CRH PLC Transaction in Own Shares (6601Z)

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RNS Number : 6601Z

CRH PLC

14 January 2020

14(th) January 2020

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 13(th) January 2020 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker J&E Davy. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

 
                                           Euronext Dublin 
 
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:           66,837 
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 Highest price paid per share:                EUR35.460 
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 Lowest price paid per share:                 EUR35.130 
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 Volume weighted average price paid:          EUR35.243 
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The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to EUR200 million in the period to 31(st) March 2020 following its announcement on 7(th) January 2020 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 7(th) January 2020.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 10,584,690 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 789,055,648 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 
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 LEI                    549300MIDJNNTH068E74 
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 ISIN:                  IE0001827041 
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 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) 
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 Aggregated Information 
 
    Trading venue       Currency    Volume Weighted   Aggregated volume 
                                     Average Price 
                                   ---------------- 
   Euronext Dublin         EUR         EUR35.243            66,837 
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 Euronext Stock Exchange 
 
 
   Number       Price      Currency   Trade Time   Trading   MatchID 
  of Shares    Per Share                            Venue 
                 (EUR) 
    7000        35.18        EUR       09:14:35      ISE     00031011129TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    2000        35.37        EUR       10:14:56      ISE     00031011897TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    2000        35.46        EUR       11:22:30      ISE     00031012582TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
   10000        35.28        EUR       11:50:56      ISE     00031012940TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    4000        35.25        EUR       11:53:26      ISE     00031012973TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    427         35.24        EUR       11:53:35      ISE     00031012974TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
   10000        35.26        EUR       13:33:03      ISE     00031014002TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
     10          35.2        EUR       13:44:05      ISE     00031014097TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    300          35.2        EUR       13:44:27      ISE     00031014099TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    5000         35.2        EUR       13:55:24      ISE     00031014213TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
   15000        35.21        EUR       14:08:44      ISE     00031014371TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    4000        35.13        EUR       14:48:56      ISE     00031015195TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    4000        35.29        EUR       15:49:31      ISE     00031016544TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    3100         35.3        EUR       16:02:57      ISE     00031016855TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
 

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