10th March 2011
RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES
CRH plc announces that on 9th March 2011 it transferred to a participant in an employee share scheme 1,109 Ordinary Shares at a share price of £10.0629 per Ordinary Share.
Following the above transaction, CRH plc holds 9,161,279 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 709,347,634.
Contact
Neil Colgan
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
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