CRH plc, the global building materials group, is pleased to announce that it has completed the fourth phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further €200 million of cash to shareholders.
Between 2 January and 29 March 2019, 7.6 million ordinary shares were repurchased on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Dublin at an average discount of 0.6% to the volume weighted average price over the period.
This brings total cash returned to shareholders under our share buyback programme to approximately €1 billion over the last 12 months. Further share buybacks are under active consideration and details will be announced as part of our Trading Update announcement on 24 April 2019.
| Contact CRH at Dublin 01 404 1000 (+353 1 404 1000) | |
| Albert Manifold | Chief Executive |
| Senan Murphy | Finance Director |
| Frank Heisterkamp | Head of Investor Relations |