Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5106S

CRH PLC

12 March 2019

 

12th March 2019
CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares
CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 11th 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:					3,056		9,770
Highest price paid per share:					GBp 2,392.0000		€27.7000
Lowest price paid per share:					GBp 2,375.0000		€27.5000
Volume weighted average price paid:					GBp 2,383.8632		€27.5922
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 32,278,811 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,111,527 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
Neil Colgan
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				2,383.8632	3,056
Euronext Dublin		EUR				27.5922	9,770
London Stock Exchange
Number of Shares	Price per Share (GBp)	Trading Venue				Time of Transaction	MatchId
185	2,385	LSE				09:03:23	1176147
500	2,385	LSE				09:03:23	1176145
651	2,392	LSE				10:09:53	1305667
651	2,386	LSE				11:01:47	1342818
319	2,379	LSE				12:31:18	1398419
183	2,379	LSE				12:31:18	1398417
7	2,375	LSE				13:39:26	1450205
560	2,375	LSE				13:39:26	1450203

Euronext Dublin
Number of Shares	Price per Share (EUR)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	MatchId
617	27.70	ISE	08:15:52	1088693
277	27.65	ISE	08:41:09	1137017
245	27.65	ISE	08:41:09	1137015
583	27.56	ISE	09:10:17	1189986
543	27.54	ISE	09:52:21	1283618
550	27.57	ISE	10:00:01	1298804
548	27.60	ISE	10:09:57	1305723
59	27.62	ISE	10:15:10	1309484
98	27.62	ISE	10:15:33	1309734
250	27.62	ISE	10:15:33	1309732
3	27.63	ISE	10:18:00	1311308
265	27.63	ISE	10:18:00	1311310
569	27.63	ISE	10:22:25	1314587
575	27.63	ISE	10:35:55	1323156
598	27.63	ISE	10:37:17	1324009
319	27.63	ISE	10:41:42	1327662
215	27.63	ISE	10:41:42	1327660
572	27.60	ISE	10:48:25	1332836
542	27.59	ISE	10:57:54	1339498
611	27.57	ISE	11:01:47	1342821
350	27.54	ISE	11:10:25	1348844
177	27.54	ISE	11:10:25	1348842
586	27.50	ISE	13:17:58	1428024
618	27.50	ISE	13:17:58	1428022

 

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