Transaction in Own Shares

13th July 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 12th July 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

12 July 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

117,564

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,701.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,665.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,676.3800

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 8,965,220 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 834,425,118 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

2,676.3812

117,564

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

371

2,677

LSE

08:02:41

523039

197

2,678

LSE

08:02:41

523026

246

2,678

LSE

08:02:41

523024

464

2,680

LSE

08:02:41

523005

159

2,675

LSE

08:04:18

525440

174

2,675

LSE

08:04:18

525438

320

2,676

LSE

08:04:18

525426

127

2,674

LSE

08:04:37

525905

239

2,674

LSE

08:04:37

525903

223

2,673

LSE

08:05:10

526590

174

2,673

LSE

08:05:10

526588

377

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529271

190

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529268

213

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529266

19

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529264

194

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529262

19

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529260

247

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529258

432

2,676

LSE

08:06:49

529255

157

2,674

LSE

08:07:58

530968

102

2,674

LSE

08:07:58

530966

107

2,674

LSE

08:07:58

530962

342

2,676

LSE

08:09:56

534139

21

2,676

LSE

08:09:56

534137

346

2,674

LSE

08:10:18

534767

317

2,674

LSE

08:10:18

534764

146

2,674

LSE

08:10:18

534762

214

2,674

LSE

08:10:18

534760

126

2,673

LSE

08:12:24

537711

219

2,673

LSE

08:12:24

537709

62

2,671

LSE

08:14:06

539610

274

2,671

LSE

08:14:06

539608

171

2,670

LSE

08:14:33

540249

185

2,670

LSE

08:14:33

540247

349

2,669

LSE

08:16:55

543214

309

2,670

LSE

08:17:34

544146

362

2,670

LSE

08:19:34

546646

198

2,670

LSE

08:20:20

547543

365

2,670

LSE

08:20:20

547545

146

2,670

LSE

08:20:20

547529

32

2,671

LSE

08:22:49

551008

312

2,671

LSE

08:22:49

551006

371

2,670

LSE

08:24:16

552968

109

2,670

LSE

08:24:16

552966

26

2,669

LSE

08:24:38

553467

417

2,669

LSE

08:24:38

553465

359

2,669

LSE

08:25:08

554270

255

2,668

LSE

08:25:14

554472

192

2,668

LSE

08:25:14

554470

47

2,667

LSE

08:25:18

554593

404

2,667

LSE

08:25:18

554591

434

2,667

LSE

08:26:44

556230

318

2,669

LSE

08:29:11

559492

485

2,668

LSE

08:29:21

559761

499

2,667

LSE

08:30:16

561332

304

2,669

LSE

08:32:12

563965

247

2,669

LSE

08:32:12

563960

132

2,669

LSE

08:32:12

563958

252

2,669

LSE

08:32:29

564328

70

2,669

LSE

08:32:29

564326

331

2,668

LSE

08:32:51

564829

336

2,668

LSE

08:33:35

565893

504

2,667

LSE

08:33:40

566145

65

2,666

LSE

08:34:18

567114

435

2,666

LSE

08:34:40

567533

65

2,665

LSE

08:35:15

568474

247

2,665

LSE

08:36:23

570029

188

2,665

LSE

08:36:23

570026

215

2,666

LSE

08:36:57

570754

127

2,666

LSE

08:36:57

570752

221

2,666

LSE

08:36:57

570750

257

2,665

LSE

08:37:02

570909

14

2,665

LSE

08:37:02

570907

378

2,665

LSE

08:37:15

571257

40

2,665

LSE

08:37:15

571255

435

2,671

LSE

08:41:14

576753

92

2,671

LSE

08:41:14

576748

250

2,671

LSE

08:41:14

576751

870

2,671

LSE

08:41:14

576698

364

2,671

LSE

08:41:14

576686

468

2,671

LSE

08:41:14

576684

181

2,671

LSE

08:41:14

576682

518

2,670

LSE

08:41:21

577350

225

2,670

LSE

08:41:21

577348

57

2,669

LSE

08:41:34

577698

65

2,669

LSE

08:41:34

577696

600

2,669

LSE

08:41:34

577694

329

2,669

LSE

08:41:49

578069

358

2,669

LSE

08:41:49

578067

350

2,669

LSE

08:42:29

579041

443

2,669

LSE

08:42:29

579039

652

2,668

LSE

08:44:39

582108

470

2,667

LSE

08:45:43

583846

62

2,667

LSE

08:47:19

586505

156

2,667

LSE

08:47:26

586618

120

2,667

LSE

08:49:09

589323

252

2,667

LSE

08:49:09

589321

281

2,667

LSE

08:49:09

589319

129

2,667

LSE

08:49:09

589317

762

2,669

LSE

08:51:47

593444

854

2,668

LSE

08:52:23

594361

201

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596269

154

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596267

240

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596261

96

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596265

240

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596263

191

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596239

387

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596233

253

2,667

LSE

08:53:37

596231

492

2,668

LSE

08:54:17

597424

604

2,669

LSE

08:57:06

602800

619

2,670

LSE

08:58:26

605220

16

2,670

LSE

08:59:29

607339

269

2,670

LSE

08:59:29

607337

220

2,670

LSE

08:59:29

607335

322

2,670

LSE

08:59:29

607330

77

2,670

LSE

09:00:00

608397

550

2,670

LSE

09:00:00

608395

119

2,675

LSE

09:04:29

614663

533

2,675

LSE

09:04:29

614661

125

2,675

LSE

09:04:29

614659

60

2,675

LSE

09:05:52

617063

400

2,675

LSE

09:05:52

617061

100

2,675

LSE

09:05:52

617059

250

2,675

LSE

09:05:52

617057

210

2,675

LSE

09:05:52

617055

241

2,675

LSE

09:05:52

617051

267

2,675

LSE

09:05:52

617053

227

2,678

LSE

09:09:08

622853

250

2,678

LSE

09:09:08

622851

36

2,678

LSE

09:09:08

622849

316

2,678

LSE

09:09:08

622847

507

2,678

LSE

09:09:08

622845

250

2,679

LSE

09:13:45

628048

795

2,679

LSE

09:13:45

628050

250

2,679

LSE

09:13:45

628052

250

2,679

LSE

09:13:45

628054

517

2,679

LSE

09:13:45

628056

260

2,678

LSE

09:14:42

629018

45

2,678

LSE

09:14:42

629016

384

2,678

LSE

09:14:42

629014

146

2,678

LSE

09:14:42

629012

321

2,678

LSE

09:15:01

629356

385

2,678

LSE

09:15:01

629354

532

2,677

LSE

09:15:08

629549

11

2,676

LSE

09:15:38

630247

491

2,676

LSE

09:15:38

630245

505

2,675

LSE

09:15:43

630437

104

2,676

LSE

09:16:42

631608

214

2,676

LSE

09:16:42

631610

98

2,675

LSE

09:16:49

631750

318

2,675

LSE

09:16:49

631748

252

2,675

LSE

09:16:49

631746

117

2,674

LSE

09:17:24

632537

400

2,674

LSE

09:17:24

632535

207

2,674

LSE

09:17:24

632533

368

2,674

LSE

09:17:32

632752

134

2,677

LSE

09:19:04

634387

267

2,677

LSE

09:19:04

634385

80

2,677

LSE

09:19:04

634381

250

2,677

LSE

09:19:35

635148

250

2,677

LSE

09:19:35

635150

28

2,677

LSE

09:19:35

635152

367

2,677

LSE

09:19:35

635143

339

2,677

LSE

09:19:35

635145

487

2,676

LSE

09:21:56

638578

275

2,676

LSE

09:22:09

638893

205

2,676

LSE

09:23:36

640768

477

2,677

LSE

09:25:40

642934

607

2,676

LSE

09:25:41

642963

511

2,679

LSE

09:27:27

645166

103

2,681

LSE

09:29:51

648016

270

2,681

LSE

09:29:51

648014

159

2,681

LSE

09:29:51

648012

328

2,681

LSE

09:29:51

648010

532

2,680

LSE

09:30:36

649019

141

2,680

LSE

09:30:36

649021

614

2,681

LSE

09:30:36

649015

255

2,680

LSE

09:34:58

654604

72

2,680

LSE

09:34:58

654602

361

2,680

LSE

09:34:58

654600

621

2,680

LSE

09:36:13

656639

250

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658319

260

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658317

375

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658315

140

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658313

268

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658311

523

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658309

250

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658307

200

2,680

LSE

09:37:35

658305

462

2,679

LSE

09:37:50

658643

230

2,678

LSE

09:38:34

659819

267

2,678

LSE

09:38:34

659817

484

2,677

LSE

09:39:43

661327

128

2,676

LSE

09:40:33

662300

341

2,676

LSE

09:40:33

662298

351

2,676

LSE

09:41:39

663713

490

2,679

LSE

09:43:51

666723

519

2,678

LSE

09:44:18

667363

459

2,678

LSE

09:45:57

669524

507

2,677

LSE

09:45:59

669563

474

2,676

LSE

09:46:03

669640

78

2,676

LSE

09:47:31

671808

56

2,676

LSE

09:47:31

671812

267

2,676

LSE

09:47:31

671810

486

2,675

LSE

09:47:37

671981

245

2,675

LSE

09:50:33

676514

183

2,675

LSE

09:50:33

676512

261

2,675

LSE

09:51:55

678073

221

2,675

LSE

09:54:45

681222

62

2,675

LSE

09:54:45

681220

463

2,675

LSE

09:54:45

681218

31

2,676

LSE

09:55:49

682808

250

2,676

LSE

09:55:49

682806

100

2,676

LSE

09:55:49

682804

323

2,676

LSE

09:55:49

682791

131

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683333

44

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683298

186

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683287

100

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683206

2

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683210

250

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683208

112

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683202

198

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683199

111

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683178

52

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683175

311

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683173

250

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683168

56

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683154

194

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683120

250

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683118

167

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683116

273

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683114

13

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683062

203

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683066

250

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683064

237

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683047

226

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

683034

81

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682975

100

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682973

250

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682971

53

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682968

197

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682930

269

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682928

89

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682918

15

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682922

345

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682924

219

2,675

LSE

09:55:50

682926

76

2,672

LSE

09:56:03

684842

250

2,672

LSE

09:56:03

684840

122

2,675

LSE

09:59:06

690153

200

2,675

LSE

09:59:06

690151

49

2,675

LSE

09:59:06

690149

5

2,674

LSE

09:59:11

690287

417

2,674

LSE

09:59:11

690285

25

2,677

LSE

10:01:16

694307

200

2,677

LSE

10:01:16

694309

84

2,677

LSE

10:01:16

694311

338

2,676

LSE

10:02:08

695199

354

2,677

LSE

10:02:52

696506

68

2,676

LSE

10:02:57

696639

267

2,676

LSE

10:02:57

696637

102

2,676

LSE

10:02:57

696635

442

2,675

LSE

10:03:02

696703

163

2,674

LSE

10:03:56

697553

250

2,674

LSE

10:03:56

697551

457

2,674

LSE

10:03:56

697549

140

2,673

LSE

10:04:59

699041

247

2,673

LSE

10:04:59

699039

357

2,674

LSE

10:06:08

700239

280

2,673

LSE

10:06:10

700303

91

2,673

LSE

10:06:10

700305

420

2,673

LSE

10:06:10

700301

336

2,672

LSE

10:07:51

701939

342

2,671

LSE

10:08:19

702374

109

2,671

LSE

10:08:19

702364

267

2,671

LSE

10:08:19

702362

355

2,672

LSE

10:11:33

705339

374

2,672

LSE

10:13:10

706810

426

2,671

LSE

10:13:15

706894

47

2,670

LSE

10:14:01

707827

298

2,670

LSE

10:14:01

707825

363

2,670

LSE

10:14:01

707813

319

2,670

LSE

10:15:28

709100

356

2,670

LSE

10:15:56

709502

190

2,669

LSE

10:16:20

709943

163

2,669

LSE

10:16:20

709941

318

2,671

LSE

10:17:36

711409

248

2,671

LSE

10:18:49

712596

99

2,671

LSE

10:18:49

712594

366

2,672

LSE

10:21:08

714655

91

2,673

LSE

10:22:11

716078

226

2,673

LSE

10:22:11

716076

34

2,673

LSE

10:22:51

717068

333

2,673

LSE

10:22:51

717066

20

2,673

LSE

10:22:51

717064

196

2,675

LSE

10:26:17

721806

182

2,675

LSE

10:26:17

721804

122

2,676

LSE

10:27:30

723240

250

2,676

LSE

10:27:30

723238

342

2,676

LSE

10:27:30

723222

229

2,678

LSE

10:31:49

728232

83

2,678

LSE

10:31:49

728230

347

2,679

LSE

10:33:07

729563

168

2,679

LSE

10:33:51

730322

194

2,679

LSE

10:33:51

730320

391

2,678

LSE

10:33:59

730583

84

2,678

LSE

10:33:59

730580

102

2,678

LSE

10:36:32

733263

284

2,678

LSE

10:36:32

733261

494

2,677

LSE

10:37:44

735009

334

2,676

LSE

10:39:11

736536

133

2,676

LSE

10:39:11

736534

31

2,676

LSE

10:39:11

736532

472

2,675

LSE

10:39:59

737357

426

2,675

LSE

10:42:44

740602

276

2,675

LSE

10:43:05

741010

82

2,675

LSE

10:43:05

741008

488

2,674

LSE

10:43:32

741481

356

2,674

LSE

10:43:49

741787

455

2,673

LSE

10:43:51

741820

43

2,673

LSE

10:43:51

741818

495

2,672

LSE

10:44:07

742286

420

2,671

LSE

10:44:25

742832

71

2,671

LSE

10:44:25

742834

363

2,674

LSE

10:49:37

748875

323

2,675

LSE

10:52:50

751962

356

2,675

LSE

10:52:50

751964

85

2,674

LSE

10:52:53

752014

445

2,674

LSE

10:52:57

752077

505

2,673

LSE

10:53:25

752434

341

2,673

LSE

10:55:41

755038

125

2,673

LSE

10:57:16

756655

421

2,673

LSE

10:57:16

756653

391

2,672

LSE

10:58:56

758221

125

2,672

LSE

10:58:56

758219

374

2,672

LSE

10:58:56

758214

183

2,672

LSE

10:58:56

758212

383

2,672

LSE

11:01:11

760143

507

2,671

LSE

11:01:44

760525

219

2,672

LSE

11:04:29

762938

260

2,672

LSE

11:04:29

762936

125

2,672

LSE

11:04:29

762934

309

2,672

LSE

11:04:29

762924

40

2,672

LSE

11:04:29

762922

167

2,672

LSE

11:04:29

762926

97

2,672

LSE

11:04:29

762928

326

2,673

LSE

11:16:06

771663

271

2,673

LSE

11:16:06

771661

329

2,673

LSE

11:16:06

771659

220

2,673

LSE

11:18:24

773572

505

2,673

LSE

11:18:24

773570

660

2,674

LSE

11:21:37

776590

283

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778849

125

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778841

283

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778843

250

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778845

530

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778847

29

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778839

393

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778851

422

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778855

250

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778857

154

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778859

120

2,676

LSE

11:23:55

778853

455

2,676

LSE

11:24:27

779335

358

2,676

LSE

11:24:47

779642

73

2,675

LSE

11:25:06

780022

434

2,675

LSE

11:26:11

780818

279

2,675

LSE

11:26:48

781611

43

2,675

LSE

11:26:48

781613

463

2,677

LSE

11:30:18

784234

89

2,679

LSE

11:31:25

785696

250

2,679

LSE

11:31:25

785694

201

2,679

LSE

11:33:08

787552

133

2,679

LSE

11:33:08

787550

20

2,679

LSE

11:33:08

787548

379

2,679

LSE

11:33:08

787546

20

2,679

LSE

11:34:17

788261

125

2,679

LSE

11:34:17

788255

250

2,679

LSE

11:34:17

788257

290

2,679

LSE

11:34:17

788259

266

2,679

LSE

11:34:17

788249

368

2,679

LSE

11:34:17

788251

96

2,679

LSE

11:37:44

791026

167

2,679

LSE

11:37:44

791024

48

2,679

LSE

11:37:44

791022

347

2,679

LSE

11:37:44

791020

475

2,679

LSE

11:38:28

791583

359

2,679

LSE

11:41:00

793423

452

2,679

LSE

11:41:00

793421

323

2,678

LSE

11:41:22

793675

250

2,679

LSE

11:43:13

795220

280

2,679

LSE

11:43:13

795218

38

2,679

LSE

11:43:13

795222

310

2,679

LSE

11:43:13

795214

400

2,679

LSE

11:43:13

795212

419

2,685

LSE

11:45:49

797159

378

2,685

LSE

11:45:49

797157

312

2,686

LSE

11:47:39

798470

75

2,686

LSE

11:47:39

798468

427

2,686

LSE

11:47:39

798466

771

2,685

LSE

11:49:24

799878

324

2,690

LSE

11:52:42

802976

302

2,690

LSE

11:52:42

802974

167

2,690

LSE

11:52:42

802972

67

2,690

LSE

11:52:42

802970

406

2,691

LSE

11:53:26

803378

104

2,691

LSE

11:53:26

803380

753

2,697

LSE

12:02:49

811373

125

2,697

LSE

12:02:49

811370

1,148

2,697

LSE

12:02:49

811328

250

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811872

70

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811870

1,121

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811868

250

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811866

427

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811864

297

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811862

824

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811860

816

2,696

LSE

12:03:02

811858

85

2,695

LSE

12:03:32

812440

120

2,695

LSE

12:03:32

812438

120

2,695

LSE

12:03:32

812436

138

2,695

LSE

12:03:32

812434

412

2,695

LSE

12:03:32

812432

356

2,696

LSE

12:05:32

814134

328

2,696

LSE

12:06:11

814492

192

2,696

LSE

12:07:17

815594

259

2,696

LSE

12:08:00

816199

183

2,696

LSE

12:08:00

816197

250

2,696

LSE

12:08:24

816536

414

2,696

LSE

12:08:24

816512

58

2,696

LSE

12:08:24

816510

128

2,698

LSE

12:11:23

818641

282

2,698

LSE

12:11:23

818639

304

2,700

LSE

12:12:25

819568

436

2,701

LSE

12:15:11

821604