UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A - 16 OR 15D - 16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
27 February 2015
Commission File No. 001-32846
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CRH public limited company
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
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Belgard Castle, Clondalkin,
Dublin 22, Ireland.
(Address of principal executive offices)
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27th February 2015
RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES
CRH plc announces that today it transferred to the Trustees of an employee share participation scheme 42,328 Ordinary Shares at a price of €24.90 per Ordinary Share.
Following the above transaction, CRH plc holds 3,526,847 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 815,039,004.
Contact
Neil Colgan
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
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