Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0150B

CRH PLC

11 August 2008

 

11th August 2008

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME

CRH plc announces that on 8th August 2008, Davy purchased, on behalf of the Company, 27,300 Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between €16.62 and €17.15 per Ordinary Share.  The purchased shares will be held as Treasury Shares.  

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 14,131,545 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 533,988,891.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Assistant Company Secretary 

Tel: [phone]

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