Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6791C

CRH PLC

19 June 2019

 

19^th June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 18^th June 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:			79,520	211,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2558.0	€28.68
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2503.0	€27.93
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2545.8	€28.38

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 40,872,009 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 802,518,329 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	2545.8	79,520
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.38	211,000

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	28.36	EUR	8:00:41 AM	ISE	00029271493TRLO0-1
15000	28.29	EUR	8:01:39 AM	ISE	00029271501TRLO0-1
15000	28.29	EUR	8:02:17 AM	ISE	00029271509TRLO0-1
5000	28.15	EUR	8:10:34 AM	ISE	00029271637TRLO0-1
5000	27.94	EUR	8:19:40 AM	ISE	00029271807TRLO0-1
2000	27.93	EUR	8:30:29 AM	ISE	00029271906TRLO0-1
1000	27.93	EUR	8:30:29 AM	ISE	00029271907TRLO0-1
1000	27.93	EUR	8:30:29 AM	ISE	00029271908TRLO0-1
1000	27.93	EUR	8:30:29 AM	ISE	00029271909TRLO0-1
847	27.93	EUR	8:30:29 AM	ISE	00029271910TRLO0-1
800	27.93	EUR	8:30:29 AM	ISE	00029271911TRLO0-1
1353	27.93	EUR	8:30:29 AM	ISE	00029271912TRLO0-1
10000	27.95	EUR	8:36:37 AM	ISE	00029271977TRLO0-1
7000	28.23	EUR	10:15:30 AM	ISE	00029273571TRLO0-1
10000	28.34	EUR	11:20:13 AM	ISE	00029274318TRLO0-1
15000	28.31	EUR	11:56:38 AM	ISE	00029274865TRLO0-1
10000	28.42	EUR	1:08:24 PM	ISE	00029275936TRLO0-1
7000	28.50	EUR	1:41:40 PM	ISE	00029276388TRLO0-1
20000	28.40	EUR	1:47:13 PM	ISE	00029276466TRLO0-1
19000	28.51	EUR	2:41:41 PM	ISE	00029277647TRLO0-1
5000	28.60	EUR	2:47:43 PM	ISE	00029277806TRLO0-1
20000	28.60	EUR	2:53:08 PM	ISE	00029277981TRLO0-1
25000	28.68	EUR	3:06:35 PM	ISE	00029278569TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
4520	2503	GBp	8:30:29 AM	LSE	00029271905TRLO0-1
10000	2522	GBp	10:26:51 AM	LSE	00029273660TRLO0-1
5000	2531	GBp	12:27:26 PM	LSE	00029275129TRLO0-1
10000	2546	GBp	1:31:16 PM	LSE	00029276215TRLO0-1
10000	2555	GBp	3:16:39 PM	LSE	00029278933TRLO0-1
20000	2558	GBp	3:33:32 PM	LSE	00029279515TRLO0-1
20000	2554	GBp	3:58:59 PM	LSE	00029280250TRLO0-1

 

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