Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4367Y

CRH PLC

09 May 2019

 

9^th May 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 8^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:			37,000	137,540
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2521.0	€29.35
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2495.0	€29.00
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2510.1	€29.19

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €350 million in the period to 16 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 35,985,559 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 807,404,779 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	2510.1	37,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	29.19	137,540

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
4520	29.35	EUR	8:44:23 AM	ISE	00028945427TRLO0-1
10000	29.32	EUR	9:34:34 AM	ISE	00028946128TRLO0-1
5000	29.31	EUR	9:36:53 AM	ISE	00028946161TRLO0-1
5000	29.27	EUR	9:41:27 AM	ISE	00028946180TRLO0-1
10000	29.22	EUR	9:52:18 AM	ISE	00028946401TRLO0-1
15000	29.21	EUR	9:54:46 AM	ISE	00028946417TRLO0-1
5000	29.07	EUR	11:26:58 AM	ISE	00028947911TRLO0-1
10000	29.07	EUR	11:59:35 AM	ISE	00028948259TRLO0-1
4000	29. 0	EUR	12:43:30 PM	ISE	00028948984TRLO0-1
5000	29.03	EUR	12:58:54 PM	ISE	00028949212TRLO0-1
10000	29.15	EUR	2:12:54 PM	ISE	00028950432TRLO0-1
4000	29.18	EUR	2:28:30 PM	ISE	00028950736TRLO0-1
10000	29.19	EUR	2:54:46 PM	ISE	00028951854TRLO0-1
10000	29.19	EUR	3:11:10 PM	ISE	00028952406TRLO0-1
5000	29.21	EUR	3:21:58 PM	ISE	00028952600TRLO0-1
7500	29.19	EUR	3:34:06 PM	ISE	00028952977TRLO0-1
7520	29.21	EUR	3:39:41 PM	ISE	00028953123TRLO0-1
10000	29.24	EUR	4:04:21 PM	ISE	00028953652TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	2517	GBp	9:33:18 AM	LSE	00028946119TRLO0-1
5000	2504	GBp	11:07:10 AM	LSE	00028947598TRLO0-1
5000	2502	GBp	11:26:19 AM	LSE	00028947898TRLO0-1
7000	2495	GBp	12:18:39 PM	LSE	00028948624TRLO0-1
10000	2521	GBp	4:07:40 PM	LSE	00028953751TRLO0-1

 

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