Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3664C

CRH PLC

12 November 2009

12th November 2009

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 11th November 2009 it transferred to participants in its employee share scheme 764 Ordinary Shares at a price of £14.1386 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transaction, CRH plc holds 13,165,097 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 697,320,823.