Transaction in Own Shares

5th May 2017

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that yesterday, 4th May 2017, it transferred to the Trustees of the CRH plc Employee Benefit Trust 27,917 Ordinary Shares in relation to satisfying vested awards made under the CRH 2014 Performance Share Plan at a price of €34.15 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 55,506 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 835,805,601.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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