Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3215I

CRH PLC

08 August 2019

 

8^th August 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 7^th August 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:			58,500	119,100
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2576.0	€28.13
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2556.0	€27.79
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2566.1	€27.94

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 46,371,180 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.49% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 797,019,158 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	2566.1	58,500
Euronext Dublin		EUR	27.94	119,100

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	27.81	EUR	8:08:13 AM	ISE	00029695614TRLO1-1
10000	27.94	EUR	8:12:40 AM	ISE	00029695710TRLO1-1
5000	27.87	EUR	8:36:54 AM	ISE	00029696174TRLO1-1
10000	27.86	EUR	8:39:46 AM	ISE	00029696228TRLO1-1
8000	27.94	EUR	9:25:57 AM	ISE	00029697328TRLO1-1
5000	28.11	EUR	10:57:29 AM	ISE	00029699099TRLO1-1
15000	28.11	EUR	10:59:36 AM	ISE	00029699140TRLO1-1
15000	28.13	EUR	11:59:49 AM	ISE	00029700336TRLO1-1
10000	27.79	EUR	2:21:39 PM	ISE	00029703313TRLO1-1
7000	27.82	EUR	3:15:02 PM	ISE	00029705006TRLO1-1
15000	27.83	EUR	3:21:11 PM	ISE	00029705181TRLO1-1
6000	27.90	EUR	3:35:20 PM	ISE	00029705578TRLO1-1
3100	27.90	EUR	3:40:18 PM	ISE	00029705743TRLO1-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	2575	GBp	10:05:06 AM	LSE	00029698189TRLO1-1
5000	2576	GBp	10:23:52 AM	LSE	00029698464TRLO1-1
15000	2567	GBp	2:16:38 PM	LSE	00029703249TRLO1-1
10000	2562	GBp	2:31:37 PM	LSE	00029703631TRLO1-1
5000	2563	GBp	2:43:22 PM	LSE	00029704023TRLO1-1
10000	2562	GBp	2:44:59 PM	LSE	00029704087TRLO1-1
4500	2556	GBp	2:53:17 PM	LSE	00029704280TRLO1-1
4000	2575	GBp	3:33:06 PM	LSE	00029705538TRLO1-1

 

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