Transaction in Own Shares

11th January 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 10th January 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:

53,570

54,652

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,218.0000

€24.5200

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,189.0000

€24.2200

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,209.6105

€24.3883

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 28,394,073 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 814,996,265 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

2,209.6105

53,570

Euronext Dublin

EUR

24.3883

54,652

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

647

2,196

LSE

08:27:34

824548

296

2,199

LSE

08:43:50

850629

106

2,199

LSE

08:43:50

850627

526

2,199

LSE

08:43:50

850625

63

2,199

LSE

08:43:50

850623

100

2,199

LSE

08:43:54

850801

250

2,199

LSE

08:43:54

850799

120

2,189

LSE

08:50:52

862296

600

2,189

LSE

08:50:52

862294

699

2,193

LSE

09:03:13

882967

479

2,193

LSE

09:04:38

886451

681

2,193

LSE

09:07:04

890755

461

2,194

LSE

09:07:04

890751

623

2,192

LSE

09:22:26

910105

399

2,195

LSE

09:34:49

928593

465

2,192

LSE

09:37:27

933234

504

2,196

LSE

09:41:22

942980

121

2,195

LSE

09:48:03

956030

132

2,199

LSE

09:51:15

962180

489

2,199

LSE

09:51:15

962178

222

2,199

LSE

10:17:47

993115

382

2,199

LSE

10:17:47

993113

601

2,198

LSE

10:35:32

1006863

490

2,200

LSE

10:41:56

1011012

473

2,207

LSE

10:51:39

1017625

685

2,207

LSE

10:51:39

1017623

364

2,204

LSE

11:17:44

1035675

278

2,204

LSE

11:17:44

1035673

676

2,208

LSE

11:41:49

1052670

549

2,208

LSE

11:54:37

1061010

623

2,209

LSE

12:03:36

1066329

619

2,210

LSE

12:29:10

1081700

595

2,208

LSE

12:48:35

1093793

201

2,211

LSE

13:06:14

1106384

399

2,211

LSE

13:06:14

1106382

486

2,215

LSE

13:15:20

1113300

50

2,214

LSE

13:33:16

1128056

250

2,214

LSE

13:33:16

1128054

609

2,214

LSE

13:44:46

1138785

100

2,214

LSE

14:01:57

1154010

173

2,214

LSE

14:04:07

1156213

100

2,214

LSE

14:04:07

1156211

141

2,214

LSE

14:04:07

1156209

184

2,214

LSE

14:04:07

1156207

648

2,209

LSE

14:15:16

1166943

667

2,208

LSE

14:26:21

1177307

16

2,208

LSE

14:26:21

1177295

26

2,208

LSE

14:30:02

1183313

599

2,208

LSE

14:30:02

1183311

636

2,206

LSE

14:30:17

1184301

100

2,203

LSE

14:31:44

1187341

430

2,203

LSE

14:31:44

1187334

626

2,208

LSE

14:34:21

1191516

458

2,209

LSE

14:35:52

1194481

239

2,210

LSE

14:36:19

1195334

100

2,210

LSE

14:36:19

1195332

370

2,210

LSE

14:36:19

1195330

300

2,212

LSE

14:40:40

1204094

100

2,212

LSE

14:40:40

1204092

424

2,211

LSE

14:41:35

1207033

145

2,211

LSE

14:41:35

1207031

148

2,211

LSE

14:41:35

1207029

611

2,211

LSE

14:44:02

1211675

231

2,212

LSE

14:46:41

1216121

400

2,212

LSE

14:46:41

1216119

689

2,210

LSE

14:49:53

1222362

100

2,213

LSE

14:52:00

1225831

450

2,213

LSE

14:52:00

1225829

250

2,213

LSE

14:52:00

1225827

250

2,213

LSE

14:52:00

1225825

250

2,210

LSE

14:54:13

1229437

200

2,210

LSE

14:54:13

1229435

300

2,210

LSE

14:54:13

1229433

400

2,210

LSE

14:54:13

1229431

641

2,210

LSE

14:56:29

1232920

681

2,214

LSE

15:02:21

1241943

604

2,215

LSE

15:04:25

1245014

300

2,217

LSE

15:05:40

1247065

300

2,217

LSE

15:05:40

1247063

250

2,217

LSE

15:05:40

1247061

381

2,217

LSE

15:06:42

1248760

221

2,217

LSE

15:06:42

1248758

1,732

2,218

LSE

15:06:53

1249161

1,499

2,218

LSE

15:10:51

1254617

496

2,217

LSE

15:11:40

1255781

652

2,217

LSE

15:13:43

1258791

500

2,214

LSE

15:15:34

1261467

91

2,214

LSE

15:15:35

1261485

336

2,211

LSE

15:17:16

1264430

1,243

2,213

LSE

15:19:43

1267448

250

2,212

LSE

15:22:30

1271748

100

2,212

LSE

15:22:30

1271746

438

2,212

LSE

15:22:30

1271744

589

2,211

LSE

15:25:22

1276748

1,786

2,213

LSE

15:27:40

1280451

672

2,213

LSE

15:30:50

1286044

1,249

2,214

LSE

15:33:20

1290233

687

2,213

LSE

15:35:57

1294798

992

2,214

LSE

15:38:10

1298507

32

2,215

LSE

15:43:10

1306521

1,610

2,215

LSE

15:43:10

1306519

83

2,214

LSE

15:45:31

1310838

100

2,214

LSE

15:45:31

1310827

250

2,214

LSE

15:45:31

1310825

721

2,214

LSE

15:46:56

1313199

688

2,214

LSE

15:50:08

1318531

1,415

2,215

LSE

15:53:08

1323341

74

2,214

LSE

15:55:02

1326324

546

2,214

LSE

15:55:02

1326322

250

2,213

LSE

15:59:21

1332724

100

2,213

LSE

15:59:21

1332722

250

2,213

LSE

15:59:21

1332720

281

2,213

LSE

15:59:21

1332718

200

2,213

LSE

15:59:21

1332716

161

2,213

LSE

15:59:21

1332714

645

2,214

LSE

16:00:31

1335370

88

2,216

LSE

16:02:28

1338338

637

2,216

LSE

16:02:28

1338336

644

2,216

LSE

16:03:59

1340711

931

2,218

LSE

16:06:38

1345486

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

508

24.24

ISE

08:23:31

817901

542

24.37

ISE

08:32:08

832188

68

24.34

ISE

08:34:30

835649

439

24.34

ISE

08:34:30

835647

361

24.34

ISE

08:34:30

835645

159

24.34

ISE

08:34:30

835643

456

24.34

ISE

08:34:30

835641

215

24.31

ISE

08:37:11

840030

238

24.31

ISE

08:37:11

840007

24

24.31

ISE

08:43:18

849500

60

24.31

ISE

08:43:18

849498

517

24.22

ISE

08:45:28

853552

413

24.22

ISE

08:50:42

862010

23

24.22

ISE

08:50:42

862008

517

24.27

ISE

08:56:54

870733

496

24.27

ISE

08:58:22

872503

353

24.27

ISE

09:07:04

890766

353

24.27

ISE

09:07:04

890762

130

24.27

ISE

09:07:04

890760

438

24.28

ISE

09:07:04

890757

49

24.27

ISE

09:13:45

900133

463

24.25

ISE

09:13:58

900395

644

24.26

ISE

09:13:58

900386

506

24.28

ISE

09:19:42

907056

448

24.29

ISE

09:27:22

916390

444

24.31

ISE

09:36:54

932245

398

24.30

ISE

09:37:00

932392

444

24.30

ISE

09:37:27

933238

89

24.30

ISE

09:37:27

933236

452

24.32

ISE

09:41:22

942983

458

24.36

ISE

09:52:27

964533

90

24.36

ISE

09:56:10

971768

380

24.36

ISE

09:56:10

971766

538

24.33

ISE

09:59:32

978063

250

24.31

ISE

10:04:44

982684

512

24.30

ISE

10:05:10

982996

328

24.35

ISE

10:18:10

993354

295

24.33

ISE

10:19:19

994174

496

24.33

ISE

10:19:19

994156

533

24.33

ISE

10:19:19

994154

459

24.33

ISE

10:19:19

994152

536

24.30

ISE

10:20:00

994769

544

24.32

ISE

10:34:07

1005976

439

24.37

ISE

10:41:49

1010960

530

24.35

ISE

10:43:14

1011801

509

24.35

ISE

10:43:14

1011799

250

24.36

ISE

10:43:14

1011795

250

24.36

ISE

10:43:14

1011793

485

24.36

ISE

10:46:19

1013830

54

24.46

ISE

10:53:58

1019629

448

24.46

ISE

10:53:58

1019627

8

24.46

ISE

10:53:58

1019625

525

24.46

ISE

10:53:58

1019623

105

24.44

ISE

10:54:01

1019684

393

24.44

ISE

10:54:46

1020193

453

24.42

ISE

10:56:43

1021972

446

24.36

ISE

11:06:39

1028929

476

24.35

ISE

11:11:34

1031935

420

24.34

ISE

11:13:39

1033312

21

24.34

ISE

11:13:43

1033340

51

24.39

ISE

11:16:27

1034927

507

24.39

ISE

11:23:54

1040216

8

24.39

ISE

11:23:54

1040182

561

24.39

ISE

11:23:54

1040180

507

24.40

ISE

11:23:54

1040178

177

24.40

ISE

11:23:54

1040132

276

24.40

ISE

11:23:54

1040130

214

24.39

ISE

11:24:26

1041066

477

24.38

ISE

11:25:20

1041687

365

24.34

ISE

11:28:00

1043476

139

24.34

ISE

11:28:01

1043489

205

24.36

ISE

11:37:15

1049504

532

24.41

ISE

11:44:35

1054545

544

24.40

ISE

11:46:03

1055806

464

24.40

ISE

11:46:03

1055804

469

24.40

ISE

11:48:37

1057387

530

24.38

ISE

11:49:10

1057787

339

24.42

ISE

11:59:46

1064000

473

24.42

ISE

11:59:47

1064004

174

24.42

ISE

11:59:47

1064002

502

24.43

ISE

12:02:12

1065180

250

24.43

ISE

12:02:13

1065254

241

24.43

ISE

12:02:45

1065781

188

24.43

ISE

12:02:45

1065783

450

24.42

ISE

12:03:36

1066331

514

24.44

ISE

12:13:22

1072125

6

24.44

ISE

12:13:22

1072123

256

24.41

ISE

12:14:39

1072983

250

24.41

ISE

12:14:39

1072966

477

24.40

ISE

12:16:32

1074106

78

24.40

ISE

12:18:04

1074981

95

24.41

ISE

12:26:05

1079842

492

24.41

ISE

12:32:07

1083493

379

24.41

ISE

12:32:07

1083482

443

24.41

ISE

12:32:07

1083484

31

24.41

ISE

12:32:07

1083486

250

24.39

ISE

12:37:12

1086704

492

24.38

ISE

12:37:17

1086785

69

24.38

ISE

12:37:18

1086798

373

24.38

ISE

12:37:18

1086796

46

24.38

ISE

12:37:18

1086794

534

24.36

ISE

12:45:26

1091394

58

24.39

ISE

12:48:35

1093807

322

24.39

ISE

12:48:35

1093805

477

24.39

ISE

12:48:35

1093803

187

24.39

ISE

12:48:35

1093801

492

24.39

ISE

12:48:35

1093799

396

24.39

ISE

12:48:35

1093797

78

24.39

ISE

12:48:35

1093795

481

24.38

ISE

12:48:46

1093881

419

24.38

ISE

12:49:00

1094086

469

24.41

ISE

12:53:27

1096901

763

24.41

ISE

12:53:27

1096899

372

24.41

ISE

12:54:34

1097518

185

24.41

ISE

12:54:34

1097520

149

24.41

ISE

12:54:36

1097550

335

24.41

ISE

12:54:36

1097548

320

24.41

ISE

12:54:42

1097605

346

24.40

ISE

12:54:44

1097615

78

24.40

ISE

12:55:41

1098349

115

24.40

ISE

12:55:41

1098347

439

24.40

ISE

12:55:41

1098345

150

24.42

ISE

12:59:15

1100964

145

24.42

ISE

12:59:15

1100962

584

24.43

ISE

12:59:15

1100951

168

24.42

ISE

12:59:18

1100994

22

24.43

ISE

12:59:18

1100983

135

24.43

ISE

12:59:18

1100981

287

24.43

ISE

12:59:18

1100979

520

24.43

ISE

12:59:18

1100977

498

24.43

ISE

13:01:54

1103052

536

24.45

ISE

13:06:14

1106375

438

24.45

ISE

13:06:14

1106360

46

24.45

ISE

13:06:14

1106353

494

24.47

ISE

13:11:46

1110750

555

24.50

ISE

13:16:20

1113951

438

24.48

ISE

13:16:49

1114286

77

24.48

ISE

13:16:49

1114266

468

24.47

ISE

13:18:28

1115624

488

24.47

ISE

13:24:37

1119829

365

24.47

ISE

13:24:37

1119827

142

24.47

ISE

13:24:48

1119986

200

24.47

ISE

13:27:45

1122265

250

24.52

ISE

13:32:52

1127440

150

24.52

ISE

13:32:52

1127438

441

24.50

ISE

13:33:16

1128063

221

24.50

ISE

13:34:25

1129048

250

24.50

ISE

13:34:25

1129046

477

24.47

ISE

13:36:15

1130957

25

24.48

ISE

13:41:19

1135736

222

24.49

ISE

13:44:50

1138826

303

24.49

ISE

13:44:50

1138824

479

24.48

ISE

13:46:26

1140230

452

24.47

ISE

13:48:28

1141860

470

24.48

ISE

13:55:11

1148009

237

24.48

ISE

13:55:11

1148007

281

24.48

ISE

13:55:11

1148005

368

24.52

ISE

14:04:43

1156854

153

24.52

ISE

14:04:43

1156852

461

24.52

ISE

14:04:43

1156850

250

24.52

ISE

14:05:14

1157233

438

24.51

ISE

14:07:23

1159334

104

24.51

ISE

14:07:23

1159332

340

24.49

ISE

14:09:32

1161723

137

24.49

ISE

14:09:32

1161721