Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1114I

CRH PLC

05 March 2010

 



5^th March 2010

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 4^th March 2010 it transferred to the Trustees of an employee share participation scheme 41,662 Ordinary Shares at a price of €16.74 per Ordinary Share.

CRH plc also announces that on 4^th March 2010 it transferred to a participant in its employee share scheme 3,580 Ordinary Shares at a price of €15.5646 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 12,278,080 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 698,207,840.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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