Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1479J

CRH PLC

25 March 2010

 



25^th March 2010

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 24^th March 2010 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 308,902 Ordinary Shares at prices between €11.18 and €17.7454 per Ordinary Share and at prices of Stg£11.36 and Stg£12.9574 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transaction, CRH plc holds 11,687,952 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 698,797,968.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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