Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5132J

CRH PLC

04 December 2008

4th December 2008

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 3rd December 2008 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 26,927 Ordinary Shares at prices between €10.63 and €17.99 per Ordinary Share and between £7.18 and £12.38 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 16,393,371 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 532,109,007.