Transaction in Own Shares

14th February 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 13th February 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:

10,524

32,802

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,392.0000

€27.3200

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,370.0000

€26.9600

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,380.5219

€27.1065

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 31,032,677 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 812,357,661 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

2,380.5219

10,524

Euronext Dublin

EUR

27.1065

32,802

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

671

2,370

LSE

08:13:26

1066690

667

2,379

LSE

08:31:57

1096388

694

2,376

LSE

09:00:08

1147025

588

2,380

LSE

09:11:57

1168602

214

2,381

LSE

09:18:27

1179189

384

2,381

LSE

09:18:32

1179314

112

2,379

LSE

09:48:16

1230830

600

2,379

LSE

09:48:16

1230828

593

2,383

LSE

10:15:22

1264001

698

2,383

LSE

10:51:44

1287506

635

2,380

LSE

11:22:24

1307649

580

2,384

LSE

11:38:59

1318111

696

2,378

LSE

11:56:30

1330556

660

2,373

LSE

12:24:07

1347554

698

2,379

LSE

12:51:41

1365385

254

2,382

LSE

13:30:01

1391740

287

2,382

LSE

13:30:01

1391738

142

2,382

LSE

13:30:01

1391736

395

2,392

LSE

13:53:12

1413042

305

2,392

LSE

13:53:12

1413040

651

2,390

LSE

14:19:47

1438609

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

602

26.96

ISE

08:09:37

1060270

556

27.00

ISE

08:13:26

1066692

500

26.98

ISE

08:13:51

1067466

116

26.96

ISE

08:13:53

1067498

385

26.96

ISE

08:13:53

1067484

601

27.05

ISE

08:20:18

1078329

464

27.08

ISE

08:20:18

1078310

278

27.04

ISE

08:22:58

1082780

520

27.06

ISE

08:25:06

1085986

597

27.03

ISE

08:25:54

1087334

541

27.08

ISE

08:34:06

1099527

501

27.09

ISE

08:34:06

1099525

35

27.08

ISE

08:34:08

1099682

493

27.09

ISE

08:37:11

1105005

488

27.05

ISE

08:38:19

1107013

575

27.05

ISE

08:38:19

1107008

98

27.05

ISE

08:38:33

1107346

591

27.01

ISE

08:39:57

1109902

405

27.06

ISE

08:51:38

1131773

554

27.05

ISE

08:51:50

1132139

100

27.06

ISE

08:55:42

1139267

314

27.06

ISE

08:55:42

1139265

364

27.05

ISE

08:55:45

1139402

231

27.05

ISE

08:55:45

1139404

139

27.03

ISE

08:55:48

1139462

162

27.03

ISE

08:55:50

1139513

196

27.03

ISE

08:55:54

1139632

111

27.06

ISE

08:56:50

1141256

138

27.06

ISE

08:56:50

1141254

327

27.06

ISE

08:56:50

1141252

501

27.09

ISE

09:07:59

1161423

43

27.08

ISE

09:08:01

1161520

503

27.08

ISE

09:08:02

1161603

576

27.07

ISE

09:08:29

1162373

390

27.08

ISE

09:18:45

1179599

184

27.08

ISE

09:18:45

1179601

14

27.07

ISE

09:18:50

1179713

536

27.08

ISE

09:21:23

1184318

559

27.09

ISE

09:26:07

1193231

364

27.07

ISE

09:27:17

1194810

579

27.09

ISE

09:35:55

1208032

605

27.06

ISE

09:48:16

1230837

607

27.09

ISE

09:58:24

1248081

568

27.13

ISE

10:15:40

1264166

533

27.07

ISE

10:25:22

1270502

530

27.11

ISE

10:39:55

1280210

605

27.13

ISE

10:51:42

1287500

495

27.12

ISE

10:52:15

1287782

122

27.06

ISE

11:14:01

1302447

65

27.06

ISE

11:14:01

1302445

528

27.07

ISE

11:22:28

1307714

503

27.05

ISE

11:25:25

1309549

319

27.13

ISE

11:39:56

1318690

275

27.13

ISE

11:39:57

1318715

566

27.10

ISE

11:47:50

1324648

29

27.10

ISE

11:47:52

1324668

393

27.12

ISE

12:02:02

1333879

138

27.12

ISE

12:02:07

1333940

172

27.07

ISE

12:10:24

1339742

106

27.07

ISE

12:10:25

1339770

180

27.07

ISE

12:10:26

1339787

55

27.07

ISE

12:10:28

1339797

598

27.06

ISE

12:20:05

1345465

379

27.10

ISE

12:39:46

1356968

210

27.10

ISE

12:39:46

1356966

477

27.17

ISE

12:47:51

1362614

32

27.17

ISE

12:47:52

1362625

207

27.16

ISE

12:48:27

1363133

400

27.16

ISE

12:48:27

1363131

365

27.18

ISE

13:07:58

1375289

177

27.18

ISE

13:07:58

1375291

35

27.18

ISE

13:07:58

1375287

560

27.18

ISE

13:07:58

1375285

592

27.20

ISE

13:17:28

1382389

406

27.19

ISE

13:30:01

1391744

159

27.19

ISE

13:30:01

1391742

208

27.17

ISE

13:30:07

1391940

400

27.17

ISE

13:30:07

1391936

67

27.25

ISE

13:40:58

1401415

400

27.25

ISE

13:40:58

1401413

38

27.25

ISE

13:40:58

1401411

508

27.30

ISE

13:53:18

1413162

333

27.31

ISE

14:02:03

1421845

593

27.32

ISE

14:03:21

1423135

536

27.30

ISE

14:06:59

1426385

497

27.29

ISE

14:14:47

1434214

50

27.15

ISE

16:16:30

1617462

4

27.16

ISE

16:17:01

1618472

100

27.16

ISE

16:17:22

1619238

100

27.16

ISE

16:17:22

1619235

100

27.16

ISE

16:17:23

1619242

254

27.16

ISE

16:17:24

1619357

363

27.16

ISE

16:17:24

1619315

573

27.16

ISE

16:17:24

1619313

456

27.16

ISE

16:17:24

1619311