CRH PLC Transaction in Own Shares (5054A)

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RNS Number : 5054A

CRH PLC

22 January 2020

22(nd) January 2020

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 21(st) 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:           53,000 
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 Highest price paid per share:                EUR34.640 
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 Lowest price paid per share:                 EUR34.440 
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 Volume weighted average price 
  paid:                                       EUR34.532 
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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 11,047,566 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 788,592,772 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         EUR34.532            53,000 
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 Euronext Stock Exchange 
 
 
   Number       Price      Currency   Trade Time   Trading   MatchID 
  of Shares    Per Share                            Venue 
                 (EUR) 
    5000        34.64        EUR       08:02:01      ISE     00031067671TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    5000        34.64        EUR       08:02:12      ISE     00031067679TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    7000        34.54        EUR       08:09:20      ISE     00031067891TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
   12000         34.5        EUR       08:15:27      ISE     00031068046TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    5000         34.5        EUR       10:43:06      ISE     00031070060TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    5000         34.5        EUR       11:04:16      ISE     00031070272TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    6000        34.44        EUR       11:19:15      ISE     00031070415TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    5000        34.54        EUR       15:21:15      ISE     00031073890TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
    3000        34.55        EUR       15:58:08      ISE     00031074525TRLO1-1 
             -----------  ---------  -----------  --------  ------------------- 
 

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