Transaction in Own Shares

23rd April 2015

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 22nd April 2015, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 29,312 Ordinary Shares at prices of €16.58 and €21.5235 per Ordinary Share and at prices between £11.19 and £14.94 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 2,353,222 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 816,212,629.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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