Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6169Z

CRH PLC

21 May 2019

 

21^st May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 20^th May 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:			43,000	96,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2516.0	€28.99
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2496.0	€28.50
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2506.1	€28.66

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 37,368,569 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 806,021,769 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	2506.1	43,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.66	96,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	28.99	EUR	8:48:54 AM	ISE	00029033148TRLO0-1
5000	28.75	EUR	10:04:52 AM	ISE	00029033918TRLO0-1
10000	28.75	EUR	10:24:21 AM	ISE	00029034084TRLO0-1
5000	28.62	EUR	11:19:32 AM	ISE	00029034986TRLO0-1
5000	28.54	EUR	11:27:58 AM	ISE	00029035107TRLO0-1
6000	28.56	EUR	11:57:59 AM	ISE	00029035609TRLO0-1
5000	28.50	EUR	1:03:16 PM	ISE	00029036555TRLO0-1
5000	28.51	EUR	1:27:54 PM	ISE	00029036916TRLO0-1
5000	28.55	EUR	2:15:33 PM	ISE	00029037458TRLO0-1
10000	28.58	EUR	2:25:17 PM	ISE	00029037633TRLO0-1
10000	28.55	EUR	2:32:10 PM	ISE	00029037720TRLO0-1
15000	28.63	EUR	3:15:14 PM	ISE	00029038716TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
6000	2512	GBp	10:01:17 AM	LSE	00029033907TRLO0-1
5000	2502	GBp	11:18:40 AM	LSE	00029034973TRLO0-1
7000	2502	GBp	11:52:51 AM	LSE	00029035524TRLO0-1
4000	2496	GBp	1:02:53 PM	LSE	00029036546TRLO0-1
6000	2498	GBp	1:25:34 PM	LSE	00029036897TRLO0-1
5000	2507	GBp	3:06:53 PM	LSE	00029038521TRLO0-1
10000	2516	GBp	3:28:05 PM	LSE	00029039072TRLO0-1

 

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