Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3584T

CRH PLC

20 March 2019

 

20th March 2019
	CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares
CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 19th 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:				991	8,137
Highest price paid per share:				GBp 2,383.0000	€27.9800
Lowest price paid per share:				GBp 2,370.0000	€27.7400
Volume weighted average price paid:				GBp 2,378.0999	€27.8611
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 33,408,573 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 809,981,765 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	2,378.0999	991
Euronext Dublin		EUR	27.8611	8,137
London Stock Exchange
Number of Shares	Price per Share (GBp)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	MatchId
356	2,383	LSE	08:57:54	826425
126	2,370	LSE	10:50:13	916961
100	2,370	LSE	10:50:13	916959
100	2,370	LSE	10:50:13	916957
132	2,381	LSE	13:00:34	998321
177	2,381	LSE	13:00:34	998319

Euronext Dublin
Number of Shares	Price per Share (EUR)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	MatchId
250	27.77	ISE	08:21:07	787531
502	27.85	ISE	09:01:39	830425
119	27.85	ISE	09:01:39	830423
637	27.74	ISE	10:11:30	893456
87	27.78	ISE	11:24:40	938179
167	27.78	ISE	11:24:40	938177
30	27.78	ISE	11:24:40	938175
114	27.78	ISE	11:24:40	938173
404	27.83	ISE	12:31:44	978206
186	27.83	ISE	12:31:44	978204
641	27.93	ISE	13:37:57	1033761
621	27.98	ISE	13:57:14	1057475
531	27.96	ISE	14:14:30	1079465
354	27.89	ISE	14:34:12	1104883
202	27.89	ISE	14:34:15	1104964
578	27.88	ISE	14:53:27	1131846
549	27.85	ISE	15:08:46	1153573
557	27.85	ISE	15:23:34	1172665
1	27.87	ISE	15:39:27	1193006
261	27.87	ISE	15:39:32	1193159
387	27.87	ISE	15:39:32	1193157
98	27.83	ISE	15:56:33	1212514
114	27.83	ISE	15:56:33	1212512
114	27.83	ISE	15:56:33	1212510
144	27.83	ISE	15:56:33	1212508
114	27.83	ISE	15:56:33	1212506
123	27.82	ISE	16:08:23	1228925
252	27.82	ISE	16:08:23	1228923

 

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