Re-Issue of Treasury Shares

RNS Number : 2305C

CRH PLC

03 March 2011

 

3^rd March 2011

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 2^nd March 2011 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 2,607 Ordinary Shares at share prices between €11.18 and €14.79 and at a share price of £11.1630 per Ordinary Share.

CRH plc also announces that on 2^nd March 2011 it transferred to the Trustees of the CRH plc Employee Benefit Trust 150,330 Ordinary Shares at €16.35 per Ordinary Share for the purpose of satisfying awards made under the CRH 2006 Performance Share Plan.

Following the above transaction, CRH plc holds 9,201,532 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 709,307,381.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

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This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

The Irish Stock Exchange

 

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