Transaction in Own Shares

8th November 2022

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ('CRH') announces that on 7th November 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: 

1,584

Highest price paid per share:

€36.7900

Lowest price paid per share:

€36.4850

Volume weighted average price paid:

€36.6329

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to $300 million* in the period to 16th December 2022 following its announcement on 20th September 2022 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 20th September 2022.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 25,571,207 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 3.303% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 748,569,131 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 7th November 2022 by UBS on behalf of CRH as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

*Being an amount equal to €300 million (based on a FX rate of €1:$1 fixed for the duration of the buyback programme)

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:

07/11/2022

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

EUR

36.6329

1,584

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Currency

Trade Time

Trading Venue

MatchID

280

36.49

EUR

08:02:21

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1681149

271

36.53

EUR

08:05:08

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1685308

245

36.62

EUR

08:09:02

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1693427

243

36.60

EUR

08:09:03

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1693489

193

36.79

EUR

08:12:38

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1698973

50

36.79

EUR

08:12:38

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1698971

42

36.79

EUR

08:12:38

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1698969

195

36.78

EUR

08:12:49

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1699236

65

36.78

EUR

08:12:49

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1699234