Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8157H

CRH PLC

05 August 2019

 

5^th August 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 2^nd 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:			329,000	401,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2678.0	€29.27
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2627.0	€28.68
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2647.8	€29.05

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 45,377,118 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.38% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 798,013,220 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	2647.8	329,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	29.05	401,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
60000	29.25	EUR	8:15:31 AM	ISE	00029656149TRLO0-1
25000	29.20	EUR	8:17:01 AM	ISE	00029656211TRLO0-1
35000	29.27	EUR	8:28:23 AM	ISE	00029656794TRLO0-1
25000	29.19	EUR	8:47:39 AM	ISE	00029657460TRLO0-1
45000	29.15	EUR	8:51:26 AM	ISE	00029657658TRLO0-1
20000	29.13	EUR	9:08:55 AM	ISE	00029658299TRLO0-1
40000	29. 0	EUR	9:55:08 AM	ISE	00029659410TRLO0-1
30000	29.04	EUR	10:12:49 AM	ISE	00029659750TRLO0-1
20000	28.92	EUR	12:56:07 PM	ISE	00029662253TRLO0-1
15000	28.84	EUR	1:39:45 PM	ISE	00029662871TRLO0-1
20000	28.89	EUR	2:46:35 PM	ISE	00029665000TRLO0-1
50000	28.75	EUR	3:20:35 PM	ISE	00029667124TRLO0-1
16000	28.68	EUR	3:33:15 PM	ISE	00029667326TRLO1-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	2678	GBp	8:39:44 AM	LSE	00029657201TRLO0-1
21000	2673	GBp	8:48:17 AM	LSE	00029657486TRLO0-1
10000	2667	GBp	9:16:17 AM	LSE	00029658417TRLO0-1
20000	2664	GBp	9:20:53 AM	LSE	00029658598TRLO0-1
20000	2659	GBp	9:34:33 AM	LSE	00029658859TRLO0-1
40000	2656	GBp	9:54:36 AM	LSE	00029659391TRLO0-1
20000	2654	GBp	9:56:23 AM	LSE	00029659420TRLO0-1
15000	2659	GBp	10:23:21 AM	LSE	00029660002TRLO0-1
18000	2656	GBp	11:41:13 AM	LSE	00029661018TRLO0-1
20000	2638	GBp	2:57:27 PM	LSE	00029665665TRLO0-1
50000	2634	GBp	3:20:44 PM	LSE	00029667132TRLO0-1
40000	2633	GBp	3:20:55 PM	LSE	00029667147TRLO0-1
15000	2633	GBp	3:21:22 PM	LSE	00029667179TRLO0-1
30000	2627	GBp	3:33:35 PM	LSE	00029667345TRLO1-1

 

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