24th March 2011
RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES
CRH plc announces that on 23rd March 2011 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 3,049 Ordinary Shares at share prices between €11.18 and €15.0674 and at share prices of £10.0629 and £11.36 per Ordinary Share.
Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 9,157,399 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 709,351,514.
Contact
Neil Colgan
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
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