Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5757E

CRH PLC

05 July 2019

 

5^th July 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4^th July 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:			29,000	51,500
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2710.0	€30.25
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2687.0	€29.95
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2695.1	€30.09

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 42,770,721 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.07% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 800,619,617 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	2695.1	29,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	30.09	51,500

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	30.01	EUR	8:34:27 AM	ISE	00029399470TRLO0-1
4500	30. 0	EUR	9:20:17 AM	ISE	00029400058TRLO0-1
5000	29.95	EUR	9:49:45 AM	ISE	00029400486TRLO0-1
4000	30.04	EUR	12:49:03 PM	ISE	00029402602TRLO0-1
5000	30.10	EUR	1:08:38 PM	ISE	00029402794TRLO0-1
7000	30.13	EUR	3:27:15 PM	ISE	00029405161TRLO0-1
7000	30.16	EUR	3:34:42 PM	ISE	00029405343TRLO0-1
5000	30.25	EUR	4:00:54 PM	ISE	00029406051TRLO0-1
4000	30.25	EUR	4:15:19 PM	ISE	00029406621TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	2687	GBp	10:46:12 AM	LSE	00029401175TRLO0-1
8000	2699	GBp	2:29:02 PM	LSE	00029403898TRLO0-1
6000	2710	GBp	4:18:26 PM	LSE	00029406790TRLO0-1

 

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