Transaction in Own Shares

27th February 2014

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 26th February 2014, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 89,222 Ordinary Shares at prices between €15.0674 and €18.7463 per Ordinary Share and at a price of £12.9574 per Ordinary Share.

CRH plc also announces that on 26th February 2014, it transferred to the Trustees of the CRH plc Employee Benefit Trust 745,165 Ordinary Shares in relation to satisfying vested awards made under the CRH 2006 Performance Share Plan (742,604 Ordinary Shares) and in respect of a deferred share award (2,561 Ordinary Shares) at a price of €20.375 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 5,085,183 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 734,146,417.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: +353 1 634 4340

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