5 Mar 2019 07:00
5th March 2019 | |||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |
CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares | |||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |
CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4th 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: | 1,000 | 5,000 | Â | ||
Highest price paid per share: | GBp 2,426.0000 | €28.2800 |  | ||
Lowest price paid per share: | GBp 2,407.0000 | €28.1200 |  | ||
Volume weighted average price paid: | GBp 2,417.8480 | €28.1964 |  | ||
 |  |  |  |  |  |
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 32,063,086 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,327,252 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). | Â | ||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |
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. | Â | ||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |
Contact | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Diarmuid Enright | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Assistant Company Secretary | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Tel: 00 3531 6344340 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Â
Â
Issuer name: | Â | CRH plc | Â | Â | |||
LEI | Â | 549300MIDJNNTH068E74 | Â | ||||
ISIN: | Â | IE0001827041 | Â | ||||
Intermediary name: | UBS Europe SE | Â | |||||
Intermediary code: | UBSWDE24 | Â | Â | ||||
Time zone: | Â | BST | Â | Â | |||
Currency: | Â | GBp & EUR (as indicated below) | Â | ||||
 |  |  |  |  | |||
Aggregated Information | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  | |||
Trading venue | Currency | Volume Weighted Average Price | Aggregated volume | ||||
London Stock Exchange | GBp | 2,417.8480 | 1,000 | ||||
Euronext Dublin | EUR | 28.1964 | 5,000 | ||||
 |  |  |  |  | |||
London Stock Exchange | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  | |||
Number ofShares | Price per Share (GBp) | Trading Venue | Time of Transaction | MatchId | |||
213 | 2,407 | LSE | 09:00:12 | 994761 | |||
190 | 2,412 | LSE | 10:56:49 | 1084454 | |||
209 | 2,420 | LSE | 13:11:07 | 1168247 | |||
119 | 2,425 | LSE | 14:57:42 | 1283234 | |||
72 | 2,425 | LSE | 14:57:42 | 1283232 | |||
24 | 2,426 | LSE | 15:50:31 | 1363588 | |||
173 | 2,426 | LSE | 15:51:08 | 1364620 | |||
Euronext Dublin | Â | ||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||
Number ofShares | Price per Share (EUR) | Trading Venue | Time of Transaction | MatchId | Â | ||
604 | 28.20 | ISE | 08:28:52 | 958000 | Â | ||
107 | 28.16 | ISE | 09:36:16 | 1028476 | Â | ||
444 | 28.16 | ISE | 09:36:18 | 1028487 | Â | ||
288 | 28.12 | ISE | 10:40:42 | 1074010 | Â | ||
200 | 28.12 | ISE | 10:40:42 | 1074004 | Â | ||
157 | 28.12 | ISE | 10:40:42 | 1073995 | Â | ||
95 | 28.13 | ISE | 12:04:50 | 1125833 | Â | ||
222 | 28.15 | ISE | 12:14:53 | 1131505 | Â | ||
110 | 28.15 | ISE | 12:14:53 | 1131509 | Â | ||
301 | 28.15 | ISE | 12:14:53 | 1131507 | Â | ||
638 | 28.22 | ISE | 13:50:43 | 1200621 | Â | ||
512 | 28.24 | ISE | 14:41:51 | 1258994 | Â | ||
124 | 28.24 | ISE | 14:41:51 | 1258988 | Â | ||
233 | 28.28 | ISE | 15:29:03 | 1332638 | Â | ||
354 | 28.28 | ISE | 15:29:03 | 1332636 | Â | ||
97 | 28.20 | ISE | 15:56:57 | 1372793 | Â | ||
232 | 28.22 | ISE | 16:00:02 | 1378046 | Â | ||
250 | 28.22 | ISE | 16:00:02 | 1378048 | Â | ||
32 | 28.18 | ISE | 16:13:12 | 1398791 | Â | ||
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Â