28th August 2014
RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES
CRH plc announces that on 27th August 2014 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 5,474 Ordinary Shares at a price of €11.18 per Ordinary Share and at prices of £11.19 and £11.36 per Ordinary Share.
Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 3,977,400 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 739,335,836.
Contact
Neil Colgan
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
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