Transaction in Own Shares

27th June 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 26th June 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

26 June 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

111,286

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,703.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,671.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,693.5900

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 6,129,429 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 837,260,909 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

2,693.5857

111,286

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

18

2,680

LSE

08:04:35

648678

431

2,680

LSE

08:04:35

648676

13

2,678

LSE

08:05:08

649540

380

2,678

LSE

08:05:08

649538

235

2,678

LSE

08:05:08

649536

148

2,678

LSE

08:05:08

649534

27

2,678

LSE

08:05:08

649532

99

2,684

LSE

08:07:14

653434

322

2,684

LSE

08:07:14

653432

366

2,686

LSE

08:10:34

658873

401

2,684

LSE

08:10:47

659183

379

2,683

LSE

08:11:23

660139

375

2,682

LSE

08:12:42

662079

351

2,681

LSE

08:12:45

662174

87

2,680

LSE

08:12:48

662280

223

2,680

LSE

08:12:48

662278

299

2,680

LSE

08:12:48

662266

50

2,680

LSE

08:12:48

662255

319

2,679

LSE

08:12:52

662358

1

2,678

LSE

08:14:42

664768

320

2,678

LSE

08:14:42

664765

366

2,678

LSE

08:14:42

664756

14

2,677

LSE

08:14:56

665050

307

2,677

LSE

08:14:56

665048

299

2,676

LSE

08:15:07

665585

151

2,676

LSE

08:16:22

667966

213

2,676

LSE

08:16:22

667968

227

2,676

LSE

08:16:22

667963

127

2,676

LSE

08:16:22

667961

46

2,671

LSE

08:17:40

670169

49

2,671

LSE

08:17:40

670167

14

2,671

LSE

08:17:41

670256

200

2,671

LSE

08:17:41

670254

225

2,675

LSE

08:21:35

676759

140

2,675

LSE

08:21:35

676757

216

2,675

LSE

08:21:35

676755

130

2,675

LSE

08:21:35

676753

410

2,676

LSE

08:24:25

681015

46

2,675

LSE

08:25:06

681993

314

2,675

LSE

08:25:06

681991

40

2,675

LSE

08:25:06

681989

230

2,674

LSE

08:26:59

686157

191

2,674

LSE

08:26:59

686159

403

2,674

LSE

08:26:59

686149

344

2,675

LSE

08:28:06

688108

440

2,674

LSE

08:28:35

688937

346

2,686

LSE

08:36:14

702583

302

2,686

LSE

08:36:14

702581

70

2,686

LSE

08:36:14

702579

197

2,686

LSE

08:37:05

704101

100

2,686

LSE

08:37:05

704099

249

2,686

LSE

08:37:05

704097

249

2,686

LSE

08:37:05

704095

103

2,686

LSE

08:37:05

704093

510

2,686

LSE

08:37:05

704091

718

2,686

LSE

08:37:34

705129

360

2,686

LSE

08:37:34

705122

362

2,686

LSE

08:37:34

705124

619

2,684

LSE

08:37:43

705726

447

2,682

LSE

08:37:51

705979

32

2,682

LSE

08:37:51

705977

482

2,682

LSE

08:37:51

705971

207

2,687

LSE

08:41:21

712126

100

2,687

LSE

08:41:21

712124

316

2,686

LSE

08:41:21

712122

19

2,687

LSE

08:41:21

712120

280

2,687

LSE

08:41:21

712118

460

2,685

LSE

08:41:38

712620

51

2,684

LSE

08:41:42

712706

400

2,684

LSE

08:41:42

712704

404

2,685

LSE

08:42:35

714354

354

2,687

LSE

08:45:59

719587

7

2,687

LSE

08:45:59

719589

354

2,687

LSE

08:45:59

719558

337

2,690

LSE

08:46:47

721475

297

2,690

LSE

08:46:47

721473

386

2,690

LSE

08:47:25

722557

409

2,691

LSE

08:48:08

724454

303

2,692

LSE

08:49:04

726381

362

2,692

LSE

08:49:04

726379

135

2,691

LSE

08:49:59

728033

100

2,691

LSE

08:49:59

728030

275

2,691

LSE

08:49:59

728028

352

2,691

LSE

08:49:59

728022

171

2,691

LSE

08:49:59

728020

467

2,692

LSE

08:50:51

730200

299

2,692

LSE

08:50:51

730081

83

2,692

LSE

08:50:51

730086

100

2,692

LSE

08:50:51

730083

353

2,692

LSE

08:50:51

730077

42

2,692

LSE

08:52:30

733381

161

2,692

LSE

08:52:30

733379

200

2,692

LSE

08:52:30

733377

47

2,692

LSE

08:52:30

733375

440

2,690

LSE

08:53:02

734519

102

2,690

LSE

08:53:02

734517

27

2,689

LSE

08:53:09

734882

105

2,689

LSE

08:53:09

734880

340

2,689

LSE

08:53:09

734878

155

2,697

LSE

08:58:40

747174

434

2,697

LSE

08:58:40

747176

364

2,698

LSE

08:58:40

747170

322

2,698

LSE

08:58:40

747168

273

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751780

194

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751782

469

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751776

62

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751774

413

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751772

363

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751770

85

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751765

135

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751763

287

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751761

173

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751759

460

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751757

21

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751755

229

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751753

460

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751751

30

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751749

237

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751747

440

2,700

LSE

09:00:36

751745

314

2,698

LSE

09:00:40

751925

213

2,698

LSE

09:00:40

751923

248

2,698

LSE

09:00:40

751921

240

2,698

LSE

09:01:00

752576

84

2,698

LSE

09:01:00

752574

178

2,698

LSE

09:01:29

753387

250

2,698

LSE

09:01:29

753385

378

2,698

LSE

09:01:29

753381

26

2,697

LSE

09:02:04

754440

326

2,697

LSE

09:02:04

754438

442

2,696

LSE

09:02:32

755165

80

2,695

LSE

09:02:33

755206

355

2,695

LSE

09:02:33

755208

69

2,695

LSE

09:04:13

757715

242

2,695

LSE

09:04:13

757713

149

2,695

LSE

09:05:07

759191

188

2,695

LSE

09:05:07

759189

164

2,695

LSE

09:05:56

760376

177

2,695

LSE

09:05:56

760374

251

2,694

LSE

09:05:58

760432

432

2,697

LSE

09:07:11

763266

404

2,697

LSE

09:07:11

763264

100

2,696

LSE

09:07:49

764354

250

2,696

LSE

09:07:49

764352

96

2,696

LSE

09:07:49

764356

452

2,696

LSE

09:07:49

764350

60

2,695

LSE

09:10:04

770165

100

2,695

LSE

09:10:04

770163

260

2,695

LSE

09:10:04

770161

31

2,695

LSE

09:10:04

770159

250

2,695

LSE

09:10:04

770155

219

2,695

LSE

09:10:04

770157

468

2,695

LSE

09:10:04

770152

61

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770555

250

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770553

220

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770547

29

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770550

83

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770545

167

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770537

230

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770535

395

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770529

88

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770505

250

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770503

105

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770501

425

2,694

LSE

09:10:12

770495

369

2,694

LSE

09:11:59

773566

289

2,694

LSE

09:11:59

773564

26

2,694

LSE

09:11:59

773562

309

2,696

LSE

09:13:50

775957

157

2,695

LSE

09:14:11

776401

250

2,695

LSE

09:14:11

776399

411

2,695

LSE

09:14:11

776397

332

2,694

LSE

09:14:47

777232

362

2,699

LSE

09:20:14

785360

460

2,698

LSE

09:22:18

788425

304

2,696

LSE

09:23:52

791157

845

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791152

344

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791150

225

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791148

288

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791146

204

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791144

144

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791142

250

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791140

200

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791138

403

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791136

308

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791134

164

2,698

LSE

09:23:52

791132

164

2,697

LSE

09:23:52

791130

100

2,697

LSE

09:23:52

791128

250

2,697

LSE

09:23:52

791122

250

2,697

LSE

09:23:52

791124

190

2,697

LSE

09:23:52

791126

158

2,697

LSE

09:23:52

791120

482

2,697

LSE

09:23:52

791118

356

2,696

LSE

09:26:01

794874

142

2,695

LSE

09:27:21

796856

240

2,695

LSE

09:27:21

796854

394

2,701

LSE

09:33:17

806774

456

2,700

LSE

09:33:32

807159

250

2,700

LSE

09:35:33

810911

355

2,700

LSE

09:35:33

810905

230

2,699

LSE

09:37:16

814002

114

2,699

LSE

09:38:33

816290

250

2,699

LSE

09:38:33

816288

201

2,699

LSE

09:38:33

816280

337

2,699

LSE

09:38:33

816278

306

2,699

LSE

09:38:34

816337

4

2,699

LSE

09:38:34

816335

9

2,699

LSE

09:38:34

816322

250

2,699

LSE

09:38:34

816296

99

2,699

LSE

09:38:34

816294

342

2,699

LSE

09:41:36

821119

327

2,698

LSE

09:42:52

823442

131

2,698

LSE

09:42:52

823438

164

2,698

LSE

09:42:52

823436

360

2,699

LSE

09:45:12

827282

112

2,701

LSE

09:48:29

832334

250

2,701

LSE

09:48:29

832332

192

2,701

LSE

09:48:29

832329

138

2,701

LSE

09:48:29

832327

255

2,699

LSE

09:48:43

832744

60

2,699

LSE

09:48:43

832746

315

2,700

LSE

09:48:43

832739

346

2,700

LSE

09:49:39

834570

341

2,699

LSE

09:50:17

836350

307

2,700

LSE

09:51:32

838495

303

2,699

LSE

09:52:47

840184

44

2,699

LSE

09:53:10

840735

354

2,700

LSE

09:55:16

844166

343

2,700

LSE

09:55:16

844163

38

2,699

LSE

09:58:17

848986

279

2,699

LSE

09:58:17

848984

114

2,699

LSE

09:58:17

848982

250

2,699

LSE

09:58:17

848980

323

2,699

LSE

09:58:17

848960

91

2,698

LSE

09:59:28

850732

250

2,698

LSE

09:59:28

850730

336

2,698

LSE

09:59:28

850723

323

2,698

LSE

10:04:37

857925

35

2,698

LSE

10:04:37

857927

327

2,698

LSE

10:08:32

863416

107

2,697

LSE

10:10:00

865356

250

2,697

LSE

10:10:00

865354

137

2,697

LSE

10:10:00

865352

207

2,697

LSE

10:10:00

865350

369

2,696

LSE

10:10:12

865637

64

2,695

LSE

10:10:37

866042

260

2,695

LSE

10:10:37

866040

241

2,694

LSE

10:10:49

866303

140

2,694

LSE

10:10:49

866301

322

2,693

LSE

10:11:51

867457

324

2,694

LSE

10:11:51

867455

172

2,692

LSE

10:11:52

867470

98

2,697

LSE

10:15:32

872066

250

2,697

LSE

10:15:32

872064

332

2,696

LSE

10:15:42

872287

18

2,696

LSE

10:15:42

872285

69

2,696

LSE

10:15:42

872283

295

2,696

LSE

10:16:03

872693

340

2,696

LSE

10:16:43

873661

177

2,695

LSE

10:16:52

873949

224

2,695

LSE

10:16:52

873947

400

2,695

LSE

10:18:22

875760

345

2,695

LSE

10:18:22

875749

363

2,699

LSE

10:24:30

882652

126

2,698

LSE

10:25:03

883392

244

2,698

LSE

10:25:03

883390

125

2,698

LSE

10:25:03

883355

250

2,698

LSE

10:25:03

883357

27

2,698

LSE

10:25:03

883359

139

2,698

LSE

10:25:03

883341

242

2,698

LSE

10:25:03

883339

111

2,699

LSE

10:27:35

886421

250

2,699

LSE

10:27:35

886419

352

2,699

LSE

10:27:35

886409

70

2,698

LSE

10:29:58

889750

228

2,698

LSE

10:29:58

889748

358

2,697

LSE

10:33:19

895113

326

2,696

LSE

10:33:43

895648

85

2,696

LSE

10:33:43

895646

21

2,695

LSE

10:33:54

895959

143

2,695

LSE

10:33:54

895961

200

2,695

LSE

10:33:54

895957

61

2,695

LSE

10:33:54

895955

248

2,695

LSE

10:36:58

900755

78

2,695

LSE

10:36:58

900753

40

2,695

LSE

10:36:58

900751

400

2,694

LSE

10:38:45

903538

177

2,693

LSE

10:38:56

903840

151

2,693

LSE

10:38:56

903838

76

2,693

LSE

10:38:56

903836

25

2,692

LSE

10:39:45

905728

375

2,692

LSE

10:39:45

905726

353

2,698

LSE

10:46:55

916774

354

2,698

LSE

10:47:51

918936

125

2,699

LSE

10:50:22

922594

94

2,699

LSE

10:50:22

922598

250

2,699

LSE

10:50:22

922596

321

2,699

LSE

10:50:22

922568

441

2,698

LSE

10:51:46

924276

412

2,699

LSE

10:53:57

927301

271

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932427

95

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932425

30

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932408

250

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932405

113

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932403

137

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932389

257

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932387

417

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932363

23

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932354

250

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932352

125

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932350

50

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932348

65

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932342

80

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932338

30

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932336

289

2,698

LSE

10:57:12

932332

404

2,696

LSE

10:57:34

933027

86

2,695

LSE

10:58:21

934294

270

2,695

LSE

10:58:21

934292

215

2,695

LSE

10:58:21

934290

14

2,695

LSE

10:58:21

934288

154

2,695

LSE

10:58:21

934286

53

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939900

250

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939898

21

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939896

223

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939894

117

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939892

211

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939885

133

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939887

39

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939880

250

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939878

125

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939875

371

2,697

LSE

11:03:22

939852

297

2,696

LSE

11:05:17

941901

125

2,694

LSE

11:06:37

943243

314

2,694

LSE

11:06:37

943233

344

2,693

LSE

11:06:39

943451

329

2,694

LSE

11:07:56

944738

330

2,693

LSE

11:08:03

944950

183

2,691

LSE

11:10:35

947523

125

2,691

LSE

11:10:35

947521

339

2,691

LSE

11:10:35

947514

250

2,691

LSE

11:10:35

947509

101

2,692

LSE

11:10:35

947511

317

2,692

LSE

11:10:35

947497

125

2,689

LSE

11:11:23

948279

132

2,689

LSE

11:11:23

948277

98

2,689

LSE

11:11:23

948275

87

2,688

LSE

11:11:53

948976

237

2,688

LSE

11:11:53

948974

220

2,689

LSE

11:14:15

951785

125

2,689

LSE

11:14:15

951783

344

2,689

LSE

11:14:15

951779

3

2,689

LSE

11:14:15

951775

368

2,687

LSE

11:14:46

952378

331

2,689

LSE

11:16:26

953990

348

2,689

LSE

11:16:57

954513

204

2,689

LSE

11:16:57

954498

161

2,689

LSE

11:16:57

954500

14

2,689

LSE

11:17:50

955443

313

2,689

LSE

11:17:50

955441

352

2,691

LSE

11:20:38

958493

99

2,691

LSE

11:20:38

958467

125

2,691

LSE

11:20:38

958464

125

2,691

LSE

11:20:38

958462

338

2,691

LSE

11:20:38

958451

88

2,690

LSE

11:21:33

959421

179

2,690

LSE

11:21:33

959419

95

2,690

LSE

11:22:33

960460

347

2,692

LSE

11:24:25

962174

125

2,691

LSE

11:25:08

962767

223

2,691

LSE

11:25:08

962769

331

2,691

LSE

11:25:08

962761

317

2,689

LSE

11:25:41

963358

359

2,691

LSE

11:28:03

965477

344

2,692

LSE

11:28:36

965950

341

2,691

LSE

11:29:06

966471

360

2,688

LSE

11:29:37

966920

288

2,686

LSE

11:31:13

968423

332

2,686

LSE

11:31:48

968822

42

2,686

LSE

11:31:48

968820

158

2,683

LSE

11:32:22

970262

20

2,683

LSE

11:33:11

971101

33

2,683

LSE

11:33:20

971253

85

2,683

LSE

11:33:20

971251

277

2,683

LSE

11:35:30

973068

15

2,683

LSE

11:35:30

973070

15

2,683

LSE

11:35:30

973066

366

2,682

LSE

11:35:43

973226

297

2,683

LSE

11:37:38

975495

68

2,682

LSE

11:37:42

975857

250

2,682

LSE

11:37:42

975853

328

2,682

LSE

11:37:42

975821

241

2,689

LSE

11:45:44

983300

125

2,689

LSE

11:45:44

983298

224

2,689

LSE

11:45:44

983278

125

2,689

LSE

11:45:44

983276

45

2,691

LSE

11:49:43

986502

125

2,691

LSE

11:49:43

986500

250

2,691

LSE

11:49:43

986498

361

2,691

LSE

11:49:43

986496

44

2,691

LSE

11:49:43

986494

18

2,690

LSE

11:50:19

986981

125

2,690

LSE

11:50:19

986979

250

2,690

LSE

11:50:19

986977

136

2,690

LSE

11:50:19

986975

295

2,690

LSE

11:50:19

986973

88

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987336

257

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987334

202

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987331

125

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987329

291

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987319

98

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987317

49

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987314

320

2,689

LSE

11:50:30

987312

342

2,690

LSE

11:53:01

989718

350

2,694

LSE

11:55:33

992303

357

2,694

LSE

11:57:08

993426

203

2,693

LSE

11:57:35

993697

125

2,693

LSE

11:57:35

993695

360

2,693

LSE

11:57:35

993692

360

2,692

LSE

11:57:42

993803

229

2,697

LSE

12:03:54

1000254

98

2,697

LSE

12:03:54

1000252

470

2,698

LSE

12:05:41

1001666

318

2,698

LSE

12:05:41

1001664

30

2,698

LSE

12:05:41

1001662

310

2,697

LSE

12:06:31

1002385

167

2,697

LSE

12:06:31

1002383

310

2,700

LSE

12:08:21

1003978

339

2,699

LSE

12:08:21

1003980

375

2,696

LSE

12:08:26

1004043

356

2,696

LSE

12:08:26

1004041

10

2,698

LSE

12:10:06

1005598

828

2,698

LSE

12:10:06

1005596

360

2,698

LSE

12:10:06

1005594

390

2,701

LSE

12:12:00

1007128

698

2,701

LSE

12:12:00

1007126

110

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010376

152

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010374

311

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010378

101

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010380

50

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010370

250

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010368

123

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010366

164

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010364

450

2,703

LSE

12:15:37

1010372

358

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011875

290

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011873

153

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011871

250

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011869

250

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011867

1,738

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011865

764

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011863

72

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011861

635

2,702

LSE

12:17:26

1011859

366

2,701

LSE

12:18:00

1012443

45

2,702

LSE

12:21:47

1015747

28

2,702

LSE

12:21:47

1015739

177

2,702

LSE

12:21:47

1015737

92

2,702

LSE

12:21:47

1015743

32

2,702

LSE

12:21:47

1015745

95

2,702

LSE

12:21:47

1015741

345

2,703

LSE

12:24:04

1017523

499

2,702

LSE

12:25:44

1018883

299

2,703

LSE

12:29:15

1021580

321

2,703