CRH, the Ireland-headquartered global building materials group, has completed the latest phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further €350 million of cash to shareholders.
Between 29 April and 7 August 2019, 12.2 million ordinary shares were repurchased on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Dublin at an average discount of 0.75% to the volume weighted average price over the period.
This brings total cash returned to shareholders under our ongoing share buyback programme to €1.35 billion since its commencement in May 2018. Further share buybacks are under active consideration and details will be announced as part of our Interim Results announcement on 22 August 2019.
