Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8146R
CRH PLC
05 March 2019
 

5th March 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4th March 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 UBS Europe SE. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

 

 

 

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

 

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 

1,000

5,000

 

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,426.0000

€28.2800

 

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,407.0000

€28.1200

 

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,417.8480

€28.1964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €1 billion over a 12 month period following its announcement on 25th April 2018 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Phase 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 32,063,086 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,327,252 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 UBS Europe SE on behalf of CRH as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact

 

 

 

 

 

Diarmuid Enright

 

 

 

 

 

Assistant Company Secretary

 

 

 

 

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuer name:

 

CRH plc

 

 

LEI

 

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

 

ISIN:

 

IE0001827041

 

Intermediary name:

UBS Europe SE

 

Intermediary code:

UBSWDE24

 

 

Time zone:

 

BST

 

 

Currency:

 

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Information

 

 

 

 

 

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,417.8480

1,000

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.1964

5,000

 

 

 

 

 

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

213

2,407

LSE

09:00:12

994761

190

2,412

LSE

10:56:49

1084454

209

2,420

LSE

13:11:07

1168247

119

2,425

LSE

14:57:42

1283234

72

2,425

LSE

14:57:42

1283232

24

2,426

LSE

15:50:31

1363588

173

2,426

LSE

15:51:08

1364620

Euronext Dublin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

 

604

28.20

ISE

08:28:52

958000

 

107

28.16

ISE

09:36:16

1028476

 

444

28.16

ISE

09:36:18

1028487

 

288

28.12

ISE

10:40:42

1074010

 

200

28.12

ISE

10:40:42

1074004

 

157

28.12

ISE

10:40:42

1073995

 

95

28.13

ISE

12:04:50

1125833

 

222

28.15

ISE

12:14:53

1131505

 

110

28.15

ISE

12:14:53

1131509

 

301

28.15

ISE

12:14:53

1131507

 

638

28.22

ISE

13:50:43

1200621

 

512

28.24

ISE

14:41:51

1258994

 

124

28.24

ISE

14:41:51

1258988

 

233

28.28

ISE

15:29:03

1332638

 

354

28.28

ISE

15:29:03

1332636

 

97

28.20

ISE

15:56:57

1372793

 

232

28.22

ISE

16:00:02

1378046

 

250

28.22

ISE

16:00:02

1378048

 

32

28.18

ISE

16:13:12

1398791

 

               

 


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