Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2088F

CRH PLC

06 March 2020

 

6^th March 2020

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 5^th March 2020 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker J&E Davy. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

			Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:			159,500
Highest price paid per share:			€32.290
Lowest price paid per share:			€31.630
Volume weighted average price paid:			€32.007

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €200 million in the period to 31^st March 2020 following its announcement on 7^th January 2020 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 7^th January 2020.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 15,578,291   of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 784,062,047   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
Euronext Dublin		EUR	€32.007	159,500

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	32.29	EUR	08:01:53	ISE	00031445289TRLO1-1
25000	32.21	EUR	08:13:54	ISE	00031445563TRLO1-1
10000	32.1	EUR	08:29:11	ISE	00031446022TRLO1-1
20000	32.05	EUR	09:12:38	ISE	00031447389TRLO1-1
15000	31.97	EUR	09:30:03	ISE	00031447757TRLO1-1
25000	31.97	EUR	10:06:58	ISE	00031448590TRLO1-1
12500	31.83	EUR	11:02:42	ISE	00031450282TRLO1-1
10000	31.77	EUR	12:36:38	ISE	00031451932TRLO1-1
10000	31.87	EUR	12:56:30	ISE	00031452400TRLO1-1
2000	31.63	EUR	14:19:17	ISE	00031454199TRLO1-1
20000	31.93	EUR	16:14:38	ISE	00031459284TRLO1-1

 

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