Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9570C

CRH PLC

21 June 2019

 

21^st June 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 20^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:			73,500	103,500
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2588.0	€28.93
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2532.0	€28.49
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2570.1	€28.69

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 41,334,234 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 802,056,104 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	2570.1	73,500
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.69	103,500

Euronext Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
15000	28.69	EUR	8:11:46 AM	ISE	00029293615TRLO0-1
15000	28.50	EUR	8:43:18 AM	ISE	00029294041TRLO0-1
5000	28.49	EUR	8:47:16 AM	ISE	00029294137TRLO0-1
11000	28.60	EUR	9:28:39 AM	ISE	00029294793TRLO0-1
5000	28.69	EUR	10:32:37 AM	ISE	00029295706TRLO0-1
15000	28.73	EUR	12:03:20 PM	ISE	00029296886TRLO0-1
15000	28.73	EUR	12:05:22 PM	ISE	00029296902TRLO0-1
5000	28.77	EUR	12:33:16 PM	ISE	00029297208TRLO0-1
11000	28.82	EUR	12:36:32 PM	ISE	00029297242TRLO0-1
6500	28.93	EUR	2:32:36 PM	ISE	00029298607TRLO0-1

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBp)	Currency	Trade Time	Trading Venue	MatchID
5000	2532	GBp	8:35:13 AM	LSE	00029293916TRLO0-1
10000	2550	GBp	10:33:31 AM	LSE	00029295714TRLO0-1
7000	2582	GBp	2:51:14 PM	LSE	00029298944TRLO0-1
2500	2582	GBp	2:52:19 PM	LSE	00029298955TRLO0-1
4000	2588	GBp	3:10:12 PM	LSE	00029299323TRLO0-1
10000	2579	GBp	3:18:05 PM	LSE	00029299674TRLO0-1
15000	2576	GBp	3:20:21 PM	LSE	00029299717TRLO0-1
10000	2573	GBp	3:23:11 PM	LSE	00029299792TRLO0-1
10000	2570	GBp	4:17:52 PM	LSE	00029301389TRLO0-1

 

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