Transaction in Own Shares

14th May 2015

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 13th May 2015 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 13,130 Ordinary Shares at prices between €16.58 and €21.5235 per Ordinary Share and at prices between £11.19 and £14.94 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 2,322,363 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 821,300,121.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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