22nd May 2008 07:00
22nd May 2008
SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME
CRH plc announces that on 21st May 2008, UBS Limited purchased, on behalf of the Company, 150,000 Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between €24.16 and €24.50 per Ordinary Share. The purchased shares will be held as Treasury Shares.
CRH plc also announces that on 21st May 2008 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 33,053 Ordinary Shares at prices between €13.15 and €19.68 per Ordinary Share.
Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 11,091,315 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 537,029,121.
Contact
Angela Malone
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
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