Transaction in Own Shares

20th March 2015

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that today, 20th March 2015, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 61,667 Ordinary Shares at prices between €17.30 and €18.8545 per Ordinary Share and at a price of £12.9574 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 2,785,662 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 815,780,189.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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