Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8146R

CRH PLC

05 March 2019

 

5th March 2019
CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares
CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4th March 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 UBS Europe SE. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.
			London Stock Exchange	Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased:			1,000	5,000
Highest price paid per share:			GBp 2,426.0000	€28.2800
Lowest price paid per share:			GBp 2,407.0000	€28.1200
Volume weighted average price paid:			GBp 2,417.8480	€28.1964
The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €1 billion over a 12 month period following its announcement on 25th April 2018 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Phase 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.
Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 32,063,086 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,327,252 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 UBS Europe SE 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:		UBS Europe SE
Intermediary code:		UBSWDE24
Time zone:		BST
Currency:		GBp & EUR (as indicated below)
Aggregated Information
Trading venue		Currency	Volume Weighted Average Price			Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange		GBp	2,417.8480			1,000
Euronext Dublin		EUR	28.1964			5,000
London Stock Exchange
Number of Shares	Price per Share (GBp)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction			MatchId
213	2,407	LSE	09:00:12			994761
190	2,412	LSE	10:56:49			1084454
209	2,420	LSE	13:11:07			1168247
119	2,425	LSE	14:57:42			1283234
72	2,425	LSE	14:57:42			1283232
24	2,426	LSE	15:50:31			1363588
173	2,426	LSE	15:51:08			1364620
Euronext Dublin
Number of Shares	Price per Share (EUR)	Trading Venue		Time of Transaction	MatchId
604	28.20	ISE		08:28:52	958000
107	28.16	ISE		09:36:16	1028476
444	28.16	ISE		09:36:18	1028487
288	28.12	ISE		10:40:42	1074010
200	28.12	ISE		10:40:42	1074004
157	28.12	ISE		10:40:42	1073995
95	28.13	ISE		12:04:50	1125833
222	28.15	ISE		12:14:53	1131505
110	28.15	ISE		12:14:53	1131509
301	28.15	ISE		12:14:53	1131507
638	28.22	ISE		13:50:43	1200621
512	28.24	ISE		14:41:51	1258994
124	28.24	ISE		14:41:51	1258988
233	28.28	ISE		15:29:03	1332638
354	28.28	ISE		15:29:03	1332636
97	28.20	ISE		15:56:57	1372793
232	28.22	ISE		16:00:02	1378046
250	28.22	ISE		16:00:02	1378048
32	28.18	ISE		16:13:12	1398791

 

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