14th Aug 2008 07:00
14th August 2008
SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME
CRH plc announces that on 13th August 2008, Davy purchased, on behalf of the Company, 100,000 Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between €17.93 and €18.50 per Ordinary Share. The purchased shares will be held as Treasury Shares.
CRH plc also announces that on 13th August 2008 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 4,122 Ordinary Shares at prices between €10.63 and €17.99 per Ordinary Share and at £7.18 per Ordinary Share.
Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 14,227,423 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 533,893,013.
Contact
Neil Colgan
Assistant Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
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