Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2745H

CRH PLC

31 July 2019

 

31^st July 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 30^th July 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:			35,000	165,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2701.0	€29.62
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2699.0	€29.40
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2700.1	€29.49

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 44,417,118 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.26% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 798,973,220 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	2700.1	35,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	29.49	165,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
30000	29.62	EUR	9:34:25 AM	ISE	00029612723TRLO0-1
35000	29.52	EUR	10:29:01 AM	ISE	00029614269TRLO0-1
10000	29.47	EUR	11:48:43 AM	ISE	00029615845TRLO0-1
20000	29.48	EUR	12:11:30 PM	ISE	00029616195TRLO0-1
20000	29.45	EUR	12:16:24 PM	ISE	00029616305TRLO0-1
15000	29.42	EUR	12:23:21 PM	ISE	00029616371TRLO0-1
10000	29.40	EUR	1:03:24 PM	ISE	00029616982TRLO0-1
20000	29.40	EUR	2:19:28 PM	ISE	00029618319TRLO0-1
5000	29.48	EUR	2:49:27 PM	ISE	00029619325TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
20000	2701	GBp	10:30:22 AM	LSE	00029614302TRLO0-1
15000	2699	GBp	12:19:33 PM	LSE	00029616347TRLO0-1

 

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