Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2934B

CRH PLC

14 August 2008

 



14th August 2008

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME

CRH plc announces that on 13th August 2008, Davy purchased, on behalf of the Company, 100,000 Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between €17.93 and €18.50 per Ordinary Share.  The purchased shares will be held as Treasury Shares.  

CRH plc also announces that on 13th August 2008 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 4,122 Ordinary Shares at prices between €10.63 and €17.99 per Ordinary Share and at £7.18 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 14,227,423 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 533,893,013.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Assistant Company Secretary 

Tel: [phone]

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