Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5809E

CRH PLC

02 March 2020

 

2^nd March 2020

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 28^th February 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:			280,000
Highest price paid per share:			€31.120
Lowest price paid per share:			€30.460
Volume weighted average price paid:			€30.853

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 15,061,194   of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 784,579,144   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	€30.853	280,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
50000	31.12	EUR	08:00:48	ISE	00031366843TRLO1-1
50000	31.12	EUR	08:00:57	ISE	00031366846TRLO1-1
25000	30.58	EUR	08:07:43	ISE	00031367047TRLO1-1
10000	30.62	EUR	08:24:27	ISE	00031367671TRLO1-1
10000	30.46	EUR	09:56:08	ISE	00031371294TRLO1-1
10000	30.7	EUR	10:22:01	ISE	00031371892TRLO1-1
25000	30.79	EUR	10:31:40	ISE	00031372105TRLO1-1
10000	31.12	EUR	12:20:16	ISE	00031374632TRLO1-1
10000	31.1	EUR	12:22:02	ISE	00031374666TRLO1-1
40000	30.6	EUR	14:01:49	ISE	00031377913TRLO1-1
15000	30.55	EUR	14:10:10	ISE	00031378196TRLO1-1
25000	30.81	EUR	14:51:20	ISE	00031379872TRLO1-1

 

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