Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table presents the number and average price of shares purchased in each month of the third quarter of fiscal year 2024:
Period (a)
Total Number of Shares Purchased (b)
Average Price Paid per Share (c)
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (i) (d)
Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
July 1 – July 31, 2024 1,370,436 $78.82 1,370,436 56,506,263
August 1 – August 31, 2024 1,299,060 $84.04 1,299,060 54,017,400
September 1 – September 30, 2024 1,124,520 $88.66 1,124,520 52,892,880
Total 3,794,016 3,794,016
(i) In May 2018, CRH announced its intention to introduce a share repurchase program to repurchase Ordinary Shares (the ‘Program’). In the third quarter of 2024, the Company returned a further $0.3 billion of cash to shareholders through the repurchase of 3,794,016 Ordinary Shares (equivalent to 0.5% of the Company’s issued share capital). This brought total cash returned to shareholders under the Program to $8.1 billion since its commencement in May 2018. The purchases in the third quarter of 2024 were completed under Tranches 21 and 22.
Date Announced Max Amount to be Repurchased
(in $ millions) Date Expired
May 10, 2024 (Tranche 21) 300 August 7, 2024
August 8, 2024 (Tranche 22) 300 November 6, 2024
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
The information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S‐K (17 CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95 to this Quarterly Report.
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