Transaction in Own Shares

31st May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 30th May 2018 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange from CRH's broker UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Date of purchase

30 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

100,000

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,682.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,668.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,674.6000

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 1 Programme announced on 2nd May 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 3,203,876 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 840,186,462 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 Limited 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

Transaction Details

Issuer name:

CRH plc

LEI

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

ISIN:

IE0001827041

Intermediary name:

UBS Limited

Intermediary code:

UBSWGB24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBP

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Volume Weighted Average Price (GBp)

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

2,674.5987

100,000

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

288

2,673

LSE

10:52:34

1195586

54

2,673

LSE

10:52:34

1195580

340

2,675

LSE

10:57:08

1205677

313

2,674

LSE

10:57:54

1207509

258

2,674

LSE

11:01:19

1213897

85

2,674

LSE

11:01:19

1213895

83

2,673

LSE

11:03:50

1217479

273

2,673

LSE

11:03:50

1217477

104

2,673

LSE

11:05:32

1219784

21

2,673

LSE

11:05:32

1219782

197

2,673

LSE

11:05:32

1219768

311

2,673

LSE

11:05:32

1219756

222

2,673

LSE

11:08:11

1223490

124

2,673

LSE

11:08:11

1223488

240

2,678

LSE

11:11:38

1229433

120

2,678

LSE

11:11:38

1229435

333

2,677

LSE

11:11:54

1229866

344

2,681

LSE

11:17:07

1237577

315

2,680

LSE

11:17:14

1237745

16

2,679

LSE

11:17:28

1238047

93

2,679

LSE

11:17:28

1238045

213

2,679

LSE

11:17:28

1238043

302

2,678

LSE

11:19:35

1240844

217

2,679

LSE

11:23:20

1245321

128

2,679

LSE

11:23:20

1245319

112

2,681

LSE

11:29:46

1254119

223

2,681

LSE

11:29:46

1254117

338

2,681

LSE

11:31:11

1255849

303

2,682

LSE

11:34:34

1260396

340

2,681

LSE

11:34:55

1260827

201

2,681

LSE

11:37:00

1263288

145

2,681

LSE

11:37:01

1263440

293

2,680

LSE

11:38:49

1266790

255

2,680

LSE

11:39:40

1268080

18

2,680

LSE

11:41:38

1270919

54

2,680

LSE

11:41:38

1270917

63

2,680

LSE

11:42:50

1272304

249

2,680

LSE

11:42:50

1272302

311

2,678

LSE

11:43:29

1273127

299

2,678

LSE

11:48:46

1279682

259

2,677

LSE

11:48:55

1279969

67

2,677

LSE

11:48:55

1279967

350

2,676

LSE

11:53:09

1285727

207

2,675

LSE

11:58:34

1292987

115

2,675

LSE

11:58:34

1292985

332

2,674

LSE

11:59:05

1293843

332

2,674

LSE

11:59:38

1294549

303

2,674

LSE

12:02:16

1298312

38

2,675

LSE

12:04:37

1302069

312

2,675

LSE

12:04:37

1302067

144

2,678

LSE

12:09:44

1310340

154

2,678

LSE

12:09:44

1310338

277

2,680

LSE

12:11:02

1312955

23

2,680

LSE

12:11:02

1312953

306

2,679

LSE

12:11:39

1314463

237

2,680

LSE

12:15:04

1318980

125

2,680

LSE

12:15:04

1318978

268

2,680

LSE

12:15:04

1318970

75

2,680

LSE

12:15:04

1318968

316

2,681

LSE

12:17:18

1321912

353

2,681

LSE

12:18:03

1322797

182

2,681

LSE

12:18:03

1322788

111

2,681

LSE

12:18:03

1322786

55

2,680

LSE

12:18:12

1323171

299

2,680

LSE

12:18:12

1323169

342

2,680

LSE

12:18:12

1323165

192

2,681

LSE

12:19:33

1325290

119

2,681

LSE

12:19:33

1325288

175

2,679

LSE

12:19:54

1325717

323

2,680

LSE

12:20:39

1326909

323

2,679

LSE

12:24:15

1332218

338

2,678

LSE

12:24:20

1332316

256

2,676

LSE

12:26:48

1335364

64

2,676

LSE

12:26:48

1335362

85

2,676

LSE

12:29:04

1339040

217

2,676

LSE

12:29:04

1339042

102

2,676

LSE

12:30:29

1340928

111

2,676

LSE

12:30:29

1340926

125

2,676

LSE

12:30:29

1340924

111

2,676

LSE

12:30:29

1340920

185

2,676

LSE

12:30:29

1340918

16

2,675

LSE

12:32:14

1343542

347

2,675

LSE

12:33:27

1345151

54

2,680

LSE

12:38:42

1351531

259

2,680

LSE

12:38:42

1351529

310

2,682

LSE

12:44:22

1358588

166

2,681

LSE

12:47:19

1362230

173

2,681

LSE

12:47:19

1362228

341

2,681

LSE

12:49:49

1365303

205

2,681

LSE

12:50:47

1366910

130

2,681

LSE

12:50:47

1366904

331

2,680

LSE

12:52:16

1369135

314

2,680

LSE

12:53:13

1370417

363

2,679

LSE

12:55:32

1374240

83

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374924

125

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374922

117

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374919

8

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374914

200

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374912

125

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374910

203

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374906

119

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374904

34

2,678

LSE

12:55:58

1374902

65

2,677

LSE

12:56:02

1375202

255

2,677

LSE

12:56:50

1376326

11

2,677

LSE

12:56:50

1376328

89

2,676

LSE

13:02:01

1383044

255

2,676

LSE

13:02:01

1383042

42

2,675

LSE

13:02:15

1383465

58

2,675

LSE

13:02:15

1383463

255

2,675

LSE

13:02:15

1383461

211

2,674

LSE

13:02:42

1384274

141

2,674

LSE

13:02:42

1384272

70

2,673

LSE

13:03:04

1384747

290

2,673

LSE

13:03:06

1384786

305

2,674

LSE

13:07:03

1390357

169

2,676

LSE

13:14:57

1400522

176

2,676

LSE

13:14:57

1400520

340

2,674

LSE

13:15:32

1401420

71

2,674

LSE

13:19:18

1406516

200

2,674

LSE

13:19:18

1406514

47

2,674

LSE

13:19:18

1406518

324

2,674

LSE

13:19:18

1406512

36

2,674

LSE

13:21:26

1409566

39

2,674

LSE

13:21:26

1409564

125

2,674

LSE

13:21:26

1409562

125

2,673

LSE

13:21:26

1409560

315

2,674

LSE

13:21:26

1409558

302

2,672

LSE

13:21:30

1409830

307

2,677

LSE

13:27:27

1419593

313

2,679

LSE

13:30:41

1424370

296

2,678

LSE

13:31:44

1425886

252

2,678

LSE

13:31:44

1425853

102

2,678

LSE

13:31:44

1425851

26

2,677

LSE

13:32:11

1426880

115

2,677

LSE

13:32:11

1426878

177

2,677

LSE

13:32:11

1426876

214

2,677

LSE

13:33:51

1429286

125

2,677

LSE

13:33:51

1429284

66

2,677

LSE

13:33:51

1429282

250

2,677

LSE

13:33:51

1429257

345

2,676

LSE

13:33:53

1429602

329

2,675

LSE

13:33:58

1429840

128

2,672

LSE

13:35:08

1432542

194

2,672

LSE

13:35:08

1432540

344

2,674

LSE

13:35:08

1432538

362

2,674

LSE

13:36:54

1435233

339

2,675

LSE

13:38:20

1437340

73

2,675

LSE

13:40:24

1440108

265

2,675

LSE

13:40:24

1440106

321

2,676

LSE

13:43:56

1444576

363

2,675

LSE

13:44:03

1444749

295

2,674

LSE

13:44:39

1445692

295

2,675

LSE

13:46:01

1447597

305

2,674

LSE

13:47:42

1450159

354

2,674

LSE

13:49:03

1452275

341

2,675

LSE

13:50:14

1454320

104

2,675

LSE

13:54:19

1460245

200

2,675

LSE

13:54:19

1460243

350

2,675

LSE

13:54:19

1460240

17

2,674

LSE

13:57:58

1466659

342

2,674

LSE

13:57:58

1466657

157

2,674

LSE

13:58:26

1467382

205

2,674

LSE

13:58:26

1467378

359

2,674

LSE

14:00:05

1470439

300

2,673

LSE

14:00:18

1470747

9

2,673

LSE

14:00:18

1470749

301

2,672

LSE

14:02:32

1474590

295

2,672

LSE

14:03:39

1476458

6

2,673

LSE

14:04:48

1478473

82

2,673

LSE

14:04:48

1478471

250

2,673

LSE

14:04:48

1478469

311

2,673

LSE

14:04:48

1478467

90

2,674

LSE

14:05:50

1480602

66

2,674

LSE

14:06:23

1481748

250

2,674

LSE

14:06:23

1481746

148

2,674

LSE

14:06:23

1481740

54

2,674

LSE

14:06:23

1481738

341

2,674

LSE

14:08:23

1485416

200

2,674

LSE

14:11:16

1490413

90

2,675

LSE

14:13:01

1493148

59

2,675

LSE

14:15:19

1497247

250

2,675

LSE

14:15:19

1497245

189

2,675

LSE

14:15:19

1497230

30

2,675

LSE

14:15:19

1497232

84

2,675

LSE

14:18:43

1502925

250

2,675

LSE

14:18:43

1502923

136

2,674

LSE

14:18:43

1502910

238

2,675

LSE

14:18:43

1502908

61

2,675

LSE

14:18:43

1502906

230

2,674

LSE

14:19:03

1503537

100

2,674

LSE

14:19:03

1503535

356

2,675

LSE

14:25:27

1515276

343

2,675

LSE

14:25:27

1515260

151

2,676

LSE

14:28:01

1519789

200

2,676

LSE

14:28:01

1519785

304

2,676

LSE

14:28:01

1519755

331

2,675

LSE

14:28:12

1520093

257

2,674

LSE

14:29:21

1522229

52

2,674

LSE

14:29:21

1522227

125

2,673

LSE

14:29:25

1522365

100

2,673

LSE

14:29:26

1522457

100

2,673

LSE

14:29:26

1522453

180

2,673

LSE

14:30:00

1523824

20

2,673

LSE

14:30:00

1523822

8

2,673

LSE

14:30:25

1527707

343

2,673

LSE

14:30:25

1527705

184

2,673

LSE

14:30:25

1527684

310

2,675

LSE

14:32:07

1533428

334

2,674

LSE

14:32:13

1533731

335

2,673

LSE

14:32:36

1534950

337

2,672

LSE

14:32:49

1535625

338

2,673

LSE

14:33:44

1538403

348

2,673

LSE

14:34:09

1539745

245

2,672

LSE

14:34:34

1540591

107

2,672

LSE

14:34:34

1540589

20

2,671

LSE

14:35:31

1542993

310

2,671

LSE

14:35:31

1542991

349

2,670

LSE

14:35:42

1543467

148

2,671

LSE

14:36:54

1546465

200

2,671

LSE

14:36:54

1546462

334

2,671

LSE

14:36:54

1546448

60

2,672

LSE

14:39:19

1553362

295

2,672

LSE

14:39:34

1553978

7

2,672

LSE

14:39:49

1554345

60

2,672

LSE

14:39:52

1554513

273

2,672

LSE

14:39:58

1554797

56

2,673

LSE

14:41:55

1559536

424

2,673

LSE

14:41:55

1559534

102

2,672

LSE

14:42:02

1560119

285

2,672

LSE

14:42:25

1560881

361

2,672

LSE

14:42:31

1561018

36

2,672

LSE

14:42:31

1561016

354

2,671

LSE

14:42:32

1561156

101

2,673

LSE

14:45:11

1568160

250

2,673

LSE

14:45:11

1568158

328

2,673

LSE

14:45:11

1568156

1

2,674

LSE

14:47:40

1574716

423

2,674

LSE

14:47:40

1574714

61

2,673

LSE

14:47:58

1575812

291

2,673

LSE

14:47:58

1575816

331

2,674

LSE

14:48:35

1577718

350

2,673

LSE

14:48:52

1578358

109

2,672

LSE

14:49:13

1579400

250

2,672

LSE

14:49:13

1579398

320

2,672

LSE

14:49:13

1579383

335

2,671

LSE

14:50:07

1582131

344

2,671

LSE

14:50:13

1582531

307

2,671

LSE

14:50:15

1582580

361

2,671

LSE

14:50:54

1584387

332

2,672

LSE

14:54:16

1594228

347

2,671

LSE

14:54:48

1595905

101

2,670

LSE

14:55:12

1597361

250

2,670

LSE

14:55:12

1597359

345

2,670

LSE

14:55:12

1597357

277

2,669

LSE

14:56:33

1601070

55

2,669

LSE

14:56:36

1601202

5

2,669

LSE

14:56:44

1601536

360

2,669

LSE

14:57:54

1604651

19

2,668

LSE

14:58:03

1605210

213

2,668

LSE

14:58:03

1605183

62

2,668

LSE

14:58:04

1605228

55

2,668

LSE

14:58:20

1605903

20

2,669

LSE

14:59:26

1609245

61

2,669

LSE

14:59:33

1609653

67

2,669

LSE

14:59:37

1609873

37

2,669

LSE

14:59:56

1610836

289

2,669

LSE

14:59:56

1610834

191

2,669

LSE

14:59:56

1610832

349

2,668

LSE

14:59:59

1611150

306

2,670

LSE

15:01:42

1616681

349

2,670

LSE

15:01:42

1616679

461

2,669

LSE

15:02:49

1619715

332

2,672

LSE

15:05:11

1626979

207

2,672

LSE

15:05:11

1626981

516

2,671

LSE

15:06:27

1631038

84

2,671

LSE

15:06:27

1631036

517

2,670

LSE

15:07:11

1633300

74

2,670

LSE

15:07:11

1633298

90

2,671

LSE

15:08:26

1637252

219

2,671

LSE

15:08:26

1637250

250

2,671

LSE

15:08:26

1637248

339

2,671

LSE

15:08:26

1637242

305

2,671

LSE

15:08:26

1637240

276

2,670

LSE

15:08:41

1637927

115

2,672

LSE

15:09:34

1640306

223

2,672

LSE

15:09:34

1640304

404

2,671

LSE

15:10:02

1641621

338

2,670

LSE

15:10:11

1642016

17

2,670

LSE

15:10:11

1642014

85

2,669

LSE

15:10:21

1642553

160

2,669

LSE

15:10:21

1642551

311

2,673

LSE

15:13:04

1651467

3

2,673

LSE

15:13:04

1651465

347

2,673

LSE

15:13:04

1651463

3

2,673

LSE

15:15:26

1658173

328

2,673

LSE

15:15:26

1658171

418

2,673

LSE

15:15:26

1658169

548

2,673

LSE

15:16:42

1661664

54

2,672

LSE

15:16:47

1661889

115

2,672

LSE

15:16:47

1661884

511

2,673

LSE

15:18:01

1665264

74

2,673

LSE

15:18:01

1665262

250

2,674

LSE

15:19:50

1670209

365

2,674

LSE

15:19:50

1670190

268

2,674

LSE

15:19:50

1670192

65

2,675

LSE

15:20:39

1672895

569

2,675

LSE

15:20:39

1672893

97

2,674

LSE

15:20:53

1673480

90

2,674

LSE

15:20:57

1673749

250

2,673

LSE

15:21:17

1674886

16

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674879

258

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674877

250

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674875

303

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674871

98

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674869

45

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674867

289

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674865

38

2,674

LSE

15:21:17

1674863

100

2,672

LSE

15:21:44

1676213

262

2,672

LSE

15:21:44

1676215

371

2,671

LSE

15:21:53

1676635

315

2,671

LSE

15:24:05

1682997

276

2,672

LSE

15:27:17

1693436

65

2,672

LSE

15:27:17

1693434

17

2,672

LSE

15:27:17

1693432

108

2,672

LSE

15:27:17

1693430

85

2,672

LSE

15:27:17

1693428

28

2,672

LSE

15:27:17

1693426

180

2,672

LSE

15:27:17

1693424

585

2,671

LSE

15:27:30

1693925

360

2,671

LSE

15:28:04

1695701

318

2,671

LSE

15:28:04

1695699

18

2,673

LSE

15:30:27

1703192

33

2,673

LSE

15:30:27

1703190

366

2,673

LSE

15:30:38

1703631

242

2,673

LSE

15:30:38

1703629

283

2,674

LSE

15:31:50

1706937

359

2,674

LSE

15:31:50

1706859

337

2,674

LSE

15:31:50

1706857

107

2,673

LSE

15:32:34

1709214

505

2,673

LSE

15:32:34

1709212

555

2,672

LSE

15:32:42

1710011

407

2,672

LSE

15:32:47

1710423

6

2,672

LSE

15:32:47

1710421

13

2,672

LSE

15:32:47

1710415

12

2,672

LSE

15:32:47

1710411

167

2,671

LSE

15:33:02

1711065

17

2,672

LSE

15:33:16

1711994

307

2,672

LSE

15:33:16

1711996

5

2,671

LSE

15:33:37

1712810

170

2,671

LSE

15:33:37

1712808

160

2,671

LSE

15:34:40

1715788

149

2,671

LSE

15:35:37

1719098

47

2,671

LSE

15:35:42

1719363

330

2,671

LSE

15:36:32

1721951

100

2,672

LSE

15:36:52

1722888

99

2,672

LSE

15:36:52

1722891

200

2,672

LSE

15:36:52

1722886

413

2,671

LSE

15:36:52

1722882

89

2,671

LSE

15:36:52

1722880

235

2,672

LSE

15:36:52

1722878

90

2,672

LSE

15:36:52

1722876

56

2,671

LSE

15:37:11

1723960

273

2,671

LSE

15:37:11

1723903

304

2,671

LSE

15:37:18

1724298

298

2,670

LSE

15:38:10

1726968

336

2,671

LSE

15:39:26

1731144

270

2,672

LSE

15:40:14

1733547

76

2,672

LSE

15:40:14

1733545

307

2,674

LSE

15:42:42

1741054

297

2,674

LSE

15:42:42

1741052

335

2,676

LSE

15:44:04

1745983

315

2,676

LSE

15:44:04

1745981

176

2,675

LSE

15:44:30

1747555

345

2,675

LSE

15:45:02

1749521

20

2,675

LSE

15:45:02

1749519

350

2,675

LSE

15:45:02

1749517

1

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760070

250

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760041

250

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760039

153

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760037

98

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760033

250

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760031

190

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760018

364

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760020

128

2,676

LSE

15:48:42

1760022

162

2,675

LSE

15:48:54

1760730

286

2,675

LSE

15:49:08

1761323

63

2,676

LSE

15:50:12

1764617

229

2,676

LSE

15:50:12

1764615

23

2,676

LSE

15:50:12

1764570

200

2,676

LSE

15:50:12

1764568

250

2,676

LSE

15:50:12

1764564

145

2,675

LSE

15:50:12

1764552

42

2,675

LSE

15:50:12

1764550

68

2,675

LSE

15:50:12

1764547

96

2,675

LSE

15:50:12

1764545

351

2,676

LSE

15:50:12

1764543

154

2,674

LSE

15:50:29

1765541

170

2,674

LSE

15:50:29

1765539

286

2,673

LSE

15:51:00

1766740

22

2,673

LSE

15:51:35

1768129

270

2,675

LSE

15:52:04

1769430

67

2,675

LSE

15:52:04

1769428

342

2,674

LSE

15:52:05

1769506

283

2,673

LSE

15:52:49

1771280

34

2,673

LSE

15:52:49

1771278

35

2,676

LSE

15:56:19

1781084

50

2,676

LSE

15:56:19

1781086

458

2,676

LSE

15:56:19

1781081

634

2,675

LSE

15:57:32

1784356

123

2,677

LSE

15:59:14

1789406

261

2,677

LSE

15:59:14

1789404

250

2,677

LSE

15:59:14

1789402

508

2,677

LSE

15:59:14

1789365

135

2,677

LSE

15:59:14

1789363

345

2,676

LSE

15:59:25

1790044

288

2,676

LSE

15:59:25

1790042

288

2,675

LSE

15:59:58

1792843

3

2,675

LSE

16:00:05

1794666

302

2,675

LSE

16:00:05

1794593

303

2,675

LSE

16:00:09

1795023

58

2,675

LSE

16:00:10

1795312

191

2,675

LSE

16:00:26

1796920

119

2,675

LSE

16:00:43

1798191

250

2,675

LSE

16:01:23

1801148

308

2,675

LSE

16:01:23

1801146

359

2,675

LSE

16:01:23

1801144

353

2,677

LSE

16:02:29

1804320

177

2,677

LSE

16:02:29

1804318

64

2,677

LSE

16:02:29

1804316

77

2,677

LSE

16:02:29

1804314

94

2,676

LSE

16:02:30

1804492

521

2,678

LSE

16:03:41

1808164

509

2,677

LSE

16:04:16

1810205

305

2,676

LSE

16:05:18

1814006

163

2,676

LSE

16:05:37

1815108

127

2,676

LSE

16:05:37

1815106

50

2,676

LSE

16:05:37

1815030

1

2,676

LSE

16:05:56

1816114

46

2,676

LSE

16:05:56

1816106

206

2,676

LSE

16:05:56

1816092

122

2,676

LSE

16:05:57

1816253

73

2,676

LSE

16:05:57

1816251

293

2,676

LSE

16:05:57

1816249

130

2,676

LSE

16:05:57

1816247

341

2,676

LSE

16:06:47

1819178

235

2,676

LSE

16:07:53

1822081

106

2,676

LSE

16:07:53

1822079

107

2,675

LSE

16:08:07

1823114

78

2,675

LSE

16:08:46

1824867

200

2,675

LSE

16:08:46

1824860

154

2,675

LSE

16:09:09

1826143

188

2,675

LSE

16:09:20

1826624

11

2,675

LSE

16:09:35

1827469

67

2,675

LSE

16:10:55

1832012

256

2,675

LSE

16:11:24

1833567

315

2,675

LSE