Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4593H

CRH PLC

01 August 2019

 

1^st August 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 31^st 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:			35,000	50,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2746.0	€30.07
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2744.0	€30.02
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2745.4	€30.05

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 44,502,118 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.27% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 798,888,220 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	2745.4	35,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	30.05	50,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	30.07	EUR	10:46:54 AM	ISE	00029629684TRLO0-1
20000	30.05	EUR	10:55:33 AM	ISE	00029629896TRLO0-1
15000	30.02	EUR	1:24:02 PM	ISE	00029633010TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	2744	GBp	3:03:08 PM	LSE	00029635871TRLO0-1
25000	2746	GBp	4:19:37 PM	LSE	00029639813TRLO0-1

 

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