Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4881D

CRH PLC

16 September 2008

 



16th September 2008

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME

CRH plc announces that on 15th September 2008, UBS Limited purchased, on behalf of the Company, 121,970 Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between €18.016 and €18.70 per Ordinary Share. The purchased shares will be held as Treasury Shares.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 15,536,839 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 532,583,597.

Contact

Angela Malone

Company Secretary 

Tel: [phone]

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