CRH PLC Transaction in Own Shares (3055F)

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RNS Number : 3055F

CRH PLC

12 July 2019

12(th) July 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 11(th) July 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:                               10,000               76,000 
---------------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------- 
 Highest price paid per share:           GBp 2640.0            EUR29.49 
---------------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------- 
 Lowest price paid per share:            GBp 2640.0            EUR29.31 
---------------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------- 
 Volume weighted average price 
 paid:                                   GBp 2640.0            EUR29.42 
---------------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------- 
 

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to EUR350 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 43,284,858 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 5.13% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 800,105,480 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 
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 ISIN:                     IE0001827041 
-----------------------   ---------------------------- 
 Intermediary name:        J&E Davy 
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 Intermediary code:        DAVYIE21 
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 Time zone:                BST 
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 Currency:                 GBp & EUR (as indicated 
                            below) 
-----------------------   ---------------------------- 
 
 Aggregated Information 
 
      Trading venue        Currency    Volume Weighted   Aggregated volume 
                                        Average Price 
                                      ---------------- 
  London Stock Exchange       GBp          2640.0             10,000 
------------------------  ----------  ----------------  ------------------ 
     Euronext Dublin          EUR           29.42             76,000 
------------------------  ----------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 Euronext Stock Exchange 
 
 
 Number of   Price Per      Currency   Trade Time   Trading   MatchID 
  Shares      Share (EUR)                            Venue 
                                        8:02:21 
   15000        29.40         EUR          AM         ISE     00029447925TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                        10:20:57 
   10000        29.45         EUR          AM         ISE     00029450057TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                        10:23:48 
   10000        29.49         EUR          AM         ISE     00029450080TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                        10:24:26 
   15000        29.48         EUR          AM         ISE     00029450096TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                        10:25:06 
   11000        29.45         EUR          AM         ISE     00029450135TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                        11:15:11 
   15000        29.31         EUR          AM         ISE     00029450912TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 
 London Stock Exchange 
 
 
 Number of   Price Per      Currency   Trade Time   Trading   MatchID 
  Shares      Share (GBp)                            Venue 
                                       2:41:17 
   5000          2640         GBp       PM            LSE     00029453746TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
                                        3:53:53 
   5000          2640         GBp          PM         LSE     00029456262TRLO0-1 
            -------------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
 

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