Result of AGM

CRH PLC
08 May 2003

CRH plc



Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 7th May 2003



All Resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on
7th May 2003 were duly passed, including the following items of special
business:

Resolution 6:

'That the Company and/or any subsidiary of the Company be generally authorised,
pursuant to Section 215 of the Companies Act, 1990 ('the 1990 Act'), to make
market purchases (as defined by Section 212 of the 1990 Act) of Ordinary Shares
of the Company on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Directors
of the Company or the particular subsidiary of the Company may from time to time
determine but subject to the provisions of the 1990 Act, the Articles of
Association of the Company and to the following restrictions and provisions:-


    (a)     for the purposes of this Resolution, and where the context so
    requires, an Ordinary Share of the Company shall include an Income Share;


    (b)     the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares authorised to be
    acquired pursuant to this Resolution is 52,423,000;

    (c)     the minimum price which may be paid for any Ordinary Share shall be
    €0.34;

    (d)     the maximum price which may be paid for any Ordinary Share (a
    'Relevant Share') shall be an amount equal to 105% of the average of the
    five amounts resulting from determining whichever of the following ((i),
    (ii) or (iii) specified below) shall be appropriate for each of the five
    business days immediately preceding the day on which the Relevant Share is
    purchased as determined by the information published in the Irish Stock
    Exchange Daily Official List reporting the business done on each of those
    five business days;

            (i)     if there shall be more than one dealing reported for the
            day, the average of the prices at which such dealings took place; or

            (ii)     if there shall be only one dealing reported for the day,
            the price at which such dealing took place; or

            (iii)     if there shall not be any dealing reported for the day,
            the average of the closing bid and offer prices for the day;

    and if there shall be only a bid (but not an offer) or an offer (but not a
    bid) price reported or if there shall not be any bid or offer price
    reported, for any particular day then that day shall not count as one of the
    said five business days for the purposes of determining the maximum price.
    If the means of providing the foregoing information as to dealings and
    prices by reference to which the maximum price is to be determined is
    altered or is replaced by some other means, then a maximum price shall be
    determined on the basis of the equivalent information published by the
    relevant authority in relation to dealings on the Irish Stock Exchange or
    its equivalent;

    (e)     while the London Stock Exchange plc is prescribed as a recognised
    stock exchange for the purposes of Section 212 of the 1990 Act the authority
    conferred by this Resolution shall include authority to make market
    purchases of Relevant Shares on the London Stock Exchange plc provided 
    that:-

        (i)     any such purchase shall be subject to any requirements of the
        laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as
        shall apply thereto; and

        (ii)     the maximum price which may be paid for any Relevant Shares so
        purchased shall be determined in accordance with paragraph (d) of this
        Resolution but deleting from that paragraph the reference to the Irish
        Stock Exchange Daily Official List and inserting instead reference to
        The Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange plc and deleting
        from that paragraph sub-paragraph (iii) and the words appearing after
        sub-paragraph (iii) and forming the rest of the first sentence of
        paragraph (d) and inserting instead the following:-

                (iii)     if there shall not be any dealing reported for the
                day, the average of the prices quoted under the heading
                'Quotation' in respect of that share for the day and if there
                shall not be any Quotation reported for any particular day then
                that day shall not count as one of the said five business days
                for the purposes of determining the maximum price;

        and deleting from the last line thereof the reference to the Irish Stock
        Exchange and inserting instead reference to the London Stock Exchange
        plc;

    (f)     the authority hereby granted shall expire at the close of business
    on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company
    or 6th August 2004 unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by Special
    Resolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 215 of the 1990 Act.
    The Company or any such subsidiary may before such expiry enter into a
    contract for the purchase of Ordinary Shares which would or might be
    executed wholly or partly after such expiry and may complete any such
    contract as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.'

Resolution 7:

'That, subject to the passing of Resolution 6 at this meeting, for the purposes
of Section 209 of the Companies Act, 1990 ('the 1990 Act') the maximum and
minimum prices at which treasury shares (as defined by Section 209 of the 1990
Act) may be re-issued off-market shall be as follows:-


    (a)     the maximum price shall be an amount equal to 120% of the
    Appropriate Price; and

    (b)     the minimum price shall be an amount equal to 95% of the Appropriate
    Price.

For the purposes of this resolution the expression 'Appropriate Price' shall
mean the average of the five amounts resulting from determining whichever of the
following ((i), (ii) or (iii) specified below) shall be appropriate in respect
of each of the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the
treasury share is re-issued as determined from information published in the
Irish Stock Exchange Daily Official List reporting the business done on each of
those five business days:-


            (i)     if there shall be more than one dealing reported for the
            day, the average of the prices at which such dealings took place; or

            (ii)     if there shall be only one dealing reported for the day,
            the price at which such dealing took place; or

            (iii)     if there shall not be any dealing reported for the day the
            average of the closing bid and offer prices for the day;

and if there shall be only a bid (but not an offer) or an offer (but not a bid)
price reported, or if there shall not be any bid or offer price reported, for
any particular day then that day shall not count as one of the said five
business days for the purposes of determining the Appropriate Price. If the
means of providing the foregoing information as to dealings and prices by
reference to which the Appropriate Price is to be determined is altered or is
replaced by some other means, then the Appropriate Price shall be determined on
the basis of the equivalent information published by the relevant authority in
relation to dealings on the Irish Stock Exchange or its equivalent.

The authority hereby granted shall expire at the close of business on the
earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 6th
August 2004, unless previously varied, revoked or renewed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 209 of the 1990 Act.'



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Contact

Angela Malone

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