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23/12/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 6907K  CRH PLC  23 December 2022

23(rd) December 2022

 

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

 

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 22(nd) December 2022 it purchased the
following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on Euronext
Dublin, from CRH's broker BofA Securities Europe SA. The ordinary shares
purchased will be held as treasury shares

 

                                         Euronext Dublin
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:    72,720
 Highest price paid per share:           € 37.8650
 Lowest price paid per share:            € 37.1300
 Volume weighted average price paid:     € 37.3287

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up
to $300 million* in the period to 30(th) March 2023 following its announcement
on 19(th) December 2022 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the
Programme announced on 19(th) December 2022.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 7,197,213 of its
ordinary shares in treasury which represents 0.957% of the issued ordinary
share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting
rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 744,943,125 ordinary shares in
issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market
Abuse Regulation) (including as it forms part of retained EU law in the United
Kingdom ('UK') from time to time and, where relevant, pursuant to the UK's
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the UK's Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU
Exit) Regulations 2019) , a detailed breakdown of individual trades made on
22(nd) December 2022 by BofA Securities Europe SA on behalf of CRH as part of
the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

* Being an amount equal to €282 million (based on a FX rate of $1.00 :
€0.94 fixed for the duration of the buyback programme).

Contact:

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

 

 

 Issuer Name:           CRH plc
 LEI:                   549300MIDJNNTH068E74
 ISIN:                  IE0001827041
 Broker name:           BofA Securities Europe SA
 Broker code:           BOFAFRP4
 Time zone:             GMT/BST
 Currency:              EUR
 Date of Transactions:  22(nd) December 2022

 

 

Aggregated Information

 

 Trading venue           Currency  Volume Weighted Average Price  Aggregated volume
 Euronext Dublin (XMSM)  EUR       € 37.3287                      72,720

 

 

Euronext Dublin

 

 Number of Shares                                                          Price Per Share (EUR)  Currency  Trade Time  Trading Venue  MatchID
 Please refer to annexure

 http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6907K_1-2022-12-22.pdf
 (http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6907K_1-2022-12-22.pdf)

 

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