 2022

 

23^rd December 2022

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 22^nd December 2022 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker BofA Securities Europe SA. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares

	Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	72,720
Highest price paid per share:	€ 37.8650
Lowest price paid per share:	€ 37.1300
Volume weighted average price paid:	€ 37.3287

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to $300 million* in the period to 30^th March 2023 following its announcement on 19^th December 2022 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 19^th December 2022.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 7,197,213 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 0.957% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 744,943,125 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (including as it forms part of retained EU law in the United Kingdom ('UK') from time to time and, where relevant, pursuant to the UK's European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the UK's Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019) , a detailed breakdown of individual trades made on 22^nd December 2022 by BofA Securities Europe SA on behalf of CRH as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

* Being an amount equal to €282 million (based on a FX rate of $1.00 : €0.94 fixed for the duration of the buyback programme).

Contact:

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Issuer Name:	CRH plc
LEI:	549300MIDJNNTH068E74
ISIN:	IE0001827041
Broker name:	BofA Securities Europe SA
Broker code:	BOFAFRP4
Time zone:	GMT/BST
Currency:	EUR
Date of Transactions:	22nd December 2022

Aggregated Information

Trading venue	Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price	Aggregated volume
Euronext Dublin (XMSM)	EUR	€ 37.3287	72,720

Euronext Dublin

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
Please refer to annexure http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6907K_1-2022-12-22.pdf

 

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