Transaction in Own Shares

12th February 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 11th 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:

676

7,577

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,335.0000

€26.7200

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,335.0000

€26.6200

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,335.0000

€26.6552

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 30,914,749 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 812,475,589 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

2,335.0000

676

Euronext Dublin

EUR

26.6552

7,577

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

606

2,335

LSE

12:27:24

972013

70

2,335

LSE

12:27:24

972011

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

570

26.65

ISE

09:46:39

866222

615

26.64

ISE

09:47:10

867178

53

26.63

ISE

12:02:18

959359

532

26.63

ISE

12:02:18

959357

572

26.63

ISE

12:04:32

960965

630

26.62

ISE

12:15:16

966813

610

26.66

ISE

12:34:27

975381

551

26.62

ISE

12:50:59

983717

55

26.63

ISE

12:53:54

985410

525

26.63

ISE

12:55:01

986163

174

26.66

ISE

13:04:29

991678

170

26.66

ISE

13:04:29

991670

191

26.66

ISE

13:04:29

991672

84

26.67

ISE

13:13:19

996962

493

26.67

ISE

13:13:19

996960

587

26.67

ISE

13:24:53

1004619

18

26.67

ISE

13:24:54

1004647

69

26.72

ISE

13:58:43

1026008

266

26.72

ISE

13:58:43

1025916

255

26.72

ISE

13:58:43

1025914

557

26.72

ISE

14:39:36

1065015