Transaction in Own Shares

11th March 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 8th March 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 Europe SE. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

8,704

44,466

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,356.0000

€27.6000

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,342.0000

€27.2100

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,350.4563

€27.3318

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 32,265,985 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,124,353 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 Europe SE 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 Europe SE

Intermediary code:

UBSWDE24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,350.4563

8,704

Euronext Dublin

EUR

27.3318

44,466

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

623

2,353

LSE

08:18:00

957024

549

2,352

LSE

08:46:31

997560

239

2,356

LSE

09:23:59

1049558

302

2,356

LSE

09:23:59

1049556

546

2,356

LSE

09:57:40

1102907

662

2,355

LSE

10:43:09

1134151

6

2,349

LSE

11:38:29

1169455

560

2,349

LSE

11:38:29

1169453

76

2,349

LSE

11:38:29

1169451

525

2,349

LSE

12:27:57

1200404

120

2,349

LSE

12:27:57

1200402

457

2,349

LSE

13:17:44

1236646

148

2,349

LSE

13:17:45

1236648

615

2,343

LSE

13:46:10

1259516

57

2,344

LSE

14:16:56

1284178

23

2,344

LSE

14:16:56

1284176

40

2,344

LSE

14:17:14

1284411

149

2,344

LSE

14:17:18

1284434

341

2,344

LSE

14:17:37

1284644

111

2,342

LSE

14:34:14

1303999

648

2,346

LSE

14:39:49

1312121

644

2,351

LSE

14:56:46

1333351

593

2,352

LSE

15:14:56

1356357

670

2,354

LSE

15:32:03

1375281

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

528

27.51

ISE

08:09:50

944028

570

27.60

ISE

08:27:33

970683

601

27.53

ISE

08:37:06

984330

572

27.46

ISE

08:53:34

1006983

79

27.46

ISE

09:08:47

1028090

500

27.46

ISE

09:08:47

1028088

71

27.48

ISE

09:22:37

1048013

99

27.48

ISE

09:22:37

1048011

70

27.49

ISE

09:28:49

1058582

560

27.49

ISE

09:28:49

1058580

282

27.54

ISE

09:40:46

1078604

544

27.49

ISE

09:49:55

1092578

52

27.47

ISE

10:07:38

1110635

559

27.47

ISE

10:07:38

1110633

539

27.47

ISE

10:27:03

1123155

529

27.45

ISE

10:49:32

1138587

282

27.46

ISE

10:52:04

1140869

282

27.44

ISE

10:55:14

1143198

423

27.41

ISE

11:13:52

1155713

125

27.41

ISE

11:14:16

1155908

639

27.36

ISE

11:38:29

1169447

313

27.35

ISE

11:59:28

1182016

332

27.35

ISE

11:59:28

1182014

227

27.37

ISE

12:20:57

1196272

141

27.37

ISE

12:20:57

1196270

115

27.31

ISE

12:31:53

1203518

166

27.31

ISE

12:32:33

1204127

302

27.31

ISE

12:32:33

1204122

304

27.33

ISE

12:53:08

1218979

281

27.33

ISE

12:53:09

1218986

220

27.33

ISE

13:14:50

1234472

324

27.33

ISE

13:15:05

1234696

608

27.33

ISE

13:19:50

1238241

346

27.35

ISE

13:25:38

1241981

235

27.35

ISE

13:25:38

1241979

632

27.35

ISE

13:30:01

1245305

593

27.36

ISE

13:35:22

1250879

636

27.35

ISE

13:37:20

1252949

86

27.31

ISE

13:41:05

1255781

540

27.31

ISE

13:41:08

1255809

348

27.28

ISE

13:47:56

1260804

97

27.30

ISE

13:50:35

1262664

601

27.28

ISE

13:50:47

1262936

58

27.30

ISE

13:53:44

1264940

443

27.28

ISE

13:54:11

1265261

183

27.28

ISE

13:54:21

1265348

84

27.27

ISE

13:57:31

1267906

516

27.27

ISE

13:57:31

1267908

395

27.25

ISE

14:01:25

1271343

176

27.25

ISE

14:01:27

1271398

554

27.24

ISE

14:07:29

1276179

249

27.23

ISE

14:11:07

1279249

364

27.23

ISE

14:11:07

1279247

377

27.23

ISE

14:11:34

1279691

269

27.23

ISE

14:12:13

1280167

75

27.27

ISE

14:18:17

1285277

387

27.26

ISE

14:19:11

1285931

195

27.26

ISE

14:19:23

1286065

97

27.22

ISE

14:23:08

1289139

383

27.23

ISE

14:25:51

1291692

433

27.22

ISE

14:27:08

1293122

126

27.22

ISE

14:27:09

1293127

471

27.22

ISE

14:27:09

1293129

179

27.22

ISE

14:27:25

1293367

100

27.21

ISE

14:31:09

1299772

74

27.21

ISE

14:31:09

1299769

350

27.21

ISE

14:31:18

1299946

621

27.21

ISE

14:31:44

1300563

100

27.26

ISE

14:36:35

1307565

54

27.25

ISE

14:38:23

1309768

238

27.25

ISE

14:38:23

1309766

305

27.25

ISE

14:38:25

1309804

254

27.25

ISE

14:38:25

1309799

609

27.25

ISE

14:38:25

1309795

23

27.25

ISE

14:38:25

1309793

207

27.25

ISE

14:38:25

1309791

328

27.25

ISE

14:41:32

1314131

281

27.25

ISE

14:41:33

1314143

95

27.26

ISE

14:44:15

1317103

613

27.26

ISE

14:45:49

1319198

21

27.26

ISE

14:47:49

1322323

123

27.26

ISE

14:47:49

1322321

356

27.34

ISE

14:51:07

1326890

250

27.34

ISE

14:51:07

1326888

250

27.34

ISE

14:51:07

1326886

209

27.34

ISE

14:51:07

1326883

250

27.34

ISE

14:51:07

1326881

142

27.34

ISE

14:51:07

1326879

99

27.33

ISE

14:52:38

1328917

597

27.34

ISE

14:56:46

1333372

623

27.33

ISE

14:57:19

1333898

98

27.34

ISE

14:57:19

1333891

630

27.27

ISE

15:00:57

1339609

524

27.27

ISE

15:00:57

1339611

546

27.27

ISE

15:05:52

1345262

525

27.27

ISE

15:07:03

1346778

697

27.30

ISE

15:09:57

1350353

571

27.30

ISE

15:09:57

1350351

536

27.30

ISE

15:14:17

1355700

621

27.27

ISE

15:17:15

1358696

130

27.28

ISE

15:17:15

1358672

425

27.28

ISE

15:17:15

1358670

646

27.26

ISE

15:18:46

1360145

641

27.28

ISE

15:23:10

1365185

80

27.26

ISE

15:25:22

1367589

317

27.31

ISE

15:31:47

1374942

615

27.31

ISE

15:31:47

1374944

299

27.31

ISE

15:32:03

1375287

284

27.31

ISE

15:32:03

1375283

346

27.31

ISE

15:32:03

1375285

489

27.31

ISE

15:32:04

1375293

46

27.31

ISE

15:32:17

1375471

612

27.28

ISE

15:34:33

1378091

643

27.31

ISE

15:39:20

1383980

527

27.31

ISE

15:39:20

1383978

406

27.30

ISE

15:42:41

1387950

117

27.35

ISE

15:44:18

1390598

1,235

27.35

ISE

15:44:18

1390596

119

27.40

ISE

15:46:26

1393385

1,334

27.40

ISE

15:46:26

1393381

248

27.40

ISE

15:46:26

1393383

458

27.40

ISE

16:00:05

1410799

539

27.40

ISE

16:00:05

1410795

623

27.40

ISE

16:00:05

1410797