Transaction in Own Shares

20th March 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 19th March 2019 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange and/or Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker UBS Europe SE. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

991

8,137

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,383.0000

€27.9800

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,370.0000

€27.7400

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,378.0999

€27.8611

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to €1 billion over a 12 month period following its announcement on 25th April 2018 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Phase 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 33,408,573 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 809,981,765 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a detailed breakdown of individual trades made by UBS Europe SE on behalf of CRH as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

Contact:

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

Issuer name:

CRH plc

LEI

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

ISIN:

IE0001827041

Intermediary name:

UBS Europe SE

Intermediary code:

UBSWDE24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,378.0999

991

Euronext Dublin

EUR

27.8611

8,137

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

356

2,383

LSE

08:57:54

826425

126

2,370

LSE

10:50:13

916961

100

2,370

LSE

10:50:13

916959

100

2,370

LSE

10:50:13

916957

132

2,381

LSE

13:00:34

998321

177

2,381

LSE

13:00:34

998319

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

250

27.77

ISE

08:21:07

787531

502

27.85

ISE

09:01:39

830425

119

27.85

ISE

09:01:39

830423

637

27.74

ISE

10:11:30

893456

87

27.78

ISE

11:24:40

938179

167

27.78

ISE

11:24:40

938177

30

27.78

ISE

11:24:40

938175

114

27.78

ISE

11:24:40

938173

404

27.83

ISE

12:31:44

978206

186

27.83

ISE

12:31:44

978204

641

27.93

ISE

13:37:57

1033761

621

27.98

ISE

13:57:14

1057475

531

27.96

ISE

14:14:30

1079465

354

27.89

ISE

14:34:12

1104883

202

27.89

ISE

14:34:15

1104964

578

27.88

ISE

14:53:27

1131846

549

27.85

ISE

15:08:46

1153573

557

27.85

ISE

15:23:34

1172665

1

27.87

ISE

15:39:27

1193006

261

27.87

ISE

15:39:32

1193159

387

27.87

ISE

15:39:32

1193157

98

27.83

ISE

15:56:33

1212514

114

27.83

ISE

15:56:33

1212512

114

27.83

ISE

15:56:33

1212510

144

27.83

ISE

15:56:33

1212508

114

27.83

ISE

15:56:33

1212506

123

27.82

ISE

16:08:23

1228925

252

27.82

ISE

16:08:23

1228923