Transaction in Own Shares

1st August 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 31st July 2018 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange from CRH's broker UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Date of purchase

31 July 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

126,939

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,659.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,632.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,643.6100

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 1 Programme announced on 2nd May 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 11,248,385 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 832,141,953 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

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Volume Weighted Average Price (GBp)

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

2,643.6089

126,939

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

400

2,649

LSE

08:03:10

566787

508

2,648

LSE

08:06:11

571890

141

2,647

LSE

08:06:12

571905

306

2,647

LSE

08:07:24

574335

410

2,645

LSE

08:09:15

577516

20

2,644

LSE

08:11:32

581487

24

2,644

LSE

08:11:55

582183

24

2,644

LSE

08:12:11

582703

117

2,644

LSE

08:12:19

582959

24

2,644

LSE

08:13:17

584658

188

2,644

LSE

08:13:17

584656

51

2,645

LSE

08:14:39

586572

322

2,645

LSE

08:14:39

586570

280

2,648

LSE

08:17:50

591665

127

2,648

LSE

08:17:50

591663

414

2,648

LSE

08:29:09

610368

361

2,647

LSE

08:31:53

615076

363

2,646

LSE

08:34:14

619125

392

2,645

LSE

08:36:28

622804

5

2,645

LSE

08:36:28

622802

376

2,646

LSE

08:42:00

631985

349

2,642

LSE

08:43:10

634117

346

2,642

LSE

08:46:23

639828

361

2,641

LSE

08:48:15

643219

329

2,640

LSE

08:53:36

652732

76

2,640

LSE

08:53:50

653177

401

2,639

LSE

08:54:23

654427

398

2,637

LSE

08:55:41

657641

356

2,637

LSE

08:56:52

660004

373

2,637

LSE

08:57:51

661851

280

2,638

LSE

09:01:49

669629

79

2,638

LSE

09:01:49

669627

300

2,638

LSE

09:02:44

670859

89

2,638

LSE

09:02:44

670861

320

2,637

LSE

09:03:15

671532

43

2,637

LSE

09:04:54

673766

399

2,638

LSE

09:07:20

677105

8

2,635

LSE

09:12:36

687024

370

2,635

LSE

09:12:36

687022

343

2,634

LSE

09:14:27

689707

33

2,638

LSE

09:19:46

697271

333

2,638

LSE

09:19:46

697269

387

2,639

LSE

09:23:11

701677

407

2,638

LSE

09:23:51

702522

391

2,638

LSE

09:26:36

705735

21

2,638

LSE

09:26:36

705733

415

2,637

LSE

09:33:12

713887

365

2,639

LSE

09:37:44

720691

352

2,639

LSE

09:40:34

724506

200

2,641

LSE

09:43:17

728660

136

2,641

LSE

09:43:17

728658

30

2,641

LSE

09:43:17

728662

179

2,640

LSE

09:44:11

730129

115

2,640

LSE

09:44:11

730123

63

2,640

LSE

09:44:11

730121

353

2,640

LSE

09:51:52

741860

115

2,640

LSE

09:51:52

741858

254

2,640

LSE

09:51:52

741856

365

2,640

LSE

09:53:37

744190

410

2,640

LSE

09:56:45

747905

230

2,640

LSE

09:57:10

748444

385

2,643

LSE

10:00:33

753695

139

2,644

LSE

10:03:21

757159

167

2,644

LSE

10:03:21

757157

139

2,644

LSE

10:03:21

757155

250

2,645

LSE

10:04:30

759318

95

2,645

LSE

10:04:30

759320

357

2,645

LSE

10:06:22

762233

337

2,645

LSE

10:07:58

764000

375

2,643

LSE

10:11:20

768505

42

2,644

LSE

10:14:22

772368

308

2,644

LSE

10:14:22

772366

368

2,645

LSE

10:16:37

775310

262

2,642

LSE

10:21:01

781002

129

2,642

LSE

10:21:01

781000

11

2,642

LSE

10:24:45

785874

332

2,642

LSE

10:24:45

785872

311

2,642

LSE

10:27:35

789887

84

2,642

LSE

10:27:35

789885

359

2,640

LSE

10:30:49

794784

169

2,640

LSE

10:33:14

798117

127

2,640

LSE

10:33:14

798115

52

2,640

LSE

10:33:14

798119

44

2,640

LSE

10:33:14

798121

211

2,645

LSE

10:40:10

809571

125

2,645

LSE

10:40:10

809569

396

2,644

LSE

10:42:52

813875

398

2,646

LSE

10:43:43

815159

337

2,645

LSE

10:44:33

816844

55

2,645

LSE

10:44:33

816842

338

2,646

LSE

10:48:18

822927

65

2,646

LSE

10:48:18

822925

410

2,646

LSE

10:51:01

827205

142

2,648

LSE

10:56:15

836563

23

2,648

LSE

10:56:15

836561

358

2,648

LSE

10:56:15

836569

200

2,648

LSE

10:56:15

836565

38

2,648

LSE

10:56:15

836567

88

2,647

LSE

10:58:05

839857

408

2,647

LSE

10:58:05

839859

472

2,646

LSE

11:00:15

842692

103

2,646

LSE

11:02:47

844900

142

2,648

LSE

11:02:47

844883

114

2,648

LSE

11:02:47

844881

125

2,648

LSE

11:02:47

844879

50

2,648

LSE

11:02:47

844877

446

2,648

LSE

11:02:47

844875

163

2,650

LSE

11:07:10

848716

105

2,650

LSE

11:07:10

848714

137

2,650

LSE

11:07:10

848712

220

2,650

LSE

11:07:10

848710

158

2,650

LSE

11:07:10

848708

493

2,652

LSE

11:12:01

852692

134

2,651

LSE

11:13:07

853624

430

2,651

LSE

11:13:07

853626

415

2,651

LSE

11:13:07

853620

466

2,650

LSE

11:13:32

853930

259

2,650

LSE

11:16:40

856778

195

2,650

LSE

11:16:40

856776

21

2,651

LSE

11:18:10

858128

94

2,651

LSE

11:18:16

858234

250

2,651

LSE

11:18:16

858232

125

2,651

LSE

11:18:16

858230

27

2,651

LSE

11:18:16

858226

332

2,651

LSE

11:18:16

858224

100

2,651

LSE

11:18:16

858222

44

2,651

LSE

11:28:11

865830

303

2,651

LSE

11:28:11

865828

398

2,651

LSE

11:30:36

867906

477

2,653

LSE

11:36:58

873666

250

2,653

LSE

11:38:15

874751

413

2,653

LSE

11:38:15

874746

390

2,655

LSE

11:42:19

878388

167

2,655

LSE

11:42:19

878380

201

2,655

LSE

11:42:19

878378

66

2,655

LSE

11:42:19

878382

371

2,655

LSE

11:43:11

879001

349

2,655

LSE

11:47:00

881927

363

2,656

LSE

11:49:45

884127

42

2,656

LSE

11:49:45

884125

95

2,656

LSE

11:50:27

884589

200

2,656

LSE

11:50:27

884587

100

2,656

LSE

11:50:27

884585

314

2,659

LSE

11:56:22

889591

50

2,659

LSE

11:56:22

889589

125

2,659

LSE

11:56:22

889587

373

2,659

LSE

11:56:22

889585

400

2,658

LSE

11:57:22

890342

243

2,657

LSE

11:57:42

890694

33

2,657

LSE

11:57:47

890769

67

2,657

LSE

11:58:25

891175

53

2,657

LSE

11:58:25

891168

8

2,658

LSE

11:59:54

892698

250

2,658

LSE

11:59:54

892696

113

2,658

LSE

11:59:54

892694

335

2,658

LSE

11:59:54

892692

153

2,657

LSE

12:03:40

896250

250

2,657

LSE

12:03:40

896248

125

2,657

LSE

12:03:40

896246

375

2,657

LSE

12:03:40

896233

450

2,656

LSE

12:04:05

896873

297

2,655

LSE

12:04:17

897009

62

2,655

LSE

12:04:17

897007

372

2,655

LSE

12:06:52

898895

321

2,654

LSE

12:07:00

898998

36

2,654

LSE

12:07:00

898996

189

2,653

LSE

12:14:14

904554

250

2,653

LSE

12:14:14

904537

346

2,653

LSE

12:14:14

904535

241

2,653

LSE

12:14:52

905030

166

2,653

LSE

12:14:52

905028

348

2,653

LSE

12:18:00

907327

336

2,655

LSE

12:24:00

911674

304

2,655

LSE

12:24:33

912050

105

2,655

LSE

12:25:19

912662

359

2,655

LSE

12:28:09

915053

386

2,655

LSE

12:29:18

915885

358

2,655

LSE

12:31:12

917159

50

2,655

LSE

12:31:12

917157

400

2,657

LSE

12:37:19

921249

402

2,657

LSE

12:38:35

922167

470

2,656

LSE

12:39:46

923057

515

2,655

LSE

12:41:59

924561

404

2,655

LSE

12:45:02

926835

388

2,655

LSE

12:46:26

928042

367

2,655

LSE

12:48:53

929692

99

2,655

LSE

12:51:08

931283

334

2,656

LSE

12:53:41

932896

428

2,656

LSE

12:58:42

936319

233

2,657

LSE

13:00:46

938049

250

2,657

LSE

13:00:46

938047

256

2,657

LSE

13:00:46

938043

167

2,657

LSE

13:00:46

938041

12

2,657

LSE

13:00:46

938039

10

2,657

LSE

13:01:57

939099

4

2,657

LSE

13:01:57

939090

167

2,657

LSE

13:01:57

939088

166

2,657

LSE

13:01:57

939086

382

2,657

LSE

13:04:22

940843

412

2,656

LSE

13:09:33

945357

405

2,656

LSE

13:11:30

947163

77

2,655

LSE

13:13:46

949235

77

2,655

LSE

13:13:46

949222

350

2,655

LSE

13:13:46

949220

440

2,655

LSE

13:13:46

949218

371

2,655

LSE

13:14:36

950376

53

2,653

LSE

13:17:48

953478

332

2,653

LSE

13:17:48

953476

335

2,652

LSE

13:20:19

955570

27

2,652

LSE

13:24:07

958404

346

2,652

LSE

13:29:21

962781

178

2,651

LSE

13:29:30

962982

309

2,651

LSE

13:29:30

962980

262

2,650

LSE

13:29:57

963433

93

2,650

LSE

13:29:57

963437

42

2,650

LSE

13:29:57

963435

349

2,650

LSE

13:31:39

965276

356

2,650

LSE

13:33:45

967613

393

2,651

LSE

13:37:42

971286

34

2,651

LSE

13:40:12

973775

250

2,651

LSE

13:40:12

973773

125

2,651

LSE

13:40:12

973771

410

2,651

LSE

13:40:12

973769

415

2,650

LSE

13:42:24

976070

64

2,650

LSE

13:42:24

976068

274

2,650

LSE

13:42:24

976066

379

2,648

LSE

13:44:54

978649

381

2,647

LSE

13:46:15

979995

389

2,645

LSE

13:46:26

980113

338

2,645

LSE

13:49:17

983074

39

2,645

LSE

13:49:17

983076

2

2,644

LSE

13:50:37

984478

250

2,644

LSE

13:50:37

984476

125

2,644

LSE

13:50:37

984474

341

2,644

LSE

13:50:37

984470

126

2,644

LSE

13:50:37

984472

33

2,643

LSE

13:51:49

985686

346

2,643

LSE

13:52:09

986015

140

2,642

LSE

13:53:21

987223

239

2,642

LSE

13:53:21

987221

34

2,641

LSE

13:55:28

989145

311

2,641

LSE

13:55:28

989143

111

2,640

LSE

13:57:36

991473

262

2,640

LSE

13:57:36

991471

340

2,640

LSE

13:58:00

991930

250

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996731

95

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996725

273

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996723

42

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996721

250

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996717

248

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996719

161

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996711

167

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996709

33

2,639

LSE

14:02:14

996706

399

2,639

LSE

14:03:37

998409

162

2,639

LSE

14:05:00

1000187

166

2,639

LSE

14:05:00

1000185

16

2,639

LSE

14:05:00

1000183

335

2,639

LSE

14:07:50

1003595

334

2,639

LSE

14:07:50

1003593

428

2,638

LSE

14:08:26

1004167

11

2,638

LSE

14:09:18

1005116

125

2,638

LSE

14:09:18

1005114

250

2,638

LSE

14:09:18

1005112

373

2,638

LSE

14:09:18

1005104

31

2,638

LSE

14:09:18

1005102

192

2,641

LSE

14:11:00

1007117

173

2,641

LSE

14:11:00

1007119

107

2,640

LSE

14:11:09

1007251

260

2,640

LSE

14:11:34

1007628

351

2,640

LSE

14:14:45

1011367

341

2,641

LSE

14:19:47

1017200

385

2,641

LSE

14:19:47

1017198

35

2,641

LSE

14:19:48

1017216

386

2,641

LSE

14:19:57

1017383

166

2,641

LSE

14:22:23

1020601

114

2,641

LSE

14:22:23

1020599

387

2,643

LSE

14:23:37

1022100

361

2,650

LSE

14:25:53

1029122

367

2,650

LSE

14:25:53

1029120

548

2,649

LSE

14:26:05

1029460

45

2,648

LSE

14:26:56

1030880

487

2,648

LSE

14:26:56

1030878

279

2,647

LSE

14:27:00

1031163

332

2,647

LSE

14:27:00

1031161

168

2,648

LSE

14:29:46

1036110

206

2,648

LSE

14:29:46

1036108

61

2,648

LSE

14:29:46

1036106

30

2,648

LSE

14:29:46

1036104

316

2,648

LSE

14:29:46

1036102

248

2,648

LSE

14:29:50

1036216

321

2,648

LSE

14:29:50

1036214

50

2,647

LSE

14:30:00

1036803

500

2,647

LSE

14:30:00

1036706

336

2,647

LSE

14:30:05

1037755

150

2,647

LSE

14:30:05

1037753

429

2,647

LSE

14:30:11

1038091

455

2,647

LSE

14:31:03

1040488

260

2,646

LSE

14:31:37

1041757

235

2,646

LSE

14:31:37

1041747

200

2,646

LSE

14:31:37

1041749

30

2,646

LSE

14:31:37

1041751

46

2,646

LSE

14:32:11

1043245

100

2,646

LSE

14:32:11

1043169

250

2,646

LSE

14:32:11

1043166

368

2,646

LSE

14:32:11

1043136

241

2,647

LSE

14:34:28

1047484

250

2,647

LSE

14:34:28

1047482

233

2,647

LSE

14:34:28

1047478

167

2,647

LSE

14:34:28

1047476

390

2,646

LSE

14:35:14

1048926

142

2,645

LSE

14:35:39

1049808

222

2,645

LSE

14:35:44

1050101

351

2,645

LSE

14:36:21

1051238

200

2,644

LSE

14:36:28

1051546

200

2,644

LSE

14:36:28

1051544

14

2,644

LSE

14:36:58

1052332

355

2,645

LSE

14:37:40

1053727

143

2,644

LSE

14:38:05

1054427

124

2,644

LSE

14:38:05

1054425

96

2,644

LSE

14:38:05

1054423

357

2,643

LSE

14:39:07

1056084

128

2,644

LSE

14:40:10

1057798

277

2,644

LSE

14:40:11

1057802

366

2,643

LSE

14:40:47

1058743

385

2,643

LSE

14:42:27

1061718

36

2,643

LSE

14:42:50

1062284

56

2,643

LSE

14:43:34

1063662

192

2,643

LSE

14:44:01

1064432

50

2,643

LSE

14:44:01

1064430

363

2,642

LSE

14:44:02

1064460

71

2,641

LSE

14:44:59

1066177

325

2,641

LSE

14:44:59

1066175

400

2,642

LSE

14:46:30

1069439

457

2,642

LSE

14:47:26

1071566

453

2,642

LSE

14:47:53

1072584

305

2,642

LSE

14:48:38

1074326

58

2,642

LSE

14:48:38

1074324

407

2,642

LSE

14:50:17

1077137

514

2,641

LSE

14:51:03

1078802

190

2,640

LSE

14:51:18

1079196

255

2,640

LSE

14:51:18

1079194

168

2,642

LSE

14:54:36

1085009

250

2,642

LSE

14:54:36

1085007

250

2,642

LSE

14:54:36

1084999

250

2,642

LSE

14:54:36

1084997

374

2,642

LSE

14:54:36

1084995

129

2,642

LSE

14:54:36

1084993

346

2,642

LSE

14:56:05

1088070

406

2,641

LSE

14:58:32

1092718

362

2,642

LSE

14:58:32

1092716

518

2,640

LSE

14:59:42

1095023

66

2,639

LSE

15:00:04

1096040

417

2,639

LSE

15:00:04

1096038

166

2,638

LSE

15:00:09

1096176

309

2,638

LSE

15:00:48

1097641

419

2,638

LSE

15:01:13

1098415

370

2,637

LSE

15:01:21

1098657

160

2,637

LSE

15:02:26

1101002

207

2,637

LSE

15:02:26

1101000

183

2,637

LSE

15:02:47

1101744

200

2,637

LSE

15:02:47

1101740

13

2,637

LSE

15:02:47

1101738

120

2,637

LSE

15:02:48

1101766

32

2,637

LSE

15:02:48

1101756

220

2,637

LSE

15:02:48

1101754

33

2,637

LSE

15:02:49

1101794

134

2,637

LSE

15:02:50

1101837

140

2,637

LSE

15:02:51

1101851

89

2,637

LSE

15:02:52

1101883

63

2,637

LSE

15:04:53

1105928

348

2,637

LSE

15:04:53

1105926

75

2,638

LSE

15:06:51

1109431

220

2,638

LSE

15:06:51

1109429

142

2,638

LSE

15:06:51

1109427

142

2,638

LSE

15:06:51

1109425

230

2,638

LSE

15:06:51

1109423

362

2,637

LSE

15:07:40

1110862

321

2,637

LSE

15:10:10

1116023

89

2,637

LSE

15:10:10

1116021

285

2,638

LSE

15:12:16

1120088

217

2,638

LSE

15:12:53

1121372

94

2,638

LSE

15:12:53

1121370

130

2,638

LSE

15:12:53

1121374

223

2,638

LSE

15:14:16

1124211

250

2,638

LSE

15:14:16

1124209

73

2,638

LSE

15:14:16

1124207

41

2,638

LSE

15:14:16

1124202

144

2,638

LSE

15:14:16

1124200

175

2,638

LSE

15:14:16

1124198

90

2,638

LSE

15:14:16

1124196

467

2,637

LSE

15:14:45

1125366

358

2,637

LSE

15:15:18

1126331

230

2,636

LSE

15:18:26

1132850

250

2,636

LSE

15:18:26

1132848

383

2,636

LSE

15:18:26

1132836

421

2,637

LSE

15:20:31

1137297

98

2,638

LSE

15:22:36

1141743

440

2,638

LSE

15:22:36

1141741

14

2,638

LSE

15:22:36

1141733

249

2,638

LSE

15:22:36

1141735

134

2,638

LSE

15:22:36

1141737

338

2,638

LSE

15:22:36

1141739

119

2,637

LSE

15:24:40

1146187

396

2,637

LSE

15:27:10

1152451

365

2,637

LSE

15:27:10

1152449

578

2,636

LSE

15:27:12

1152524

354

2,636

LSE

15:29:33

1156971

145

2,636

LSE

15:29:33

1156969

199

2,636

LSE

15:32:41

1163222

144

2,636

LSE

15:32:41

1163220

377

2,636

LSE

15:32:41

1163218

2

2,636

LSE

15:32:41

1163216

300

2,639

LSE

15:37:40

1173582

189

2,639

LSE

15:37:40

1173580

164

2,640

LSE

15:39:19

1176417

423

2,640

LSE

15:39:19

1176413

9

2,640

LSE

15:39:19

1176415

589

2,639

LSE

15:40:26

1178987

41

2,639

LSE

15:40:26

1178983

182

2,638

LSE

15:42:04

1182233

50

2,638

LSE

15:42:04

1182231

395

2,638

LSE

15:42:04

1182229

238

2,638

LSE

15:47:10

1192602

136

2,638

LSE

15:47:10

1192600

196

2,638

LSE

15:47:10

1192598

170

2,638

LSE

15:47:10

1192596

171

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193193

250

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193191

179

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193149

243

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193151

24

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193147

259

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193145

149

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193143

201

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193122

250

2,638

LSE

15:47:24

1193120

39

2,639

LSE

15:49:05

1196838

380

2,639

LSE

15:49:05

1196836

193

2,639

LSE

15:49:05

1196832

318

2,639

LSE

15:49:05

1196830

258

2,639

LSE

15:50:32

1200118

84

2,639

LSE

15:50:32

1200116

262

2,639

LSE

15:50:32

1200114

100

2,639

LSE

15:50:32

1200112

100

2,639

LSE

15:51:27

1201948

322

2,640

LSE

15:53:34

1206733

37

2,640

LSE

15:53:34

1206731

40

2,640

LSE

15:53:34

1206729

332

2,640

LSE

15:53:34

1206727

222

2,640

LSE

15:54:48

1209450

439

2,640

LSE

15:54:48

1209434

93

2,640

LSE

15:54:48

1209432

152

2,640

LSE

15:54:48

1209428

216

2,640

LSE

15:54:48

1209426

61

2,640

LSE

15:54:48

1209430

94

2,640

LSE

15:55:16

1210401

275

2,640

LSE

15:55:16

1210399

250

2,640

LSE

15:55:16

1210397

294

2,640

LSE

15:55:16

1210389

105

2,640

LSE

15:55:16

1210387

395

2,640

LSE

15:55:16

1210385