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2009 Annual Report - CRH

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31. Commitments under Operating and Finance Leases<br />

Operating leases<br />

Future minimum rentals payable under non-cancellable operating leases at 31st December are as follows:<br />

112 <strong>CRH</strong><br />

<strong>2009</strong> 2008<br />

€m €m<br />

Within one year 230 240<br />

After one year but not more than five years 506 548<br />

More than five years 358 396<br />

1,094 1,184<br />

Finance leases<br />

Future minimum lease payments under finance leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments are as follows:<br />

<strong>2009</strong><br />

Present<br />

2008<br />

Minimum value of Minimum<br />

payments payments payments<br />

Present<br />

value of<br />

payments<br />

€m €m €m €m<br />

Within one year 5 4 8 6<br />

After one year but not more than five years 8 6 10 8<br />

More than five years 4 3 5 5<br />

Total minimum lease payments 17 23<br />

Less: amounts allocated to future finance costs (4) (4)<br />

Present value of minimum lease payments 13 13 19 19<br />

32. Acquisition of Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures<br />

The principal acquisitions completed during the year ended 31st December <strong>2009</strong> by reportable segment, together with the completion dates, are detailed below;<br />

these transactions entailed the acquisition of a 100% stake where not indicated to the contrary:<br />

Europe Materials<br />

Poland: Increased stake in Grupa Silikaty to 73.2% (27th August); Portugal: Quimipedra quarry (23rd April).<br />

Europe Distribution<br />

Belgium: Creyns N.V. (8th January).<br />

Americas Materials<br />

Kansas: Holland Corporation (11th May); Kentucky: Cat Daddy (29th July); Missouri: Hilty Quarries (2nd November), selected assets of Lafarge (30th December); New<br />

Hampshire: Interstate 93 (26th March); New York: Cleason (30th July); Texas: Wheeler Companies (11th December); Utah: Backus Pit (10th July); Burdick Paving<br />

Corporation (24th December); West Virginia: certain assets of Appalachian Paving Products (5th March).<br />

Americas Distribution<br />

Utah: Warburton Acoustical Products (11th March).

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