Transaction in Own Shares

10th May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 9th 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

09 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

150,000

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,719.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,678.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,702.9700

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 884,353 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 842,505,985 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

Neil Colgan

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

2,702.9729

150,000

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

493

2,687

LSE

08:01:57

646691

434

2,686

LSE

08:01:59

646743

63

2,685

LSE

08:02:02

646886

424

2,683

LSE

08:02:20

647490

347

2,685

LSE

08:02:20

647488

350

2,681

LSE

08:02:52

648499

225

2,682

LSE

08:02:52

648497

129

2,682

LSE

08:02:52

648495

332

2,679

LSE

08:03:06

648979

391

2,678

LSE

08:03:14

649164

368

2,679

LSE

08:05:16

652757

372

2,680

LSE

08:05:16

652733

386

2,680

LSE

08:06:08

654485

150

2,679

LSE

08:06:17

654809

197

2,679

LSE

08:06:17

654811

360

2,687

LSE

08:12:11

665987

105

2,687

LSE

08:12:11

665985

459

2,688

LSE

08:12:11

665983

365

2,689

LSE

08:12:11

665981

151

2,686

LSE

08:12:15

666141

68

2,686

LSE

08:13:26

668325

29

2,689

LSE

08:16:02

672946

225

2,689

LSE

08:16:04

673015

151

2,689

LSE

08:16:04

673013

438

2,688

LSE

08:16:20

673586

48

2,688

LSE

08:16:21

673596

8

2,688

LSE

08:16:23

673669

5

2,688

LSE

08:17:01

674903

406

2,688

LSE

08:17:01

674901

20

2,688

LSE

08:18:21

677142

198

2,688

LSE

08:18:21

677144

260

2,688

LSE

08:18:21

677146

327

2,687

LSE

08:18:40

677641

122

2,687

LSE

08:18:40

677639

175

2,687

LSE

08:19:36

679459

166

2,687

LSE

08:19:36

679457

52

2,687

LSE

08:19:36

679447

407

2,686

LSE

08:21:01

682470

433

2,686

LSE

08:21:01

682466

402

2,685

LSE

08:21:28

683335

337

2,688

LSE

08:25:38

691544

473

2,688

LSE

08:25:46

691872

223

2,689

LSE

08:27:20

694617

261

2,689

LSE

08:27:20

694615

363

2,690

LSE

08:27:20

694610

282

2,688

LSE

08:28:27

696661

183

2,688

LSE

08:28:27

696659

303

2,689

LSE

08:28:27

696657

92

2,689

LSE

08:28:27

696655

433

2,691

LSE

08:32:06

704199

436

2,689

LSE

08:32:38

705225

498

2,690

LSE

08:32:38

705223

446

2,688

LSE

08:32:45

705418

374

2,687

LSE

08:33:09

706294

335

2,686

LSE

08:34:58

709355

377

2,687

LSE

08:34:58

709343

6

2,687

LSE

08:34:58

709341

353

2,688

LSE

08:34:58

709339

405

2,685

LSE

08:35:15

709896

409

2,685

LSE

08:38:23

716036

18

2,686

LSE

08:38:23

716018

198

2,686

LSE

08:38:23

716016

138

2,686

LSE

08:38:23

716014

139

2,684

LSE

08:39:10

717991

220

2,684

LSE

08:39:10

717989

74

2,684

LSE

08:39:10

717987

282

2,684

LSE

08:39:10

717985

381

2,684

LSE

08:40:11

720271

316

2,684

LSE

08:40:46

721310

367

2,690

LSE

08:46:03

731573

240

2,691

LSE

08:49:25

737781

203

2,691

LSE

08:49:25

737779

41

2,692

LSE

08:49:25

737777

370

2,692

LSE

08:49:25

737775

178

2,695

LSE

08:54:10

747373

192

2,695

LSE

08:54:10

747371

523

2,694

LSE

08:56:27

752949

68

2,693

LSE

08:57:04

754427

466

2,693

LSE

08:57:04

754425

339

2,692

LSE

08:58:26

757983

183

2,692

LSE

08:58:26

757981

498

2,691

LSE

08:59:53

762056

120

2,690

LSE

09:01:19

765071

492

2,691

LSE

09:01:19

765069

394

2,691

LSE

09:03:05

768235

515

2,688

LSE

09:04:17

770167

483

2,689

LSE

09:04:17

770164

458

2,687

LSE

09:04:18

770184

510

2,687

LSE

09:06:14

773379

356

2,688

LSE

09:06:14

773377

449

2,686

LSE

09:06:16

773430

116

2,686

LSE

09:06:36

773882

244

2,686

LSE

09:06:36

773880

384

2,685

LSE

09:07:32

775316

448

2,693

LSE

09:12:04

783955

59

2,693

LSE

09:12:04

783953

50

2,693

LSE

09:14:38

788274

332

2,693

LSE

09:14:38

788272

508

2,692

LSE

09:14:50

788626

347

2,691

LSE

09:15:16

789621

150

2,691

LSE

09:15:16

789619

444

2,690

LSE

09:16:14

791639

428

2,688

LSE

09:16:39

792596

415

2,687

LSE

09:16:46

792833

157

2,687

LSE

09:19:38

798024

150

2,687

LSE

09:19:38

798022

100

2,687

LSE

09:19:38

798020

462

2,694

LSE

09:27:58

812348

284

2,701

LSE

09:35:02

824715

121

2,701

LSE

09:35:02

824717

441

2,701

LSE

09:36:25

827159

232

2,707

LSE

09:40:24

833860

100

2,707

LSE

09:40:24

833858

388

2,706

LSE

09:40:26

833912

559

2,706

LSE

09:40:26

833910

273

2,707

LSE

09:41:55

836569

125

2,707

LSE

09:41:55

836567

569

2,707

LSE

09:41:55

836565

52

2,706

LSE

09:42:01

836734

637

2,706

LSE

09:42:01

836732

32

2,705

LSE

09:42:02

836752

31

2,705

LSE

09:42:02

836750

493

2,705

LSE

09:42:09

836942

147

2,704

LSE

09:42:41

837745

39

2,704

LSE

09:43:21

839235

347

2,704

LSE

09:43:21

839237

343

2,703

LSE

09:44:33

841168

158

2,703

LSE

09:44:33

841166

169

2,710

LSE

09:49:03

850711

200

2,710

LSE

09:49:03

850709

131

2,710

LSE

09:49:03

850707

289

2,710

LSE

09:49:03

850705

250

2,710

LSE

09:49:03

850703

380

2,710

LSE

09:49:03

850700

460

2,712

LSE

09:51:25

855247

387

2,712

LSE

09:51:25

855242

362

2,713

LSE

09:53:04

858170

430

2,714

LSE

09:55:04

861389

80

2,714

LSE

09:55:04

861387

486

2,713

LSE

09:55:09

861554

374

2,712

LSE

09:55:17

861920

94

2,712

LSE

09:55:17

861922

484

2,711

LSE

09:55:22

862075

127

2,712

LSE

09:55:58

863253

250

2,712

LSE

09:55:58

863251

405

2,712

LSE

09:55:58

863247

371

2,714

LSE

09:56:47

864693

406

2,715

LSE

09:58:12

867077

405

2,715

LSE

09:58:13

867096

369

2,714

LSE

09:58:20

867348

339

2,711

LSE

09:59:02

868462

337

2,707

LSE

10:01:42

873385

361

2,709

LSE

10:05:07

882424

389

2,708

LSE

10:05:30

883110

340

2,708

LSE

10:08:16

887738

84

2,706

LSE

10:08:59

888753

238

2,706

LSE

10:08:59

888755

53

2,706

LSE

10:08:59

888757

338

2,710

LSE

10:11:13

892368

61

2,710

LSE

10:11:13

892366

353

2,709

LSE

10:11:23

892728

209

2,708

LSE

10:13:01

895101

194

2,708

LSE

10:13:01

895099

338

2,707

LSE

10:15:26

898578

311

2,708

LSE

10:18:35

902950

380

2,709

LSE

10:18:35

902948

210

2,708

LSE

10:21:34

907458

200

2,708

LSE

10:21:34

907456

239

2,708

LSE

10:21:34

907452

150

2,708

LSE

10:21:34

907450

343

2,707

LSE

10:22:58

909920

333

2,705

LSE

10:24:10

911728

381

2,704

LSE

10:27:03

916029

340

2,704

LSE

10:28:30

918326

393

2,704

LSE

10:30:58

922462

62

2,703

LSE

10:32:25

924679

277

2,703

LSE

10:32:25

924677

362

2,704

LSE

10:34:07

927333

418

2,708

LSE

10:42:27

941154

428

2,707

LSE

10:42:41

941455

364

2,706

LSE

10:42:56

941814

368

2,706

LSE

10:42:56

941811

306

2,705

LSE

10:45:12

944902

37

2,705

LSE

10:45:12

944900

19

2,703

LSE

10:49:41

951843

332

2,703

LSE

10:49:41

951841

402

2,702

LSE

10:51:25

954360

357

2,701

LSE

10:51:36

954806

362

2,703

LSE

10:55:29

961349

365

2,708

LSE

11:00:53

969864

336

2,708

LSE

11:01:46

970728

125

2,707

LSE

11:02:33

971646

411

2,707

LSE

11:02:33

971643

478

2,707

LSE

11:02:33

971641

347

2,707

LSE

11:03:14

972443

149

2,707

LSE

11:03:33

972739

220

2,707

LSE

11:03:33

972737

345

2,706

LSE

11:05:17

974474

199

2,705

LSE

11:05:18

974563

146

2,705

LSE

11:05:18

974561

413

2,703

LSE

11:06:59

976249

394

2,704

LSE

11:08:07

977310

157

2,706

LSE

11:11:58

980821

208

2,706

LSE

11:11:58

980819

363

2,701

LSE

11:13:39

982173

387

2,702

LSE

11:18:13

985999

406

2,701

LSE

11:18:36

986317

360

2,700

LSE

11:18:48

986474

365

2,700

LSE

11:21:06

988697

384

2,702

LSE

11:24:55

992473

394

2,701

LSE

11:25:11

992753

401

2,702

LSE

11:33:12

999862

426

2,701

LSE

11:34:00

1000510

2

2,700

LSE

11:34:10

1000700

386

2,700

LSE

11:34:10

1000698

378

2,700

LSE

11:41:17

1007867

53

2,699

LSE

11:41:33

1008071

226

2,699

LSE

11:41:33

1008069

122

2,699

LSE

11:41:33

1008067

406

2,701

LSE

11:45:05

1011430

53

2,700

LSE

11:46:35

1012552

326

2,700

LSE

11:46:35

1012550

383

2,702

LSE

11:51:01

1017416

135

2,702

LSE

11:52:42

1019173

88

2,702

LSE

11:52:42

1019170

200

2,702

LSE

11:52:42

1019168

383

2,702

LSE

11:52:42

1019159

91

2,701

LSE

11:52:55

1019701

321

2,701

LSE

11:52:55

1019699

381

2,702

LSE

11:54:33

1022048

397

2,703

LSE

11:59:27

1026410

448

2,702

LSE

11:59:59

1028930

362

2,703

LSE

12:03:11

1032758

41

2,703

LSE

12:03:11

1032756

490

2,705

LSE

12:04:04

1033556

358

2,704

LSE

12:05:11

1034591

128

2,704

LSE

12:05:11

1034589

434

2,703

LSE

12:08:22

1037464

433

2,702

LSE

12:08:41

1037734

405

2,701

LSE

12:09:25

1038229

414

2,700

LSE

12:09:39

1038370

218

2,701

LSE

12:12:20

1040529

150

2,701

LSE

12:12:20

1040527

382

2,700

LSE

12:15:27

1043174

399

2,699

LSE

12:16:05

1043750

406

2,706

LSE

12:20:47

1047759

103

2,705

LSE

12:25:51

1051934

311

2,705

LSE

12:25:51

1051932

468

2,706

LSE

12:25:51

1051929

401

2,704

LSE

12:27:56

1053350

200

2,703

LSE

12:28:36

1053888

195

2,703

LSE

12:28:36

1053890

399

2,703

LSE

12:28:36

1053877

404

2,706

LSE

12:32:10

1057415

358

2,705

LSE

12:32:36

1057773

252

2,704

LSE

12:35:01

1059437

80

2,704

LSE

12:35:01

1059435

83

2,703

LSE

12:41:21

1064370

276

2,703

LSE

12:41:21

1064368

392

2,702

LSE

12:43:19

1065740

82

2,702

LSE

12:44:38

1066638

281

2,702

LSE

12:44:38

1066636

253

2,702

LSE

12:47:31

1069094

115

2,702

LSE

12:47:31

1069092

338

2,703

LSE

12:50:15

1071280

265

2,703

LSE

12:51:26

1072395

118

2,703

LSE

12:51:26

1072393

334

2,702

LSE

12:51:45

1072642

323

2,704

LSE

12:57:12

1077282

64

2,704

LSE

12:57:12

1077280

398

2,703

LSE

12:57:53

1077864

375

2,704

LSE

13:01:12

1080737

349

2,704

LSE

13:02:02

1081412

378

2,705

LSE

13:04:13

1082916

384

2,704

LSE

13:06:22

1084691

389

2,704

LSE

13:09:44

1087314

361

2,704

LSE

13:10:51

1088180

123

2,707

LSE

13:15:35

1091839

350

2,707

LSE

13:15:35

1091837

93

2,706

LSE

13:16:20

1092455

332

2,706

LSE

13:16:20

1092453

133

2,706

LSE

13:17:14

1093226

200

2,706

LSE

13:17:14

1093222

100

2,706

LSE

13:17:14

1093224

401

2,706

LSE

13:17:14

1093213

368

2,705

LSE

13:18:41

1094228

403

2,704

LSE

13:19:30

1094903

132

2,705

LSE

13:20:53

1096023

239

2,705

LSE

13:20:53

1096021

378

2,704

LSE

13:24:10

1098666

345

2,705

LSE

13:27:02

1100790

334

2,703

LSE

13:27:06

1100877

386

2,704

LSE

13:27:06

1100875

356

2,704

LSE

13:31:53

1105861

420

2,701

LSE

13:33:23

1107475

327

2,703

LSE

13:33:23

1107462

82

2,703

LSE

13:33:23

1107460

200

2,700

LSE

13:34:05

1108035

208

2,700

LSE

13:34:05

1108037

408

2,700

LSE

13:34:05

1108027

273

2,701

LSE

13:36:36

1110175

125

2,701

LSE

13:36:36

1110172

147

2,701

LSE

13:36:36

1110148

255

2,701

LSE

13:36:36

1110146

373

2,701

LSE

13:38:20

1111683

352

2,700

LSE

13:43:32

1115837

385

2,699

LSE

13:43:41

1116006

384

2,699

LSE

13:45:02

1117184

406

2,698

LSE

13:47:57

1119530

51

2,697

LSE

13:49:16

1120649

200

2,697

LSE

13:49:16

1120647

125

2,697

LSE

13:49:16

1120645

370

2,697

LSE

13:49:16

1120639

412

2,697

LSE

13:51:56

1123020

113

2,699

LSE

13:54:33

1125581

228

2,699

LSE

13:54:33

1125583

404

2,698

LSE

13:56:01

1127102

186

2,697

LSE

13:56:40

1127802

220

2,697

LSE

13:56:40

1127800

406

2,697

LSE

13:57:37

1128624

287

2,696

LSE

13:59:45

1130771

102

2,696

LSE

13:59:45

1130769

392

2,698

LSE

14:02:01

1133422

231

2,698

LSE

14:06:24

1137601

176

2,698

LSE

14:06:24

1137599

377

2,697

LSE

14:06:54

1138180

239

2,697

LSE

14:12:14

1143629

183

2,697

LSE

14:12:14

1143627

328

2,698

LSE

14:12:14

1143614

89

2,698

LSE

14:12:14

1143612

274

2,696

LSE

14:12:32

1143881

120

2,696

LSE

14:12:32

1143883

374

2,697

LSE

14:14:27

1145928

102

2,695

LSE

14:14:40

1146150

66

2,695

LSE

14:15:09

1146631

213

2,695

LSE

14:15:09

1146629

320

2,697

LSE

14:19:29

1151814

320

2,697

LSE

14:19:29

1151806

63

2,697

LSE

14:19:29

1151804

316

2,697

LSE

14:20:09

1152619

67

2,697

LSE

14:20:09

1152617

402

2,699

LSE

14:23:35

1156690

161

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160967

167

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160965

88

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160950

222

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160952

127

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160955

27

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160927

189

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160925

150

2,700

LSE

14:26:58

1160923

51

2,700

LSE

14:27:32

1161650

330

2,700

LSE

14:28:09

1162542

334

2,699

LSE

14:29:06

1163854

75

2,698

LSE

14:30:05

1167129

45

2,698

LSE

14:30:05

1167127

135

2,698

LSE

14:30:05

1167125

155

2,698

LSE

14:30:05

1167123

374

2,698

LSE

14:31:05

1169961

378

2,699

LSE

14:33:17

1175005

369

2,699

LSE

14:34:36

1177646

415

2,699

LSE

14:35:57

1180867

159

2,699

LSE

14:36:41

1182787

236

2,699

LSE

14:36:41

1182789

481

2,701

LSE

14:39:07

1187605

377

2,700

LSE

14:39:10

1187826

152

2,700

LSE

14:39:10

1187824

492

2,699

LSE

14:40:17

1189912

529

2,700

LSE

14:42:02

1193216

135

2,704

LSE

14:46:06

1200431

314

2,704

LSE

14:46:06

1200429

574

2,703

LSE

14:46:11

1200449

523

2,702

LSE

14:47:00

1202557

477

2,702

LSE

14:49:14

1206865

332

2,707

LSE

14:58:11

1225436

1,060

2,707

LSE

14:58:11

1225434

407

2,709

LSE

15:01:38

1233067

828

2,708

LSE

15:02:14

1234217

323

2,708

LSE

15:02:14

1234219

399

2,708

LSE

15:02:14

1234221

43

2,709

LSE

15:05:23

1239781

333

2,710

LSE

15:05:23

1239758

1,151

2,710

LSE

15:05:23

1239756

801

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240194

29

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240192

372

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240164

590

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240162

372

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240156

5

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240151

120

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240149

6

2,709

LSE

15:05:32

1240147

354

2,712

LSE

15:09:17

1247683

426

2,712

LSE

15:09:17

1247681

115

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262071

221

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262067

224

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262065

315

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262063

188

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262061

541

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262059

504

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262069

214

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262057

302

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262055

200

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262053

422

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262051

454

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262049

172

2,719

LSE

15:16:12

1262047

165

2,718

LSE

15:16:12

1262045

100

2,718

LSE

15:16:12

1262043

200

2,718

LSE

15:16:12

1262039

407

2,718

LSE

15:16:12

1262041

615

2,717

LSE

15:16:58

1263707

523

2,716

LSE

15:17:29

1264629

407

2,717

LSE

15:19:10

1268820

224

2,718

LSE

15:24:05

1278581

164

2,718

LSE

15:24:05

1278579

509

2,718

LSE

15:24:05

1278577

76

2,718

LSE

15:24:05

1278575

639

2,716

LSE

15:24:50

1280537

726

2,717

LSE

15:24:50

1280535

523

2,715

LSE

15:26:48

1285153

406

2,714

LSE

15:28:29

1288332

123

2,714

LSE

15:28:29

1288330

403

2,714

LSE

15:28:29

1288328

22

2,713

LSE

15:28:44

1288790

96

2,713

LSE

15:28:44

1288788

370

2,713

LSE

15:28:44

1288786

453

2,712

LSE

15:28:58

1289195

55

2,712

LSE

15:28:58

1289197

404

2,712

LSE

15:33:07

1298146

575

2,711

LSE

15:33:21

1298683

509

2,710

LSE

15:33:48

1299707

408

2,714

LSE

15:35:46

1304241

238

2,714

LSE

15:37:06

1307047

310

2,714

LSE

15:37:06

1307045

26

2,714

LSE

15:37:06

1307043

30

2,714

LSE

15:37:06

1307041

365

2,713

LSE

15:37:32

1307824

569

2,713

LSE

15:37:32

1307822

378

2,714

LSE

15:40:34

1314694

428

2,714

LSE

15:40:34

1314692

576

2,713

LSE

15:41:16

1316269

347

2,716

LSE

15:45:56

1326300

455

2,716

LSE

15:45:56

1326298

331

2,716

LSE

15:45:56

1326302

383

2,716

LSE

15:47:07

1328717

691

2,716

LSE

15:47:07

1328715

598

2,717

LSE

15:48:31

1331898

118

2,717

LSE

15:48:31

1331896

709

2,717

LSE

15:50:10

1335117

264

2,717

LSE

15:51:12

1337475

201

2,717

LSE

15:51:12

1337473

1,415

2,717

LSE

15:51:12

1337471

18

2,717

LSE

15:51:12

1337469

318

2,717

LSE

15:51:12

1337467

100

2,717

LSE

15:51:12

1337465

85

2,717

LSE

15:51:12

1337463

401

2,717

LSE

15:54:59

1344557

408

2,717

LSE

15:54:59

1344559

660

2,716

LSE

15:55:03

1344776

508

2,715

LSE

15:55:04