Transaction in Own Shares

29th July 2022

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ('CRH') announces that on 28th July 2022 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the 'ordinary shares') on Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker UBS. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 

5,227

Highest price paid per share:

€36.7250

Lowest price paid per share:

€36.1350

Volume weighted average price paid:

€36.3285

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to $300 million in the period to 30th September 2022 following its announcement on 16th June 2022 and were affected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 16th June 2022.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 16,427,338 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 2.122% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 757,713,000 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 28th July 2022 by UBS on behalf of CRH as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

Transaction Details

Issuer name:

CRH plc

LEI

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

ISIN:

IE0001827041

Intermediary name:

UBS Europe SE

Intermediary code:

5299007QVIQ7IO64NX37

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

EUR

Date of Transactions:

28/07/2022

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

EUR

36.3285

5,227

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Currency

Trade Time

Trading Venue

MatchID

263

36.20

EUR

08:02:58

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1272780

67

36.14

EUR

08:03:57

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1275221

200

36.14

EUR

08:03:57

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1275219

304

36.16

EUR

08:05:35

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1278885

272

36.28

EUR

08:09:27

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1287324

265

36.26

EUR

08:09:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1287924

24

36.26

EUR

08:09:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1287910

19

36.28

EUR

08:10:22

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1289420

230

36.28

EUR

08:10:22

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1289418

62

36.29

EUR

08:12:15

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1294139

99

36.29

EUR

08:12:16

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1294238

123

36.29

EUR

08:12:17

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1294258

57

36.31

EUR

08:13:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1297346

50

36.31

EUR

08:13:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1297344

164

36.31

EUR

08:13:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1297342

270

36.31

EUR

08:13:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1297340

130

36.29

EUR

08:17:06

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1304325

158

36.29

EUR

08:17:06

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1304305

277

36.37

EUR

08:19:29

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1309406

293

36.34

EUR

08:22:05

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1314943

267

36.46

EUR

08:30:06

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1332230

280

36.63

EUR

08:35:44

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1346415

199

36.73

EUR

08:38:45

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1353113

81

36.73

EUR

08:39:00

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1353587

188

36.32

EUR

13:30:04

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1693265

104

36.32

EUR

13:30:04

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1693263

73

36.25

EUR

13:32:06

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1696987

200

36.25

EUR

13:32:06

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1696985

28

36.26

EUR

13:42:49

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1709665

200

36.26

EUR

13:42:49

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1709663

16

36.41

EUR

13:50:00

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1718737

47

36.41

EUR

13:50:03

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1718871

217

36.41

EUR

13:50:19

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1719123