Transaction in Own Shares

21st June 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 20th 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

20 June 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

86,297

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,793.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,767.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,780.6700

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 5,108,871 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 838,281,467 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

2,780.6660

86,297

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

358

2,771

LSE

08:07:09

741782

10

2,769

LSE

08:07:18

742286

328

2,769

LSE

08:07:18

742284

129

2,767

LSE

08:07:19

742303

308

2,767

LSE

08:07:32

742787

186

2,767

LSE

08:07:32

742785

333

2,782

LSE

08:11:57

752509

337

2,781

LSE

08:12:49

754535

153

2,783

LSE

08:16:14

760856

181

2,783

LSE

08:16:14

760854

288

2,783

LSE

08:17:08

762675

312

2,787

LSE

08:20:26

768782

182

2,787

LSE

08:21:57

771721

109

2,787

LSE

08:21:57

771719

313

2,788

LSE

08:23:00

773491

325

2,788

LSE

08:23:00

773489

102

2,787

LSE

08:23:34

774567

200

2,787

LSE

08:23:34

774565

322

2,784

LSE

08:23:48

775082

309

2,784

LSE

08:24:14

775908

312

2,784

LSE

08:25:17

778202

335

2,784

LSE

08:25:53

779577

322

2,784

LSE

08:26:59

782118

343

2,787

LSE

08:29:23

787385

306

2,786

LSE

08:29:53

788430

42

2,786

LSE

08:29:53

788428

2

2,786

LSE

08:30:53

790883

336

2,786

LSE

08:30:53

790881

179

2,786

LSE

08:30:53

790877

152

2,786

LSE

08:30:53

790879

300

2,786

LSE

08:34:39

799242

292

2,786

LSE

08:34:39

799239

6

2,786

LSE

08:34:39

799237

338

2,785

LSE

08:35:09

800387

296

2,783

LSE

08:36:40

804473

308

2,784

LSE

08:36:40

804467

322

2,785

LSE

08:41:29

815286

159

2,784

LSE

08:44:21

821405

100

2,784

LSE

08:44:21

821403

42

2,784

LSE

08:44:21

821401

40

2,787

LSE

08:49:33

834190

265

2,787

LSE

08:49:33

834192

309

2,788

LSE

08:52:48

842136

322

2,786

LSE

08:56:30

851578

42

2,789

LSE

09:03:17

868736

278

2,789

LSE

09:03:17

868734

307

2,790

LSE

09:05:55

874109

102

2,785

LSE

09:08:12

878908

204

2,785

LSE

09:08:12

878906

280

2,785

LSE

09:12:55

891001

243

2,785

LSE

09:13:50

892860

72

2,785

LSE

09:13:50

892858

278

2,783

LSE

09:15:21

896240

1

2,784

LSE

09:19:39

904759

317

2,784

LSE

09:19:39

904757

9

2,786

LSE

09:27:22

920076

308

2,786

LSE

09:27:22

920074

313

2,785

LSE

09:30:33

925830

279

2,786

LSE

09:34:12

932653

54

2,787

LSE

09:38:56

941968

250

2,787

LSE

09:38:56

941966

289

2,787

LSE

09:38:56

941964

119

2,785

LSE

09:45:13

954071

190

2,785

LSE

09:45:13

954069

46

2,785

LSE

09:53:37

969832

227

2,785

LSE

09:53:37

969830

293

2,785

LSE

09:59:32

980736

335

2,785

LSE

10:00:40

983310

66

2,788

LSE

10:08:55

999628

269

2,788

LSE

10:08:55

999626

22

2,787

LSE

10:09:34

1000643

252

2,787

LSE

10:09:34

1000641

331

2,786

LSE

10:15:16

1010498

214

2,787

LSE

10:17:41

1014252

81

2,787

LSE

10:17:41

1014249

288

2,791

LSE

10:23:20

1023923

283

2,792

LSE

10:25:32

1027659

181

2,793

LSE

10:28:50

1034508

100

2,793

LSE

10:28:50

1034506

109

2,779

LSE

12:20:23

1177940

96

2,779

LSE

12:20:23

1177942

336

2,779

LSE

12:20:26

1177992

81

2,779

LSE

12:20:26

1177990

66

2,778

LSE

12:21:03

1178447

268

2,778

LSE

12:21:03

1178445

349

2,777

LSE

12:21:59

1179256

298

2,780

LSE

12:27:48

1184183

309

2,780

LSE

12:30:05

1186017

37

2,780

LSE

12:35:34

1190419

100

2,780

LSE

12:35:34

1190417

188

2,780

LSE

12:35:34

1190415

340

2,780

LSE

12:37:47

1192149

186

2,779

LSE

12:38:04

1192425

125

2,779

LSE

12:38:04

1192423

308

2,779

LSE

12:38:04

1192415

314

2,779

LSE

12:41:54

1195654

42

2,778

LSE

12:42:35

1196348

291

2,778

LSE

12:42:35

1196346

278

2,778

LSE

12:45:10

1198526

316

2,779

LSE

12:49:41

1202082

322

2,780

LSE

12:50:32

1203016

245

2,782

LSE

12:52:56

1204957

55

2,782

LSE

12:52:56

1204955

339

2,781

LSE

12:53:33

1205508

333

2,781

LSE

13:00:34

1211652

350

2,783

LSE

13:08:53

1218605

245

2,782

LSE

13:14:47

1225008

125

2,782

LSE

13:14:47

1225006

31

2,782

LSE

13:14:47

1225003

215

2,782

LSE

13:14:47

1224999

100

2,782

LSE

13:14:47

1225001

287

2,785

LSE

13:27:11

1237237

234

2,785

LSE

13:28:44

1238685

100

2,785

LSE

13:28:44

1238683

45

2,786

LSE

13:31:40

1242037

11

2,786

LSE

13:31:40

1242035

100

2,786

LSE

13:31:40

1242033

200

2,786

LSE

13:31:40

1242031

336

2,786

LSE

13:32:03

1242731

308

2,786

LSE

13:34:17

1245298

333

2,786

LSE

13:37:51

1249187

176

2,786

LSE

13:38:56

1250214

127

2,786

LSE

13:38:56

1250212

295

2,786

LSE

13:40:54

1252542

59

2,786

LSE

13:40:54

1252540

80

2,786

LSE

13:46:22

1258870

233

2,786

LSE

13:46:22

1258868

323

2,786

LSE

13:46:22

1258866

162

2,786

LSE

13:58:19

1272659

125

2,786

LSE

13:58:19

1272657

200

2,786

LSE

13:58:19

1272655

280

2,786

LSE

13:58:19

1272653

303

2,786

LSE

13:58:19

1272651

452

2,786

LSE

13:58:19

1272649

14

2,786

LSE

14:00:42

1275123

83

2,786

LSE

14:00:42

1275121

555

2,786

LSE

14:00:42

1275119

240

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296816

240

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296814

100

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296812

250

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296810

303

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296808

488

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296806

204

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296804

339

2,786

LSE

14:18:47

1296802

260

2,785

LSE

14:19:23

1297548

250

2,785

LSE

14:19:23

1297546

481

2,785

LSE

14:19:23

1297542

96

2,785

LSE

14:19:23

1297540

170

2,785

LSE

14:19:23

1297544

233

2,785

LSE

14:19:23

1297538

67

2,785

LSE

14:20:14

1298882

100

2,785

LSE

14:20:14

1298880

410

2,785

LSE

14:20:14

1298878

65

2,784

LSE

14:21:30

1300756

250

2,786

LSE

14:24:08

1304172

260

2,786

LSE

14:24:08

1304174

276

2,786

LSE

14:24:08

1304176

282

2,786

LSE

14:24:08

1304178

200

2,786

LSE

14:24:08

1304170

100

2,786

LSE

14:24:08

1304167

555

2,786

LSE

14:24:08

1304165

60

2,785

LSE

14:24:51

1305170

241

2,785

LSE

14:24:51

1305168

287

2,785

LSE

14:24:51

1305166

83

2,786

LSE

14:25:47

1306537

126

2,786

LSE

14:26:02

1306894

250

2,786

LSE

14:26:02

1306892

291

2,786

LSE

14:26:02

1306884

7

2,786

LSE

14:26:02

1306882

193

2,786

LSE

14:26:02

1306880

328

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307323

160

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307319

180

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307317

262

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307313

64

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307311

36

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307309

100

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307299

250

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307283

389

2,785

LSE

14:26:05

1307280

298

2,783

LSE

14:26:22

1308111

331

2,784

LSE

14:26:22

1308109

77

2,783

LSE

14:26:59

1309352

87

2,783

LSE

14:27:00

1309382

302

2,783

LSE

14:27:02

1309446

9

2,783

LSE

14:27:02

1309444

5

2,783

LSE

14:27:02

1309442

100

2,783

LSE

14:27:02

1309431

26

2,783

LSE

14:27:02

1309429

324

2,786

LSE

14:30:16

1318021

326

2,785

LSE

14:32:43

1325323

38

2,786

LSE

14:32:43

1325320

100

2,786

LSE

14:32:43

1325318

200

2,786

LSE

14:32:43

1325316

320

2,786

LSE

14:32:43

1325314

306

2,786

LSE

14:35:10

1332596

131

2,785

LSE

14:36:32

1336698

73

2,785

LSE

14:36:32

1336696

131

2,785

LSE

14:36:32

1336694

342

2,784

LSE

14:38:19

1341283

114

2,783

LSE

14:38:28

1341670

218

2,783

LSE

14:38:58

1343086

100

2,783

LSE

14:38:58

1343084

148

2,783

LSE

14:38:58

1343082

100

2,783

LSE

14:38:58

1343078

29

2,782

LSE

14:40:01

1345749

251

2,782

LSE

14:40:11

1346173

55

2,782

LSE

14:40:11

1346171

307

2,781

LSE

14:40:18

1346602

334

2,780

LSE

14:40:39

1347623

278

2,781

LSE

14:42:24

1351930

72

2,780

LSE

14:43:23

1354027

321

2,781

LSE

14:44:28

1356384

338

2,783

LSE

14:47:49

1364601

328

2,783

LSE

14:48:37

1366641

8

2,782

LSE

14:50:19

1370682

50

2,782

LSE

14:50:49

1372221

266

2,782

LSE

14:51:18

1373768

191

2,782

LSE

14:52:07

1375664

56

2,782

LSE

14:52:13

1376003

54

2,782

LSE

14:52:31

1376862

304

2,785

LSE

14:55:15

1384158

55

2,784

LSE

14:57:13

1389551

106

2,785

LSE

14:58:15

1392032

269

2,785

LSE

14:58:15

1392030

340

2,785

LSE

14:58:15

1392024

60

2,784

LSE

14:58:18

1392291

59

2,784

LSE

14:58:25

1392575

240

2,784

LSE

14:58:39

1393279

325

2,784

LSE

14:58:44

1393447

37

2,784

LSE

14:58:44

1393445

24

2,784

LSE

14:58:44

1393443

287

2,784

LSE

14:59:23

1395750

356

2,783

LSE

14:59:59

1397676

46

2,782

LSE

15:00:00

1397743

301

2,782

LSE

15:00:00

1397741

15

2,781

LSE

15:00:29

1399607

313

2,784

LSE

15:03:07

1406214

100

2,784

LSE

15:05:26

1412071

100

2,784

LSE

15:05:52

1413016

327

2,784

LSE

15:06:21

1414326

109

2,784

LSE

15:06:21

1414324

43

2,784

LSE

15:07:59

1418294

319

2,784

LSE

15:07:59

1418292

250

2,783

LSE

15:08:11

1418938

370

2,783

LSE

15:08:11

1418934

138

2,783

LSE

15:08:23

1419447

264

2,782

LSE

15:08:28

1419756

71

2,782

LSE

15:08:28

1419754

54

2,781

LSE

15:09:06

1421490

300

2,781

LSE

15:09:06

1421488

344

2,780

LSE

15:09:15

1421790

14

2,779

LSE

15:09:21

1422179

200

2,779

LSE

15:09:21

1422181

115

2,779

LSE

15:09:21

1422183

47

2,778

LSE

15:09:43

1423037

250

2,778

LSE

15:09:43

1423035

312

2,778

LSE

15:09:43

1423033

313

2,776

LSE

15:09:53

1423391

40

2,774

LSE

15:10:27

1424883

100

2,774

LSE

15:10:27

1424881

200

2,774

LSE

15:10:27

1424879

112

2,773

LSE

15:10:43

1425561

203

2,773

LSE

15:10:43

1425559

11

2,773

LSE

15:10:43

1425557

141

2,772

LSE

15:10:53

1426111

166

2,772

LSE

15:10:53

1426109

291

2,774

LSE

15:12:05

1429458

68

2,773

LSE

15:12:54

1431866

148

2,773

LSE

15:12:54

1431864

100

2,773

LSE

15:12:54

1431862

302

2,777

LSE

15:15:02

1437338

276

2,780

LSE

15:18:02

1445322

1

2,780

LSE

15:18:02

1445320

14

2,779

LSE

15:18:05

1445432

318

2,779

LSE

15:18:05

1445430

225

2,779

LSE

15:19:38

1449344

100

2,779

LSE

15:19:38

1449342

302

2,779

LSE

15:21:00

1452880

61

2,778

LSE

15:21:32

1453933

230

2,778

LSE

15:21:32

1453931

64

2,778

LSE

15:21:32

1453924

250

2,778

LSE

15:21:32

1453922

106

2,778

LSE

15:21:32

1453920

203

2,778

LSE

15:21:32

1453918

298

2,778

LSE

15:22:58

1457413

173

2,777

LSE

15:23:08

1457974

100

2,777

LSE

15:23:08

1457933

334

2,780

LSE

15:26:04

1466609

85

2,779

LSE

15:26:37

1467920

254

2,779

LSE

15:26:37

1467918

53

2,779

LSE

15:26:37

1467910

250

2,779

LSE

15:26:37

1467908

319

2,779

LSE

15:26:37

1467902

329

2,774

LSE

15:28:28

1473004

100

2,775

LSE

15:28:28

1473000

196

2,775

LSE

15:28:28

1473002

311

2,772

LSE

15:29:21

1475730

250

2,774

LSE

15:31:17

1481431

275

2,774

LSE

15:31:17

1481424

20

2,773

LSE

15:32:27

1484299

300

2,773

LSE

15:32:27

1484297

69

2,772

LSE

15:33:07

1486120

250

2,772

LSE

15:33:07

1486118

283

2,772

LSE

15:33:07

1486114

146

2,774

LSE

15:35:34

1493115

181

2,774

LSE

15:35:34

1493113

257

2,773

LSE

15:35:41

1493340

24

2,773

LSE

15:35:41

1493342

58

2,773

LSE

15:35:41

1493338

125

2,774

LSE

15:36:33

1495676

67

2,774

LSE

15:36:33

1495674

125

2,774

LSE

15:36:33

1495672

213

2,774

LSE

15:39:17

1501971

64

2,774

LSE

15:39:17

1501969

225

2,775

LSE

15:40:48

1505703

59

2,775

LSE

15:40:48

1505701

79

2,775

LSE

15:41:51

1508337

284

2,775

LSE

15:41:51

1508335

127

2,775

LSE

15:41:51

1508327

200

2,775

LSE

15:41:51

1508325

127

2,773

LSE

15:42:02

1508868

329

2,774

LSE

15:42:02

1508857

320

2,773

LSE

15:42:13

1509551

81

2,773

LSE

15:42:13

1509472

250

2,773

LSE

15:42:13

1509470

223

2,773

LSE

15:42:13

1509460

336

2,776

LSE

15:45:35

1518014

250

2,776

LSE

15:46:07

1519211

205

2,776

LSE

15:46:07

1519209

100

2,776

LSE

15:46:07

1519207

10

2,776

LSE

15:46:07

1519205

130

2,777

LSE

15:49:08

1525995

313

2,777

LSE

15:49:09

1526092

100

2,777

LSE

15:49:09

1526088

71

2,777

LSE

15:49:09

1526090

172

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537093

78

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537077

251

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537075

125

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537063

228

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537061

169

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537052

250

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537040

178

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537033

100

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537031

250

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537029

289

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537025

6

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537023

42

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537021

100

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537019

197

2,777

LSE

15:53:53

1537017

188

2,776

LSE

15:53:54

1537192

178

2,776

LSE

15:53:54

1537190

322

2,778

LSE

15:56:17

1542775

356

2,780

LSE

15:57:57

1546454

133

2,779

LSE

15:58:04

1546741

250

2,779

LSE

15:58:04

1546739

358

2,779

LSE

15:58:04

1546737

55

2,779

LSE

15:59:07

1549290

300

2,779

LSE

15:59:07

1549288

330

2,779

LSE

15:59:07

1549286

341

2,778

LSE

15:59:42

1550700

87

2,777

LSE

16:02:04

1558594

390

2,777

LSE

16:02:04

1558592

321

2,776

LSE

16:02:53

1560651

67

2,776

LSE

16:02:53

1560649

146

2,775

LSE

16:02:54

1560946

200

2,775

LSE

16:02:54

1560944

334

2,775

LSE

16:02:54

1560818

49

2,775

LSE

16:02:54

1560816

343

2,775

LSE

16:02:54

1560761

252

2,774

LSE

16:03:30

1562698

250

2,774

LSE

16:05:43

1568576

118

2,774

LSE

16:05:43

1568570

94

2,774

LSE

16:05:43

1568568

197

2,774

LSE

16:05:43

1568566

377

2,773

LSE

16:05:52

1569012

333

2,774

LSE

16:07:10

1572594

335

2,774

LSE

16:07:10

1572592

364

2,776

LSE

16:10:35

1582114

601

2,775

LSE

16:11:31

1584708

366

2,775

LSE

16:11:31

1584706

229

2,775

LSE

16:11:31

1584624

283

2,775

LSE

16:11:31

1584622

100

2,775

LSE

16:11:31

1584620

7

2,775

LSE

16:11:31

1584616

322

2,775

LSE

16:11:31

1584614

109

2,774

LSE

16:11:32

1585200

226

2,774

LSE

16:11:32

1585196

486

2,774

LSE

16:11:32

1585202

2

2,774

LSE

16:12:03

1586876

322

2,774

LSE

16:12:24

1587722

89

2,774

LSE

16:12:24

1587720

200

2,774

LSE

16:12:24

1587718

106

2,773

LSE

16:12:55

1589095

169

2,773

LSE

16:13:08

1589888

303

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593933

198

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593927

260

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593925

97

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593911

200

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593907

90

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593909

308

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593919

55

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593913

128

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593917

25

2,775

LSE

16:14:28

1593915

311

2,775

LSE

16:15:33

1597646

196

2,775

LSE

16:15:33

1597644

164

2,775

LSE

16:15:33

1597642

136

2,775

LSE

16:15:33

1597640

167

2,775

LSE

16:15:33

1597638

243

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601347

355

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601345

200

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601337

228

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601335

160

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601329

401

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601331

821

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601326

208

2,776

LSE

16:16:41

1601318

122

2,777

LSE

16:17:27

1603631

176

2,776

LSE

16:17:30

1603856

99

2,776

LSE

16:17:30

1603854

64

2,775

LSE

16:18:09

1605824

250

2,775

LSE

16:18:09

1605822

88

2,775

LSE

16:18:09

1605820

100

2,775

LSE

16:18:09

1605818

127

2,775

LSE

16:18:09

1605816

320

2,774

LSE

16:18:12

1606163

16

2,774

LSE

16:18:12

1606161