Transaction in Own Shares

9th November 2015

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 6th November 2015 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 9,861 Ordinary Shares at prices of €13.64 and €14.79 per Ordinary Share and at prices of Stg£11.55 and Stg£13.13 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 1,256,907 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 822,365,577.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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