Transaction in Own Shares

15th January 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 14th January 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 Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

45,347

76,662

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,196.0000

€24.6300

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,171.0000

€24.2700

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,181.8451

€24.4591

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 28,666,603 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 814,723,735 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

Issuer name:

CRH plc

LEI

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

ISIN:

IE0001827041

Intermediary name:

UBS Limited

Intermediary code:

UBSWGB24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,181.8451

45,347

Euronext Dublin

EUR

24.4591

76,662

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

285

2,172

LSE

08:15:33

628462

22

2,171

LSE

08:15:57

628901

587

2,171

LSE

08:15:57

628898

203

2,172

LSE

08:15:57

628818

101

2,172

LSE

08:15:57

628816

100

2,172

LSE

08:15:57

628814

250

2,172

LSE

08:15:57

628812

358

2,172

LSE

08:15:57

628809

44

2,171

LSE

08:16:21

629472

173

2,176

LSE

08:19:38

633509

250

2,176

LSE

08:19:38

633507

250

2,176

LSE

08:19:38

633505

714

2,181

LSE

08:22:43

637100

506

2,179

LSE

08:31:56

648255

194

2,179

LSE

08:31:56

648253

387

2,184

LSE

08:41:30

660531

231

2,184

LSE

08:41:30

660529

39

2,184

LSE

08:41:30

660527

150

2,185

LSE

08:48:07

668493

150

2,185

LSE

08:48:07

668491

50

2,185

LSE

08:48:07

668489

314

2,185

LSE

08:48:07

668495

50

2,185

LSE

08:48:07

668497

689

2,184

LSE

08:58:19

679647

129

2,185

LSE

09:04:15

685887

44

2,185

LSE

09:04:15

685885

285

2,185

LSE

09:04:15

685883

150

2,185

LSE

09:04:15

685881

86

2,185

LSE

09:04:15

685879

205

2,185

LSE

09:16:59

699279

412

2,185

LSE

09:16:59

699281

726

2,185

LSE

09:27:23

710422

661

2,188

LSE

09:38:13

722079

418

2,183

LSE

09:46:35

732777

148

2,183

LSE

09:46:35

732775

47

2,183

LSE

09:46:35

732773

652

2,181

LSE

09:58:58

746476

150

2,183

LSE

10:07:23

752651

225

2,183

LSE

10:07:23

752649

331

2,183

LSE

10:07:23

752653

295

2,178

LSE

10:19:00

761481

9

2,178

LSE

10:19:01

761510

303

2,178

LSE

10:19:01

761508

390

2,178

LSE

10:31:01

768887

300

2,178

LSE

10:31:01

768885

31

2,176

LSE

10:42:57

775470

445

2,176

LSE

10:42:57

775465

202

2,176

LSE

10:42:57

775463

730

2,177

LSE

10:50:51

780290

42

2,175

LSE

11:00:58

786652

47

2,175

LSE

11:01:04

786728

518

2,175

LSE

11:01:04

786726

125

2,173

LSE

11:07:31

790790

479

2,173

LSE

11:07:34

790804

587

2,175

LSE

11:19:41

797554

125

2,175

LSE

11:19:41

797552

701

2,176

LSE

11:27:09

801718

67

2,179

LSE

11:41:55

809771

370

2,179

LSE

11:41:55

809767

275

2,179

LSE

11:41:55

809769

484

2,179

LSE

11:54:56

816641

143

2,179

LSE

11:54:56

816639

429

2,180

LSE

12:03:17

821159

150

2,180

LSE

12:03:17

821157

144

2,180

LSE

12:03:17

821155

23

2,178

LSE

12:14:32

826367

717

2,179

LSE

12:16:13

827069

9

2,179

LSE

12:16:13

827067

714

2,182

LSE

12:25:51

831749

670

2,182

LSE

12:39:37

838175

108

2,185

LSE

12:48:11

842240

144

2,185

LSE

12:48:11

842238

300

2,185

LSE

12:48:11

842236

139

2,185

LSE

12:48:11

842234

124

2,185

LSE

12:57:10

847286

187

2,185

LSE

12:57:10

847284

347

2,185

LSE

12:57:10

847282

567

2,183

LSE

13:08:32

853263

150

2,183

LSE

13:08:32

853261

268

2,181

LSE

13:20:00

858816

367

2,181

LSE

13:20:00

858814

62

2,180

LSE

13:26:53

862463

450

2,180

LSE

13:26:53

862461

150

2,180

LSE

13:26:53

862459

329

2,177

LSE

13:32:40

865902

12

2,177

LSE

13:32:40

865906

300

2,177

LSE

13:32:40

865904

665

2,178

LSE

13:39:44

869988

155

2,175

LSE

13:49:50

875816

150

2,175

LSE

13:49:50

875814

359

2,175

LSE

13:49:50

875812

250

2,175

LSE

13:54:04

878691

169

2,175

LSE

13:54:04

878689

307

2,175

LSE

13:54:04

878687

412

2,172

LSE

13:59:19

882254

272

2,172

LSE

13:59:19

882252

250

2,174

LSE

14:02:00

884099

486

2,177

LSE

14:08:10

888637

218

2,177

LSE

14:08:10

888635

598

2,177

LSE

14:14:58

893329

38

2,175

LSE

14:22:26

899091

150

2,175

LSE

14:22:26

899089

479

2,175

LSE

14:22:26

899087

596

2,173

LSE

14:28:10

903938

300

2,171

LSE

14:30:30

909003

207

2,171

LSE

14:30:30

909007

150

2,171

LSE

14:30:30

909005

308

2,172

LSE

14:32:29

912032

379

2,172

LSE

14:32:29

912030

397

2,178

LSE

14:37:49

920880

269

2,178

LSE

14:37:49

920878

483

2,179

LSE

14:42:01

927287

105

2,179

LSE

14:42:01

927285

116

2,179

LSE

14:42:01

927283

673

2,180

LSE

14:42:57

928632

38

2,181

LSE

14:45:11

932399

100

2,181

LSE

14:45:11

932397

250

2,181

LSE

14:45:11

932393

250

2,181

LSE

14:45:11

932395

300

2,183

LSE

14:49:11

939012

185

2,183

LSE

14:49:11

939010

236

2,183

LSE

14:49:14

939119

334

2,188

LSE

14:55:36

949870

266

2,188

LSE

14:55:36

949868

250

2,188

LSE

14:55:36

949874

250

2,188

LSE

14:55:36

949872

250

2,188

LSE

14:55:36

949866

208

2,186

LSE

14:58:35

953336

709

2,187

LSE

14:59:50

954764

704

2,185

LSE

15:02:39

958880

666

2,188

LSE

15:06:43

964528

250

2,191

LSE

15:09:26

968307

274

2,191

LSE

15:09:26

968305

127

2,191

LSE

15:09:26

968303

602

2,195

LSE

15:12:21

972434

642

2,196

LSE

15:14:12

975229

32

2,196

LSE

15:14:12

975231

205

2,193

LSE

15:15:54

977865

114

2,193

LSE

15:15:54

977863

86

2,193

LSE

15:16:08

978381

263

2,193

LSE

15:16:10

978457

728

2,195

LSE

15:20:03

983340

646

2,194

LSE

15:25:08

989788

479

2,193

LSE

15:30:08

996247

179

2,193

LSE

15:30:08

996245

571

2,194

LSE

15:32:46

999872

78

2,194

LSE

15:32:46

999825

63

2,194

LSE

15:32:46

999810

564

2,194

LSE

15:35:04

1002836

63

2,194

LSE

15:35:04

1002834

250

2,193

LSE

15:39:07

1007904

250

2,193

LSE

15:39:07

1007902

562

2,193

LSE

15:39:07

1007900

88

2,193

LSE

15:39:07

1007898

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

466

24.28

ISE

08:15:57

628855

17

24.28

ISE

08:15:57

628852

400

24.28

ISE

08:15:57

628828

107

24.28

ISE

08:15:57

628826

430

24.27

ISE

08:16:24

629529

49

24.27

ISE

08:16:24

629526

179

24.31

ISE

08:19:38

633543

37

24.31

ISE

08:19:38

633539

472

24.37

ISE

08:21:20

635433

39

24.35

ISE

08:21:24

635556

89

24.35

ISE

08:21:24

635546

515

24.39

ISE

08:22:44

637111

240

24.36

ISE

08:24:12

639038

247

24.36

ISE

08:24:12

639036

515

24.37

ISE

08:31:16

647429

525

24.40

ISE

08:41:49

660989

198

24.43

ISE

08:52:48

673122

322

24.43

ISE

08:52:48

673109

519

24.40

ISE

08:56:23

677299

499

24.39

ISE

08:56:37

677608

123

24.40

ISE

08:58:19

679652

350

24.40

ISE

08:58:19

679650

201

24.43

ISE

09:03:52

685445

283

24.43

ISE

09:03:52

685443

501

24.44

ISE

09:09:11

691314

385

24.44

ISE

09:13:41

695743

60

24.44

ISE

09:13:41

695741

102

24.42

ISE

09:15:00

697249

400

24.42

ISE

09:15:00

697244

489

24.43

ISE

09:19:06

701785

247

24.44

ISE

09:20:40

703299

209

24.44

ISE

09:20:40

703297

240

24.43

ISE

09:21:32

704175

153

24.43

ISE

09:21:32

704173

52

24.43

ISE

09:21:32

704171

195

24.44

ISE

09:24:59

707935

246

24.44

ISE

09:24:59

707932

541

24.46

ISE

09:27:21

710390

476

24.47

ISE

09:34:33

718334

3

24.47

ISE

09:38:13

722091

91

24.47

ISE

09:38:13

722088

5

24.47

ISE

09:38:14

722119

374

24.47

ISE

09:38:14

722096

45

24.46

ISE

09:39:43

724879

109

24.46

ISE

09:39:43

724877

378

24.46

ISE

09:39:43

724875

34

24.43

ISE

09:40:37

726037

187

24.43

ISE

09:40:37

726035

272

24.43

ISE

09:40:37

726010

226

24.43

ISE

09:43:15

729042

301

24.43

ISE

09:43:15

729039

250

24.41

ISE

09:44:55

730818

203

24.44

ISE

09:46:24

732482

289

24.44

ISE

09:46:24

732480

472

24.45

ISE

09:56:28

743775

252

24.42

ISE

09:57:25

744727

274

24.42

ISE

09:58:58

746478

168

24.47

ISE

10:08:37

753320

180

24.46

ISE

10:09:50

754198

357

24.46

ISE

10:09:50

754201

139

24.45

ISE

10:09:55

754315

395

24.45

ISE

10:10:00

754365

527

24.43

ISE

10:13:17

757208

443

24.40

ISE

10:19:25

761862

250

24.39

ISE

10:19:41

762070

263

24.39

ISE

10:19:45

762108

496

24.39

ISE

10:22:10

763754

387

24.38

ISE

10:25:32

766002

152

24.38

ISE

10:25:32

766000

496

24.40

ISE

10:33:51

770581

540

24.39

ISE

10:39:41

773761

290

24.39

ISE

10:42:57

775488

151

24.39

ISE

10:42:57

775486

473

24.39

ISE

10:50:48

780207

425

24.38

ISE

10:50:51

780419

6

24.38

ISE

10:50:52

780438

35

24.38

ISE

10:50:52

780436

504

24.38

ISE

10:50:58

780568

498

24.37

ISE

10:56:46

784042

68

24.37

ISE

11:20:06

797819

502

24.37

ISE

11:20:06

797781

191

24.37

ISE

11:20:06

797779

50

24.37

ISE

11:20:07

797837

164

24.37

ISE

11:20:07

797831

500

24.39

ISE

11:25:25

800612

602

24.40

ISE

11:34:31

805631

639

24.43

ISE

11:41:55

809788

487

24.44

ISE

11:41:55

809773

535

24.42

ISE

11:42:13

810051

75

24.44

ISE

11:44:16

811073

400

24.44

ISE

11:44:16

811071

78

24.43

ISE

11:44:41

811247

270

24.43

ISE

11:44:44

811269

88

24.43

ISE

11:44:45

811285

5

24.42

ISE

11:46:55

812408

264

24.42

ISE

11:46:55

812405

212

24.42

ISE

11:46:56

812418

199

24.44

ISE

11:55:03

816789

1

24.44

ISE

11:55:03

816787

409

24.44

ISE

11:55:03

816773

133

24.44

ISE

11:55:03

816771

142

24.44

ISE

11:55:04

816830

125

24.44

ISE

11:55:05

816844

200

24.48

ISE

12:02:26

820612

200

24.48

ISE

12:02:26

820610

111

24.48

ISE

12:02:26

820608

244

24.48

ISE

12:02:27

820624

194

24.48

ISE

12:02:27

820621

6

24.48

ISE

12:02:27

820619

454

24.46

ISE

12:03:23

821188

100

24.43

ISE

12:13:26

825906

200

24.43

ISE

12:13:52

826060

164

24.43

ISE

12:14:03

826109

229

24.43

ISE

12:14:09

826142

200

24.44

ISE

12:17:40

827775

308

24.44

ISE

12:17:42

827795

60

24.46

ISE

12:21:16

829491

452

24.48

ISE

12:25:48

831740

514

24.49

ISE

12:37:19

836830

42

24.52

ISE

12:42:29

839491

535

24.52

ISE

12:42:29

839493

465

24.50

ISE

12:43:28

839915

34

24.50

ISE

12:45:41

841100

94

24.50

ISE

12:45:46

841159

45

24.50

ISE

12:45:50

841181

125

24.50

ISE

12:45:56

841207

58

24.50

ISE

12:53:38

845444

83

24.50

ISE

12:54:05

845601

42

24.49

ISE

12:59:07

848360

138

24.49

ISE

12:59:07

848354

380

24.49

ISE

12:59:07

848334

106

24.49

ISE

12:59:07

848316

691

24.49

ISE

12:59:07

848167

161

24.47

ISE

12:59:22

848600

333

24.47

ISE

12:59:22

848598

137

24.47

ISE

12:59:22

848596

333

24.47

ISE

12:59:22

848594

200

24.47

ISE

12:59:22

848582

530

24.46

ISE

12:59:44

848855

200

24.45

ISE

13:04:03

850946

117

24.45

ISE

13:04:04

850961

200

24.45

ISE

13:04:04

850958

292

24.46

ISE

13:08:00

852944

190

24.46

ISE

13:08:01

852947

117

24.43

ISE

13:11:48

854771

200

24.43

ISE

13:11:48

854767

200

24.43

ISE

13:11:48

854765

507

24.43

ISE

13:20:08

858882

512

24.44

ISE

13:26:53

862465

157

24.43

ISE

13:27:04

862584

333

24.43

ISE

13:27:04

862582

540

24.40

ISE

13:40:14

870259

95

24.40

ISE

13:40:14

870257

582

24.40

ISE

13:40:14

870255

601

24.42

ISE

13:40:14

870253

153

24.39

ISE

13:48:41

875150

6

24.38

ISE

13:49:14

875441

168

24.38

ISE

13:49:14

875431

182

24.38

ISE

13:49:50

875823

333

24.38

ISE

13:49:51

875832

11

24.38

ISE

13:49:51

875830

505

24.38

ISE

13:49:51

875828

161

24.38

ISE

13:49:51

875826

278

24.37

ISE

13:50:03

875974

200

24.37

ISE

13:50:03

875972

227

24.37

ISE

13:54:01

878536

430

24.36

ISE

13:56:34

880596

96

24.36

ISE

13:56:34

880588

518

24.33

ISE

13:59:29

882350

32

24.33

ISE

13:59:46

882607

250

24.33

ISE

14:00:10

882946

250

24.33

ISE

14:00:10

882944

528

24.39

ISE

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