Transaction in Own Shares

3rd December 2015

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that yesterday, 2nd December 2015, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 217,064 Ordinary Shares at prices between €13.64 and €26.1493 per Ordinary Share and at a price of £11.55 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 905,621 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 823,005,632.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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