Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9750H

CRH PLC

06 August 2019

 

6^th August 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 5^th 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:			27,250	277,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2580.0	€28.39
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2560.0	€27.91
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2568.1	€28.05

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 45,681,368 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.41% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 797,708,970 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	2568.1	27,250
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.05	277,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
10000	28.39	EUR	8:15:18 AM	ISE	00029671524TRLO1-1
10000	28.34	EUR	8:23:40 AM	ISE	00029671600TRLO1-1
10000	28.36	EUR	8:26:12 AM	ISE	00029671639TRLO1-1
10000	28.19	EUR	8:34:35 AM	ISE	00029671735TRLO1-1
20000	28.15	EUR	8:37:54 AM	ISE	00029671776TRLO1-1
15000	28.09	EUR	9:01:22 AM	ISE	00029672226TRLO1-1
25000	27.99	EUR	9:13:53 AM	ISE	00029672385TRLO1-1
15000	28.01	EUR	9:53:33 AM	ISE	00029673059TRLO1-1
25000	27.96	EUR	9:56:51 AM	ISE	00029673096TRLO1-1
25000	27.99	EUR	10:45:43 AM	ISE	00029673789TRLO1-1
15000	27.99	EUR	10:46:17 AM	ISE	00029673794TRLO1-1
10000	27.92	EUR	11:45:02 AM	ISE	00029674460TRLO1-1
20000	27.91	EUR	11:52:38 AM	ISE	00029674562TRLO1-1
10000	28.04	EUR	12:51:52 PM	ISE	00029675276TRLO1-1
697	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675303TRLO1-1
181	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675304TRLO1-1
2000	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675305TRLO1-1
1000	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675306TRLO1-1
1600	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675307TRLO1-1
214	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675308TRLO1-1
800	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675309TRLO1-1
508	28. 0	EUR	12:54:50 PM	ISE	00029675310TRLO1-1
15000	28. 0	EUR	1:48:20 PM	ISE	00029675935TRLO1-1
20000	28.03	EUR	3:19:49 PM	ISE	00029677704TRLO1-1
15000	28.04	EUR	3:25:24 PM	ISE	00029677843TRLO1-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	2580	GBp	8:47:04 AM	LSE	00029671974TRLO1-1
1769	2577	GBp	9:05:56 AM	LSE	00029672280TRLO1-1
4231	2577	GBp	9:05:56 AM	LSE	00029672281TRLO1-1
689	2560	GBp	10:22:02 AM	LSE	00029673425TRLO1-1
6561	2560	GBp	10:22:02 AM	LSE	00029673426TRLO1-1
1468	2562	GBp	11:51:30 AM	LSE	00029674545TRLO1-1
3408	2562	GBp	11:51:30 AM	LSE	00029674546TRLO1-1
4124	2562	GBp	11:51:30 AM	LSE	00029674547TRLO1-1

 

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