Transaction in Own Shares

20th August 2015

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that yesterday, 19th August 2015, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 111,817 Ordinary Shares at prices between €13.64 and €26.1493 per Ordinary Share and at prices between £11.19 and £14.94 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 1,435,269 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 822,187,215.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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