24th February 2011
RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES
CRH plc announces that on 23rd February 2011 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 2,512 Ordinary Shares at share prices of €15.0674 and £11.163 per Ordinary Share.
Following the above transaction, CRH plc holds 9,354,469 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 709,154,444.
Contact
Neil Colgan
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340