Transaction in Own Shares

13th February 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 12th February 2019 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange and/or Euronext Dublin, from CRH's broker UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

55,725

18,877

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,375.0000

€27.0500

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,339.0000

€26.7500

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,355.1837

€26.9972

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 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 30,989,351 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 812,400,987 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

Issuer name:

CRH plc

LEI

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

ISIN:

IE0001827041

Intermediary name:

UBS Limited

Intermediary code:

UBSWGB24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,355.1837

55,725

Euronext Dublin

EUR

26.9972

18,877

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

646

2,370

LSE

10:08:53

1184935

480

2,375

LSE

13:00:01

1296315

622

2,375

LSE

13:00:10

1296467

636

2,375

LSE

13:00:10

1296465

482

2,375

LSE

13:00:10

1296463

605

2,375

LSE

13:02:43

1298146

9

2,356

LSE

13:27:38

1315033

676

2,356

LSE

13:27:38

1315031

678

2,350

LSE

14:04:46

1342816

195

2,349

LSE

14:12:30

1349345

491

2,349

LSE

14:12:30

1349343

586

2,348

LSE

14:15:13

1351925

621

2,346

LSE

14:15:57

1352445

48

2,345

LSE

14:16:16

1352681

601

2,347

LSE

14:19:05

1355138

26

2,347

LSE

14:19:05

1355136

639

2,346

LSE

14:19:57

1355920

635

2,344

LSE

14:26:45

1362403

280

2,343

LSE

14:26:46

1362405

150

2,343

LSE

14:26:55

1362522

158

2,343

LSE

14:26:55

1362524

566

2,341

LSE

14:27:25

1363045

84

2,341

LSE

14:27:25

1363043

2

2,339

LSE

14:30:00

1366399

779

2,344

LSE

14:33:15

1373946

97

2,348

LSE

14:37:23

1380357

150

2,348

LSE

14:37:23

1380355

300

2,348

LSE

14:37:23

1380353

108

2,348

LSE

14:37:23

1380351

809

2,347

LSE

14:39:25

1384110

47

2,346

LSE

14:39:37

1384329

250

2,352

LSE

14:42:55

1390074

100

2,352

LSE

14:42:55

1390072

250

2,352

LSE

14:43:00

1390178

250

2,352

LSE

14:43:01

1390219

278

2,352

LSE

14:43:18

1390637

24

2,352

LSE

14:44:21

1392392

173

2,352

LSE

14:44:21

1392390

314

2,352

LSE

14:44:21

1392388

213

2,352

LSE

14:44:21

1392386

715

2,352

LSE

14:45:49

1395199

935

2,351

LSE

14:46:26

1396865

710

2,350

LSE

14:46:29

1396912

96

2,349

LSE

14:48:14

1399757

250

2,349

LSE

14:48:14

1399755

100

2,349

LSE

14:48:14

1399753

250

2,349

LSE

14:48:14

1399751

89

2,349

LSE

14:48:14

1399748

614

2,349

LSE

14:48:14

1399746

603

2,347

LSE

14:49:08

1401421

440

2,347

LSE

14:49:33

1402170

604

2,350

LSE

14:50:58

1404503

71

2,349

LSE

14:51:28

1405313

250

2,349

LSE

14:51:28

1405311

250

2,349

LSE

14:51:28

1405309

100

2,349

LSE

14:51:28

1405307

258

2,349

LSE

14:51:28

1405305

408

2,349

LSE

14:51:28

1405303

665

2,350

LSE

14:51:28

1405289

723

2,350

LSE

14:51:28

1405287

555

2,348

LSE

14:52:44

1407470

74

2,352

LSE

14:55:39

1411871

289

2,352

LSE

14:55:42

1411946

300

2,352

LSE

14:55:42

1411944

200

2,352

LSE

14:55:42

1411942

200

2,353

LSE

14:55:56

1412228

226

2,352

LSE

14:56:10

1412703

100

2,353

LSE

14:56:56

1413844

696

2,355

LSE

14:57:14

1414304

200

2,355

LSE

14:57:26

1414561

100

2,355

LSE

14:57:26

1414564

272

2,355

LSE

14:57:56

1415283

100

2,355

LSE

14:57:56

1415281

250

2,355

LSE

14:58:14

1415639

274

2,355

LSE

14:58:14

1415637

276

2,355

LSE

14:58:14

1415635

50

2,354

LSE

14:59:30

1417509

100

2,356

LSE

15:01:00

1421216

253

2,356

LSE

15:01:00

1421212

779

2,356

LSE

15:01:00

1421210

160

2,356

LSE

15:01:00

1421214

711

2,356

LSE

15:01:36

1421900

633

2,354

LSE

15:01:41

1422070

652

2,354

LSE

15:01:41

1422068

100

2,361

LSE

15:02:27

1423368

200

2,361

LSE

15:02:27

1423366

708

2,361

LSE

15:02:40

1423685

698

2,360

LSE

15:02:49

1423977

714

2,360

LSE

15:02:49

1423975

109

2,359

LSE

15:02:50

1424042

28

2,359

LSE

15:02:56

1424212

33

2,361

LSE

15:04:48

1426769

598

2,361

LSE

15:04:48

1426767

135

2,361

LSE

15:04:48

1426771

727

2,360

LSE

15:04:53

1426896

368

2,359

LSE

15:05:25

1428104

279

2,359

LSE

15:05:25

1428092

17

2,359

LSE

15:05:25

1428090

609

2,358

LSE

15:05:47

1428702

329

2,354

LSE

15:06:12

1429532

270

2,354

LSE

15:06:12

1429534

250

2,359

LSE

15:11:35

1439629

100

2,359

LSE

15:11:35

1439631

662

2,359

LSE

15:11:48

1440056

664

2,358

LSE

15:12:04

1440391

632

2,358

LSE

15:12:04

1440389

495

2,356

LSE

15:12:33

1441038

250

2,356

LSE

15:12:33

1441036

219

2,355

LSE

15:12:37

1441190

40

2,355

LSE

15:12:39

1441229

136

2,355

LSE

15:13:05

1441856

222

2,355

LSE

15:13:05

1441854

250

2,355

LSE

15:13:05

1441852

100

2,355

LSE

15:13:05

1441850

363

2,355

LSE

15:13:05

1441785

29

2,355

LSE

15:13:05

1441787

725

2,353

LSE

15:13:09

1442197

639

2,351

LSE

15:14:10

1443778

509

2,352

LSE

15:18:33

1449850

114

2,352

LSE

15:18:33

1449852

58

2,351

LSE

15:19:00

1450630

153

2,353

LSE

15:20:06

1452234

474

2,353

LSE

15:20:06

1452236

100

2,355

LSE

15:21:10

1453410

100

2,355

LSE

15:21:10

1453408

103

2,355

LSE

15:21:10

1453406

470

2,355

LSE

15:21:16

1453748

100

2,356

LSE

15:22:25

1455317

181

2,356

LSE

15:22:25

1455315

40

2,356

LSE

15:23:11

1456090

140

2,356

LSE

15:23:11

1456088

400

2,355

LSE

15:23:55

1457066

1

2,356

LSE

15:23:55

1457064

153

2,356

LSE

15:23:55

1457060

826

2,356

LSE

15:23:55

1457062

250

2,356

LSE

15:26:12

1460364

250

2,356

LSE

15:26:12

1460362

100

2,356

LSE

15:26:12

1460360

400

2,359

LSE

15:27:00

1461336

589

2,359

LSE

15:28:14

1463118

513

2,359

LSE

15:30:48

1466776

122

2,359

LSE

15:30:48

1466774

99

2,356

LSE

15:34:30

1471518

577

2,356

LSE

15:34:30

1471520

508

2,354

LSE

15:40:13

1479703

150

2,354

LSE

15:40:13

1479701

648

2,354

LSE

15:42:03

1482202

127

2,358

LSE

15:53:41

1498406

503

2,358

LSE

15:53:41

1498404

57

2,358

LSE

15:53:41

1498402

100

2,359

LSE

15:57:35

1503785

308

2,359

LSE

15:57:35

1503783

103

2,362

LSE

15:58:20

1504691

630

2,362

LSE

15:59:56

1507490

576

2,362

LSE

15:59:56

1507488

150

2,362

LSE

15:59:56

1507486

300

2,362

LSE

15:59:56

1507484

807

2,363

LSE

16:01:36

1510045

406

2,362

LSE

16:02:45

1511385

590

2,362

LSE

16:02:45

1511383

268

2,362

LSE

16:02:45

1511381

340

2,361

LSE

16:02:52

1511651

371

2,361

LSE

16:02:57

1511731

624

2,357

LSE

16:04:01

1513242

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

562

26.98

ISE

10:02:40

1181048

11

26.99

ISE

10:08:54

1184943

1

26.99

ISE

10:08:56

1184972

445

26.99

ISE

10:09:01

1185027

47

26.99

ISE

10:09:17

1185189

587

27.02

ISE

10:15:06

1188472

488

27.05

ISE

10:22:34

1193045

454

27.05

ISE

10:23:38

1193773

454

27.05

ISE

10:27:48

1196257

454

27.05

ISE

10:29:50

1197443

566

27.02

ISE

10:40:52

1204766

57

27.02

ISE

10:42:05

1205594

195

27.05

ISE

10:51:26

1211697

260

27.05

ISE

10:51:26

1211699

659

27.05

ISE

10:51:26

1211701

450

27.05

ISE

10:52:09

1212194

571

27.04

ISE

10:55:52

1214902

474

27.05

ISE

13:00:10

1296475

539

27.05

ISE

13:00:10

1296473

510

27.05

ISE

13:00:10

1296471

89

27.05

ISE

13:00:10

1296469

42

27.05

ISE

13:03:02

1298335

117

27.05

ISE

13:03:02

1298333

590

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298564

551

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298572

532

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298568

507

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298570

509

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298566

514

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298574

576

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298576

591

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298578

627

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298580

531

27.05

ISE

13:03:20

1298562

115

27.04

ISE

13:03:44

1298920

226

27.04

ISE

13:03:44

1298918

237

27.04

ISE

13:03:44

1298916

24

27.04

ISE

13:03:44

1298914

666

27.04

ISE

13:03:44

1298912

479

26.89

ISE

13:17:42

1308050

105

26.89

ISE

13:17:43

1308055

627

26.90

ISE

13:31:57

1318657

219

26.89

ISE

13:32:25

1318929

216

26.87

ISE

13:38:06

1322598

544

26.83

ISE

13:40:07

1323914

7

26.82

ISE

13:45:06

1327319

198

26.82

ISE

13:45:06

1327317

528

26.78

ISE

13:46:00

1327964

264

26.75

ISE

13:55:21

1335080

262

26.75

ISE

13:55:25

1335128

47

26.82

ISE

14:06:53

1344558

80

26.81

ISE

14:07:27

1345138

473

26.81

ISE

14:07:27

1345136