Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6507X

CRH PLC

01 May 2019

 

1^st May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 30^th April 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:			120,000	100,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2568.0	€29.80
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2555.0	€29.54
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2560.88	€29.61

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 35,028,350 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 808,361,988 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	2,560.88	120,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	29.6110	100,000

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5,000	2561	GBp	15:40:38	LSE	00028899392TRLO0-1
10,000	2555	GBp	10:11:19	LSE	00028892220TRLO0-1
10,000	2562	GBp	14:04:36	LSE	00028896242TRLO0-1
10,000	2563	GBp	13:48:01	LSE	00028895953TRLO0-1
10,000	2563	GBp	15:59:25	LSE	00028900168TRLO0-1
10,000	2565	GBp	14:41:59	LSE	00028897241TRLO0-1
15,000	2568	GBp	08:03:55	LSE	00028890753TRLO0-1
25,000	2556	GBp	08:43:06	LSE	00028891222TRLO0-1
25,000	2560	GBp	09:07:10	LSE	00028891539TRLO0-1

Euronext Dublin
Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)		Currency		Trade Time		Trading Venue	MatchID
5,000	29.54		EUR		10:27:31		ISE	00028892502TRLO0-1
5,000	29.8		EUR		14:28:40		ISE	00028896833TRLO0-1
10,000	29.58		EUR		11:35:58		ISE	00028893693TRLO0-1
10,000	29.76		EUR		12:46:06		ISE	00028894863TRLO0-1
15,000	29.58		EUR		11:40:30		ISE	00028893811TRLO0-1
15,000	29.58		EUR		08:38:19		ISE	00028891167TRLO0-1
15,000	29.59		EUR		08:54:09		ISE	00028891347TRLO0-1
25,000	29.59		EUR		08:41:18		ISE	00028891206TRLO0-1

 

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