Transaction in Own Shares

3rd September 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 31st August 2018 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:

160,459

60,864

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,595.0000

€28.9300

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,559.0000

€28.6900

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,577.6940

€28.8451

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 2 Programme announced on 29th August 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 11,823,558 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 831,566,780 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

Transaction Details

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

2,577.6940

160,459

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.8451

60,864

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

693

2,585

LSE

08:11:45

696846

609

2,586

LSE

08:14:26

699705

644

2,583

LSE

08:15:05

700575

207

2,581

LSE

08:15:11

700723

415

2,581

LSE

08:15:11

700709

559

2,576

LSE

08:19:01

706139

98

2,576

LSE

08:19:01

706137

654

2,577

LSE

08:22:21

711275

541

2,574

LSE

08:23:23

712866

169

2,574

LSE

08:23:23

712864

635

2,582

LSE

08:26:54

717745

303

2,582

LSE

08:28:08

720061

290

2,582

LSE

08:28:08

720059

243

2,584

LSE

08:29:51

722852

100

2,584

LSE

08:29:51

722850

240

2,584

LSE

08:29:51

722848

227

2,584

LSE

08:29:51

722844

359

2,584

LSE

08:29:51

722846

216

2,585

LSE

08:30:44

724205

442

2,585

LSE

08:30:44

724203

578

2,587

LSE

08:33:20

729054

345

2,586

LSE

08:33:30

729385

242

2,586

LSE

08:33:30

729382

638

2,589

LSE

08:36:00

733742

663

2,587

LSE

08:36:30

734632

42

2,586

LSE

08:39:33

739932

600

2,586

LSE

08:39:33

739930

672

2,586

LSE

08:45:13

749355

301

2,584

LSE

08:45:39

749979

349

2,584

LSE

08:45:39

749981

635

2,587

LSE

08:51:01

758806

414

2,585

LSE

08:55:15

766432

55

2,585

LSE

08:55:15

766430

146

2,585

LSE

08:55:15

766428

706

2,584

LSE

08:58:30

772271

126

2,581

LSE

09:02:28

779746

497

2,581

LSE

09:02:28

779744

62

2,583

LSE

09:05:02

782693

629

2,583

LSE

09:05:02

782691

325

2,587

LSE

09:11:30

794211

333

2,587

LSE

09:11:30

794209

182

2,587

LSE

09:12:52

795537

457

2,587

LSE

09:12:52

795535

333

2,588

LSE

09:15:08

798107

67

2,588

LSE

09:15:08

798105

306

2,588

LSE

09:15:08

798109

578

2,588

LSE

09:24:01

808402

695

2,586

LSE

09:28:28

813575

604

2,585

LSE

09:34:32

820146

199

2,583

LSE

09:39:00

824951

414

2,583

LSE

09:39:00

824949

255

2,587

LSE

09:49:18

836194

375

2,587

LSE

09:49:18

836192

184

2,584

LSE

09:53:09

841022

420

2,584

LSE

09:53:09

841005

3

2,584

LSE

09:53:09

841003

100

2,584

LSE

09:53:09

841007

419

2,588

LSE

10:01:16

852758

278

2,588

LSE

10:01:16

852760

245

2,587

LSE

10:02:09

854058

333

2,587

LSE

10:02:09

854056

59

2,587

LSE

10:02:09

854054

86

2,588

LSE

10:07:21

860501

607

2,588

LSE

10:07:21

860499

694

2,590

LSE

10:15:26

870409

437

2,592

LSE

10:21:42

877715

204

2,592

LSE

10:21:42

877713

608

2,588

LSE

10:24:32

881301

30

2,587

LSE

10:29:21

887137

606

2,587

LSE

10:29:21

887135

590

2,585

LSE

10:35:16

895458

660

2,584

LSE

10:39:41

902517

629

2,581

LSE

10:42:33

907084

615

2,583

LSE

10:45:36

911506

509

2,583

LSE

10:48:29

915682

62

2,583

LSE

10:48:33

915750

696

2,583

LSE

10:51:17

919536

575

2,582

LSE

10:55:57

926074

40

2,582

LSE

10:55:57

926072

154

2,583

LSE

10:59:56

930702

513

2,583

LSE

10:59:56

930700

621

2,582

LSE

10:59:57

930726

38

2,584

LSE

11:01:33

932196

159

2,584

LSE

11:01:33

932194

417

2,584

LSE

11:01:33

932192

36

2,584

LSE

11:01:33

932188

484

2,585

LSE

11:07:25

935695

125

2,585

LSE

11:07:25

935693

162

2,585

LSE

11:07:25

935682

145

2,585

LSE

11:07:25

935674

333

2,585

LSE

11:07:25

935678

68

2,585

LSE

11:07:25

935684

546

2,585

LSE

11:07:25

935686

325

2,583

LSE

11:10:02

937110

317

2,583

LSE

11:10:02

937108

64

2,589

LSE

11:19:50

942749

250

2,589

LSE

11:19:50

942747

136

2,589

LSE

11:19:50

942745

188

2,589

LSE

11:19:50

942743

125

2,590

LSE

11:22:20

944316

250

2,590

LSE

11:22:20

944318

50

2,590

LSE

11:22:20

944320

213

2,590

LSE

11:22:20

944322

569

2,590

LSE

11:22:20

944298

620

2,592

LSE

11:28:54

948835

616

2,591

LSE

11:32:46

951965

621

2,591

LSE

11:37:52

954559

661

2,591

LSE

11:41:41

957233

615

2,590

LSE

11:45:11

959426

662

2,587

LSE

11:48:19

961531

667

2,590

LSE

11:54:23

966060

569

2,590

LSE

11:59:25

969180

626

2,589

LSE

12:05:49

973124

580

2,590

LSE

12:07:01

973979

364

2,591

LSE

12:09:32

975559

327

2,591

LSE

12:09:32

975561

105

2,593

LSE

12:13:13

977572

475

2,593

LSE

12:13:13

977568

579

2,591

LSE

12:23:50

984233

125

2,590

LSE

12:23:53

984378

710

2,590

LSE

12:27:53

987833

62

2,588

LSE

12:29:09

988472

265

2,588

LSE

12:32:22

990400

273

2,588

LSE

12:32:33

990513

652

2,595

LSE

12:41:28

996583

627

2,593

LSE

12:41:47

996830

37

2,591

LSE

12:48:08

1000795

639

2,591

LSE

12:48:08

1000793

132

2,592

LSE

12:57:20

1007177

488

2,592

LSE

12:57:20

1007175

604

2,591

LSE

12:59:52

1008932

631

2,589

LSE

13:08:11

1014952

591

2,592

LSE

13:12:01

1017970

688

2,591

LSE

13:14:05

1019478

185

2,590

LSE

13:17:34

1022121

250

2,590

LSE

13:17:34

1022119

203

2,590

LSE

13:17:34

1022117

250

2,591

LSE

13:22:26

1025501

373

2,591

LSE

13:22:26

1025499

235

2,590

LSE

13:23:37

1026367

233

2,590

LSE

13:23:37

1026365

134

2,590

LSE

13:23:37

1026363

669

2,590

LSE

13:27:32

1029161

594

2,589

LSE

13:30:40

1031803

699

2,589

LSE

13:31:17

1032346

501

2,588

LSE

13:33:44

1034118

207

2,588

LSE

13:33:44

1034120

614

2,589

LSE

13:37:28

1036995

294

2,588

LSE

13:39:09

1038183

322

2,588

LSE

13:39:09

1038181

148

2,589

LSE

13:42:31

1040642

233

2,589

LSE

13:42:31

1040640

260

2,589

LSE

13:42:31

1040638

239

2,589

LSE

13:50:01

1046060

300

2,589

LSE

13:50:01

1046058

162

2,589

LSE

13:50:01

1046056

100

2,589

LSE

13:51:22

1047353

250

2,589

LSE

13:51:22

1047276

158

2,589

LSE

13:51:22

1047272

646

2,589

LSE

13:51:22

1047262

124

2,589

LSE

13:51:25

1047551

69

2,589

LSE

13:53:01

1048573

597

2,587

LSE

13:54:41

1049616

75

2,587

LSE

13:54:41

1049614

661

2,587

LSE

13:58:02

1051929

524

2,584

LSE

14:00:41

1054365

69

2,584

LSE

14:00:41

1054363

602

2,584

LSE

14:00:41

1054361

223

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054348

296

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054350

250

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054352

100

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054354

250

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054356

6

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054330

250

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054328

100

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054326

297

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054324

38

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054322

250

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054320

100

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054318

250

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054316

640

2,585

LSE

14:00:41

1054295

183

2,584

LSE

14:01:49

1055357

233

2,584

LSE

14:01:49

1055355

233

2,584

LSE

14:01:49

1055353

100

2,582

LSE

14:06:03

1059140

250

2,582

LSE

14:06:03

1059138

606

2,582

LSE

14:06:03

1059129

148

2,582

LSE

14:06:03

1059127

126

2,583

LSE

14:09:12

1062852

300

2,583

LSE

14:09:12

1062854

210

2,583

LSE

14:09:12

1062856

552

2,582

LSE

14:11:46

1065034

110

2,582

LSE

14:11:46

1065032

405

2,581

LSE

14:12:58

1066302

169

2,581

LSE

14:12:58

1066300

172

2,579

LSE

14:13:51

1067210

436

2,579

LSE

14:13:51

1067208

660

2,578

LSE

14:14:09

1067428

2

2,577

LSE

14:18:04

1071053

573

2,577

LSE

14:18:04

1071051

171

2,578

LSE

14:21:49

1074650

425

2,578

LSE

14:21:49

1074648

20

2,577

LSE

14:22:12

1074978

447

2,577

LSE

14:22:12

1074982

233

2,577

LSE

14:22:12

1074980

25

2,578

LSE

14:27:15

1080059

612

2,578

LSE

14:28:33

1081398

196

2,577

LSE

14:28:50

1081686

250

2,577

LSE

14:28:50

1081672

250

2,577

LSE

14:28:50

1081670

815

2,577

LSE

14:28:50

1081666

59

2,578

LSE

14:32:13

1089204

559

2,578

LSE

14:32:13

1089202

371

2,578

LSE

14:33:26

1090765

250

2,578

LSE

14:33:26

1090767

44

2,578

LSE

14:33:26

1090769

82

2,578

LSE

14:33:26

1090763

233

2,578

LSE

14:33:26

1090761

275

2,578

LSE

14:33:26

1090759

691

2,576

LSE

14:34:33

1092458

685

2,574

LSE

14:38:55

1098773

573

2,573

LSE

14:39:44

1100238

305

2,574

LSE

14:44:30

1107107

100

2,574

LSE

14:44:30

1107105

679

2,574

LSE

14:44:30

1107103

261

2,576

LSE

14:47:04

1111237

647

2,576

LSE

14:47:04

1111235

146

2,576

LSE

14:47:04

1111233

910

2,575

LSE

14:47:26

1111760

691

2,574

LSE

14:47:27

1111810

59

2,573

LSE

14:48:00

1112756

583

2,573

LSE

14:48:00

1112754

149

2,572

LSE

14:48:07

1112958

465

2,572

LSE

14:48:07

1112956

577

2,571

LSE

14:48:45

1113783

148

2,571

LSE

14:48:45

1113781

216

2,572

LSE

14:48:45

1113777

494

2,572

LSE

14:48:45

1113779

33

2,573

LSE

14:49:03

1114288

470

2,573

LSE

14:49:03

1114286

320

2,573

LSE

14:49:03

1114284

250

2,573

LSE

14:49:03

1114282

399

2,573

LSE

14:49:03

1114280

250

2,573

LSE

14:49:03

1114278

289

2,572

LSE

14:50:00

1115579

110

2,572

LSE

14:50:00

1115577

67

2,572

LSE

14:50:00

1115581

116

2,572

LSE

14:50:00

1115583

281

2,572

LSE

14:50:00

1115575

366

2,572

LSE

14:50:00

1115573

699

2,571

LSE

14:50:01

1115626

250

2,573

LSE

14:50:44

1116620

123

2,573

LSE

14:50:45

1116634

250

2,573

LSE

14:50:45

1116632

300

2,573

LSE

14:50:45

1116630

320

2,573

LSE

14:51:26

1117581

570

2,573

LSE

14:51:26

1117579

100

2,573

LSE

14:51:26

1117577

300

2,573

LSE

14:51:49

1118195

465

2,573

LSE

14:51:49

1118197

19

2,573

LSE

14:51:49

1118199

749

2,573

LSE

14:51:49

1118191

250

2,573

LSE

14:51:49

1118189

258

2,573

LSE

14:51:49

1118187

48

2,573

LSE

14:51:49

1118193

260

2,573

LSE

14:52:51

1119764

7

2,573

LSE

14:53:33

1120824

1,057

2,573

LSE

14:53:45

1121112

94

2,574

LSE

14:55:23

1123489

149

2,574

LSE

14:55:23

1123487

257

2,574

LSE

14:55:23

1123485

264

2,577

LSE

14:56:34

1125656

160

2,577

LSE

14:56:34

1125654

341

2,577

LSE

14:56:40

1125788

162

2,577

LSE

14:56:40

1125786

162

2,577

LSE

14:56:40

1125783

341

2,577

LSE

14:56:40

1125781

800

2,576

LSE

14:56:56

1126092

29

2,576

LSE

14:56:56

1126094

319

2,575

LSE

14:59:02

1129545

296

2,575

LSE

14:59:02

1129543

327

2,575

LSE

14:59:02

1129541

366

2,575

LSE

14:59:02

1129539

82

2,575

LSE

14:59:02

1129537

250

2,576

LSE

15:02:18

1135142

100

2,576

LSE

15:02:18

1135140

183

2,576

LSE

15:02:18

1135138

169

2,576

LSE

15:02:18

1135136

408

2,576

LSE

15:02:18

1135134

20

2,575

LSE

15:03:00

1136270

293

2,575

LSE

15:03:04

1136386

470

2,575

LSE

15:03:04

1136384

290

2,578

LSE

15:07:02

1143219

169

2,578

LSE

15:07:02

1143221

164

2,578

LSE

15:07:10

1143454

100

2,578

LSE

15:07:10

1143452

177

2,578

LSE

15:07:10

1143450

3

2,578

LSE

15:07:10

1143448

22

2,578

LSE

15:07:10

1143446

440

2,578

LSE

15:07:10

1143444

789

2,577

LSE

15:07:11

1143487

91

2,577

LSE

15:07:11

1143485

590

2,578

LSE

15:07:57

1144914

100

2,578

LSE

15:07:57

1144912

400

2,580

LSE

15:10:57

1150874

159

2,580

LSE

15:10:57

1150872

150

2,580

LSE

15:10:57

1150878

314

2,580

LSE

15:10:57

1150876

11

2,580

LSE

15:11:56

1152519

456

2,580

LSE

15:11:56

1152517

187

2,580

LSE

15:11:56

1152515

723

2,579

LSE

15:12:38

1153843

131

2,579

LSE

15:12:38

1153841

335

2,578

LSE

15:13:16

1154840

250

2,578

LSE

15:13:16

1154838

10

2,578

LSE

15:13:16

1154836

696

2,578

LSE

15:13:16

1154834

704

2,579

LSE

15:15:01

1158006

111

2,578

LSE

15:15:52

1159569

466

2,578

LSE

15:15:52

1159567

583

2,577

LSE

15:16:44

1161001

598

2,576

LSE

15:17:00

1161535

658

2,574

LSE

15:20:44

1169029

319

2,576

LSE

15:23:46

1173899

251

2,576

LSE

15:23:46

1173897

116

2,576

LSE

15:23:46

1173895

732

2,576

LSE

15:23:46

1173893

926

2,575

LSE

15:24:06

1174517

209

2,574

LSE

15:24:25

1174967

697

2,574

LSE

15:24:25

1174965

100

2,573

LSE

15:25:11

1177045

500

2,573

LSE

15:25:15

1177190

29

2,573

LSE

15:25:30

1178769

553

2,574

LSE

15:26:48

1180736

100

2,574

LSE

15:26:48

1180734

81

2,574

LSE

15:27:49

1182297

372

2,574

LSE

15:27:49

1182295

275

2,574

LSE

15:27:49

1182293

388

2,574

LSE

15:27:49

1182289

275

2,574

LSE

15:27:49

1182291

639

2,573

LSE

15:28:01

1182805

192

2,571

LSE

15:28:57

1184638

644

2,573

LSE

15:29:49

1186563

436

2,572

LSE

15:30:00

1186999

427

2,572

LSE

15:30:00

1186997

621

2,571

LSE

15:30:08

1187271

572

2,572

LSE

15:31:33

1189556

639

2,572

LSE

15:32:39

1191328

200

2,571

LSE

15:32:50

1191560

270

2,571

LSE

15:32:53

1191784

205

2,571

LSE

15:32:53

1191782

4

2,570

LSE

15:32:55

1191828

328

2,570

LSE

15:33:36

1193296

250

2,570

LSE

15:33:36

1193292

100

2,570

LSE

15:33:36

1193294

404

2,571

LSE

15:35:01

1195457

258

2,571

LSE

15:35:01

1195455

700

2,573

LSE

15:36:54

1199330

479

2,573

LSE

15:38:30

1202316

242

2,573

LSE

15:38:30

1202314

77

2,573

LSE

15:38:30

1202312

77

2,573

LSE

15:38:30

1202296

800

2,573

LSE

15:38:30

1202294

643

2,572

LSE

15:39:30

1204000

313

2,571

LSE

15:39:45

1204490

394

2,571

LSE

15:39:45

1204488

205

2,570

LSE

15:40:32

1206230

53

2,570

LSE

15:40:32

1206224

367

2,570

LSE

15:40:32

1206226

85

2,570

LSE

15:40:32

1206228

591

2,569

LSE

15:41:26

1207750

485

2,568

LSE

15:41:28

1207802

103

2,568

LSE

15:41:44

1208163

147

2,566

LSE

15:42:07

1209473

500

2,566

LSE

15:42:07

1209471

592

2,564

LSE

15:42:49

1210586

594

2,566

LSE

15:43:31

1211720

53

2,566

LSE

15:44:03

1212701

154

2,566

LSE

15:44:03

1212699

250

2,566

LSE

15:44:03

1212697

300

2,566

LSE

15:44:03

1212695

504

2,566

LSE

15:44:03

1212693

187

2,566

LSE

15:44:03

1212691

500

2,565

LSE

15:44:09

1212913

694

2,566

LSE

15:44:39

1213956

60

2,568

LSE

15:46:21

1217216

518

2,568

LSE

15:46:21

1217214

382

2,567

LSE

15:46:43

1217828

250

2,567

LSE

15:46:43

1217826

673

2,567

LSE

15:46:43

1217822

448

2,568

LSE

15:48:38

1222428

250

2,568

LSE

15:48:38

1222425

334

2,568

LSE

15:48:38

1222412

225

2,568

LSE

15:48:38

1222410

28

2,568

LSE

15:48:38

1222408

357

2,569

LSE

15:51:00

1227398

245

2,569

LSE

15:51:00

1227396

694

2,567

LSE

15:51:25

1228142

674

2,567

LSE

15:51:25

1228118

322

2,568

LSE

15:52:43

1230595

340

2,568

LSE

15:52:43

1230593

448

2,569

LSE

15:55:59

1237184

152

2,569

LSE

15:55:59

1237182

644

2,569

LSE

15:55:59

1237180

75

2,568

LSE

15:56:04

1237481

250

2,568

LSE

15:56:04

1237479

100

2,568

LSE

15:56:04

1237477

250

2,568

LSE

15:56:04

1237475

404

2,568

LSE

15:56:04

1237457

367

2,568

LSE

15:56:04

1237455

75

2,568

LSE

15:56:04

1237453

250

2,566

LSE

15:57:00

1239574

656

2,567

LSE

15:58:03

1241532

29

2,566

LSE

15:58:07

1241680

300

2,566

LSE

15:58:07

1241678

373

2,566

LSE

15:58:07

1241676

279

2,565

LSE

15:59:49

1245961

142

2,566

LSE

16:00:15

1249478

70

2,566

LSE

16:00:15

1249476

375

2,566

LSE

16:00:15

1249474

24

2,566

LSE

16:00:15

1249472

183

2,567

LSE

16:01:38

1253848

608

2,567

LSE

16:01:38

1253850

141

2,567

LSE

16:01:38

1253846

753

2,568

LSE

16:01:38

1253744

4

2,568

LSE

16:01:38

1253742

471

2,567

LSE

16:02:27

1255460

188

2,567

LSE

16:02:27

1255458

500

2,566

LSE

16:02:41

1255959

166

2,566

LSE

16:02:43

1256048

178

2,565

LSE

16:03:17

1256911

487

2,565

LSE

16:03:17

1256909

190

2,566

LSE

16:04:18

1258924

500

2,566

LSE

16:04:18

1258922

585

2,565

LSE

16:05:32

1262076

402

2,564

LSE

16:05:50

1262692

262

2,564

LSE

16:05:50

1262690

315

2,564

LSE

16:07:45

1267253

496

2,564

LSE

16:07:45

1267255

208

2,563

LSE

16:08:07

1268046

233

2,563

LSE

16:08:07

1268044

250

2,563

LSE

16:08:07

1268042

323

2,563

LSE

16:08:07

1268027

380

2,563

LSE

16:08:07

1268023

702

2,560

LSE

16:09:30

1271055

532

2,559

LSE

16:09:54

1272084

137

2,559

LSE

16:09:54

1272082

626

2,561

LSE

16:11:14

1275662

623

2,560

LSE

16:11:27

1276198

179

2,563

LSE

16:14:00

1282523

262

2,563

LSE

16:14:00

1282521

339

2,563

LSE

16:14:00

1282519

179

2,563

LSE

16:14:00

1282517

263

2,563

LSE

16:14:00

1282515

277

2,563

LSE

16:14:00

1282513

620

2,562

LSE

16:14:48

1284991

851

2,560

LSE

16:15:03

1285700

680

2,563

LSE

16:16:14

1288578

69