Transaction in Own Shares

23rd May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 22nd May 2018 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange from CRH's broker UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Date of purchase

22 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

116,890

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,830.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,807.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,818.2800

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 1 Programme announced on 2nd May 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 2,136,161 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 841,254,177 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

Transaction Details

Issuer name:

CRH plc

LEI

549300MIDJNNTH068E74

ISIN:

IE0001827041

Intermediary name:

UBS Limited

Intermediary code:

UBSWGB24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBP

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Volume Weighted Average Price (GBp)

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

2,818.2842

116,890

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

335

2,816

LSE

08:04:19

404242

196

2,816

LSE

08:04:19

404240

399

2,822

LSE

08:06:54

408686

335

2,822

LSE

08:09:19

412707

326

2,822

LSE

08:09:19

412705

135

2,822

LSE

08:09:19

412703

492

2,821

LSE

08:09:51

413569

468

2,818

LSE

08:09:52

413622

442

2,819

LSE

08:09:52

413618

159

2,822

LSE

08:14:45

421522

301

2,822

LSE

08:14:45

421520

22

2,822

LSE

08:16:38

425001

458

2,822

LSE

08:16:38

424999

505

2,822

LSE

08:16:38

424989

423

2,825

LSE

08:22:29

433544

91

2,824

LSE

08:23:14

434657

330

2,824

LSE

08:23:14

434655

515

2,824

LSE

08:23:14

434653

51

2,824

LSE

08:26:03

438709

100

2,824

LSE

08:26:03

438707

239

2,824

LSE

08:26:03

438705

411

2,824

LSE

08:26:03

438691

352

2,823

LSE

08:28:05

441606

370

2,824

LSE

08:34:03

451024

357

2,824

LSE

08:35:43

453753

244

2,824

LSE

08:37:07

456007

30

2,824

LSE

08:37:07

456000

380

2,824

LSE

08:37:07

455998

31

2,824

LSE

08:37:07

455994

62

2,824

LSE

08:37:07

455996

200

2,824

LSE

08:37:07

455992

162

2,824

LSE

08:37:07

455990

377

2,823

LSE

08:37:28

456516

310

2,818

LSE

08:42:30

464537

82

2,818

LSE

08:42:30

464535

120

2,815

LSE

08:44:34

467618

200

2,815

LSE

08:44:34

467616

53

2,815

LSE

08:44:34

467614

185

2,813

LSE

08:49:39

475943

151

2,813

LSE

08:49:39

475941

60

2,813

LSE

08:50:44

478169

198

2,813

LSE

08:50:44

478167

36

2,813

LSE

08:50:44

478173

84

2,813

LSE

08:50:44

478171

353

2,812

LSE

08:50:45

478225

250

2,819

LSE

09:01:53

498139

488

2,819

LSE

09:01:53

498131

424

2,819

LSE

09:01:53

498112

38

2,819

LSE

09:01:53

498110

374

2,818

LSE

09:02:08

498830

272

2,817

LSE

09:02:19

499121

121

2,817

LSE

09:02:19

499119

373

2,819

LSE

09:05:45

504897

150

2,818

LSE

09:06:10

505456

210

2,818

LSE

09:06:10

505460

64

2,818

LSE

09:06:10

505458

7

2,818

LSE

09:06:10

505447

354

2,818

LSE

09:06:10

505451

142

2,818

LSE

09:06:10

505449

402

2,817

LSE

09:06:58

506951

194

2,816

LSE

09:08:02

508521

150

2,816

LSE

09:08:02

508519

224

2,816

LSE

09:10:36

512809

119

2,816

LSE

09:10:36

512807

34

2,815

LSE

09:10:52

513166

300

2,815

LSE

09:10:52

513164

188

2,817

LSE

09:14:13

521330

169

2,817

LSE

09:14:13

521328

30

2,817

LSE

09:15:35

524105

309

2,817

LSE

09:15:35

524103

356

2,816

LSE

09:16:39

525982

113

2,817

LSE

09:16:39

525980

300

2,817

LSE

09:16:39

525978

59

2,816

LSE

09:17:53

528267

467

2,816

LSE

09:17:53

528251

93

2,817

LSE

09:19:32

531039

280

2,817

LSE

09:19:32

531037

398

2,818

LSE

09:21:30

534191

93

2,817

LSE

09:21:43

534575

315

2,817

LSE

09:21:43

534573

71

2,817

LSE

09:21:43

534571

294

2,817

LSE

09:22:35

535974

105

2,817

LSE

09:22:35

535972

380

2,816

LSE

09:23:11

536769

289

2,815

LSE

09:23:42

537469

61

2,815

LSE

09:23:42

537467

83

2,815

LSE

09:24:21

538482

328

2,815

LSE

09:24:21

538480

159

2,815

LSE

09:25:07

539783

199

2,815

LSE

09:25:07

539781

335

2,814

LSE

09:25:09

539849

74

2,813

LSE

09:25:40

540802

294

2,813

LSE

09:25:40

540800

34

2,812

LSE

09:27:05

543129

200

2,812

LSE

09:27:05

543127

176

2,812

LSE

09:27:05

543125

300

2,811

LSE

09:27:21

543727

84

2,811

LSE

09:27:21

543725

237

2,814

LSE

09:30:12

548184

380

2,814

LSE

09:30:33

548732

118

2,814

LSE

09:30:33

548730

129

2,818

LSE

09:35:45

558102

282

2,818

LSE

09:36:00

558421

286

2,818

LSE

09:36:00

558402

63

2,818

LSE

09:36:00

558400

241

2,818

LSE

09:36:00

558398

39

2,818

LSE

09:36:14

558895

79

2,818

LSE

09:36:14

558893

313

2,818

LSE

09:36:14

558891

82

2,818

LSE

09:36:14

558889

385

2,816

LSE

09:36:30

559377

92

2,816

LSE

09:36:47

559896

250

2,816

LSE

09:36:47

559891

112

2,816

LSE

09:36:47

559881

275

2,816

LSE

09:36:47

559879

41

2,816

LSE

09:36:47

559877

88

2,815

LSE

09:38:04

561659

266

2,815

LSE

09:38:04

561657

405

2,814

LSE

09:39:11

563172

404

2,817

LSE

09:42:24

568361

137

2,816

LSE

09:42:32

568512

316

2,816

LSE

09:42:32

568510

30

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572969

250

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572967

57

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572965

163

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572960

200

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572958

87

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572944

100

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572941

250

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572938

153

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572922

293

2,819

LSE

09:45:20

572918

334

2,818

LSE

09:47:10

575578

370

2,817

LSE

09:47:44

576509

58

2,816

LSE

09:47:47

576671

59

2,816

LSE

09:47:48

576682

263

2,816

LSE

09:47:49

576702

412

2,818

LSE

09:50:25

581073

264

2,818

LSE

09:53:38

585767

100

2,818

LSE

09:53:38

585763

403

2,819

LSE

09:55:39

588994

310

2,818

LSE

09:55:46

589159

200

2,818

LSE

09:55:46

589157

511

2,818

LSE

09:57:55

592656

104

2,818

LSE

09:57:55

592647

317

2,818

LSE

09:57:55

592645

197

2,817

LSE

09:58:21

593381

175

2,817

LSE

09:58:21

593379

518

2,817

LSE

09:59:39

595526

375

2,817

LSE

09:59:39

595524

127

2,817

LSE

10:01:25

598519

325

2,817

LSE

10:01:25

598517

450

2,816

LSE

10:01:39

598955

290

2,816

LSE

10:03:45

601326

60

2,816

LSE

10:03:45

601324

107

2,816

LSE

10:03:45

601322

284

2,816

LSE

10:03:45

601318

156

2,816

LSE

10:03:45

601316

97

2,816

LSE

10:03:45

601311

121

2,816

LSE

10:03:45

601309

38

2,816

LSE

10:07:56

607380

200

2,816

LSE

10:07:56

607378

169

2,816

LSE

10:07:56

607376

50

2,816

LSE

10:08:50

608407

63

2,816

LSE

10:08:50

608405

40

2,816

LSE

10:08:50

608403

100

2,816

LSE

10:08:50

608401

338

2,816

LSE

10:09:25

609160

72

2,816

LSE

10:09:25

609120

87

2,816

LSE

10:09:25

609114

397

2,815

LSE

10:12:23

613442

360

2,814

LSE

10:12:30

613590

371

2,813

LSE

10:12:51

614118

16

2,811

LSE

10:15:25

618001

229

2,811

LSE

10:15:25

617999

125

2,811

LSE

10:15:25

617997

369

2,811

LSE

10:15:25

617995

417

2,814

LSE

10:21:23

626326

61

2,814

LSE

10:22:56

628449

200

2,814

LSE

10:22:56

628447

138

2,814

LSE

10:22:56

628443

98

2,814

LSE

10:22:56

628426

274

2,814

LSE

10:22:56

628428

48

2,813

LSE

10:25:41

632086

220

2,814

LSE

10:32:07

641416

293

2,814

LSE

10:32:07

641414

422

2,814

LSE

10:32:07

641410

410

2,813

LSE

10:33:12

642898

100

2,812

LSE

10:33:39

643563

76

2,813

LSE

10:36:40

648081

250

2,813

LSE

10:36:40

648079

89

2,813

LSE

10:36:40

648077

157

2,812

LSE

10:37:57

650635

283

2,812

LSE

10:37:57

650637

71

2,811

LSE

10:39:53

653322

331

2,811

LSE

10:39:53

653320

333

2,810

LSE

10:39:59

653416

60

2,810

LSE

10:39:59

653414

150

2,810

LSE

10:40:32

654274

221

2,810

LSE

10:40:32

654271

78

2,809

LSE

10:40:56

654796

284

2,809

LSE

10:40:56

654794

150

2,808

LSE

10:44:48

659790

23

2,808

LSE

10:44:48

659788

378

2,810

LSE

10:44:48

659785

402

2,812

LSE

10:47:46

663729

385

2,811

LSE

10:48:01

664102

343

2,811

LSE

10:50:27

667548

408

2,810

LSE

10:50:31

667636

418

2,811

LSE

10:53:09

672803

265

2,810

LSE

10:53:23

673096

126

2,810

LSE

10:53:23

673094

79

2,810

LSE

10:54:15

674049

407

2,811

LSE

10:58:21

679609

322

2,810

LSE

11:03:34

685592

397

2,811

LSE

11:03:34

685588

262

2,811

LSE

11:05:09

687183

137

2,811

LSE

11:05:09

687181

85

2,812

LSE

11:10:48

692573

318

2,812

LSE

11:10:48

692571

316

2,813

LSE

11:10:48

692567

147

2,813

LSE

11:10:48

692565

241

2,817

LSE

11:19:51

701157

341

2,817

LSE

11:19:51

701159

97

2,817

LSE

11:19:51

701161

240

2,816

LSE

11:20:10

701509

266

2,816

LSE

11:20:10

701507

498

2,815

LSE

11:20:22

701706

1

2,815

LSE

11:20:22

701704

484

2,817

LSE

11:21:24

702746

308

2,817

LSE

11:24:02

705362

64

2,817

LSE

11:24:02

705353

142

2,817

LSE

11:24:40

705876

279

2,817

LSE

11:24:40

705874

194

2,817

LSE

11:30:43

711402

67

2,817

LSE

11:30:43

711400

105

2,817

LSE

11:30:43

711398

451

2,815

LSE

11:32:47

713091

470

2,816

LSE

11:32:47

713089

157

2,817

LSE

11:38:34

718259

260

2,817

LSE

11:38:34

718257

398

2,817

LSE

11:42:36

721970

411

2,818

LSE

11:45:02

724560

125

2,818

LSE

11:45:45

725239

237

2,818

LSE

11:45:45

725237

134

2,816

LSE

11:49:01

727896

196

2,817

LSE

11:49:01

727894

345

2,817

LSE

11:49:01

727892

367

2,816

LSE

11:50:33

729296

508

2,816

LSE

11:51:45

730462

170

2,816

LSE

11:52:21

731030

349

2,816

LSE

11:52:48

731437

315

2,816

LSE

11:52:48

731435

446

2,815

LSE

11:53:12

731765

282

2,814

LSE

11:54:00

732649

113

2,814

LSE

11:54:00

732647

166

2,813

LSE

11:55:12

734087

259

2,816

LSE

11:56:33

735492

130

2,816

LSE

11:56:33

735490

416

2,815

LSE

11:56:42

735622

390

2,814

LSE

11:57:16

736211

202

2,809

LSE

12:03:06

743679

363

2,809

LSE

12:03:06

743677

18

2,808

LSE

12:04:23

744965

132

2,808

LSE

12:04:23

744963

359

2,808

LSE

12:04:23

744961

415

2,809

LSE

12:04:23

744959

351

2,809

LSE

12:04:23

744957

551

2,807

LSE

12:05:30

745853

314

2,808

LSE

12:08:45

748874

82

2,808

LSE

12:08:45

748872

380

2,809

LSE

12:09:59

750163

426

2,809

LSE

12:10:58

752617

160

2,811

LSE

12:12:32

754858

220

2,811

LSE

12:12:32

754856

535

2,810

LSE

12:12:43

755013

383

2,813

LSE

12:15:45

758235

481

2,814

LSE

12:17:53

760555

46

2,813

LSE

12:18:30

761251

300

2,813

LSE

12:18:30

761249

175

2,813

LSE

12:18:30

761247

251

2,812

LSE

12:20:50

763399

244

2,812

LSE

12:20:50

763397

482

2,817

LSE

12:27:36

770641

265

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770820

75

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770818

4

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770816

200

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770814

100

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770812

92

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770800

254

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770796

300

2,817

LSE

12:27:41

770792

397

2,817

LSE

12:28:00

771139

91

2,816

LSE

12:29:38

772746

320

2,816

LSE

12:29:38

772744

28

2,815

LSE

12:29:55

773047

368

2,819

LSE

12:34:48

778067

27

2,819

LSE

12:34:48

778065

97

2,817

LSE

12:36:09

779517

269

2,817

LSE

12:36:09

779515

300

2,818

LSE

12:36:09

779511

128

2,818

LSE

12:36:09

779513

370

2,820

LSE

12:42:59

786130

106

2,820

LSE

12:42:59

786128

19

2,819

LSE

12:43:54

787095

408

2,819

LSE

12:43:54

787093

407

2,820

LSE

12:45:15

788541

98

2,819

LSE

12:45:48

789105

307

2,819

LSE

12:45:48

789103

128

2,820

LSE

12:48:33

791832

276

2,820

LSE

12:48:33

791830

337

2,819

LSE

12:48:34

791844

361

2,819

LSE

12:49:14

792512

16

2,819

LSE

12:49:14

792510

405

2,818

LSE

12:52:28

796764

14

2,818

LSE

12:58:11

802825

384

2,818

LSE

12:58:11

802823

404

2,818

LSE

12:58:26

803194

294

2,819

LSE

13:01:59

807005

65

2,819

LSE

13:01:59

807003

154

2,819

LSE

13:07:08

813156

227

2,819

LSE

13:07:08

813154

132

2,819

LSE

13:09:03

815108

278

2,819

LSE

13:09:03

815106

363

2,818

LSE

13:10:31

816666

398

2,819

LSE

13:10:31

816664

67

2,817

LSE

13:11:38

818171

189

2,817

LSE

13:11:38

818169

134

2,817

LSE

13:11:38

818167

52

2,817

LSE

13:18:14

826445

303

2,817

LSE

13:18:14

826443

213

2,817

LSE

13:18:14

826441

210

2,817

LSE

13:18:14

826439

407

2,817

LSE

13:18:14

826428

192

2,820

LSE

13:20:58

829456

150

2,820

LSE

13:20:58

829454

57

2,820

LSE

13:20:58

829452

337

2,820

LSE

13:24:07

832996

400

2,819

LSE

13:24:40

833626

135

2,820

LSE

13:27:38

836908

250

2,820

LSE

13:27:38

836906

171

2,819

LSE

13:28:39

838278

177

2,819

LSE

13:28:39

838276

155

2,819

LSE

13:30:26

840871

180

2,819

LSE

13:30:26

840869

71

2,819

LSE

13:30:26

840873

379

2,817

LSE

13:30:40

841270

28

2,817

LSE

13:30:40

841268

298

2,816

LSE

13:33:09

844410

40

2,816

LSE

13:33:09

844408

357

2,817

LSE

13:36:49

848900

270

2,818

LSE

13:39:03

851899

379

2,818

LSE

13:39:03

851849

348

2,819

LSE

13:39:59

853491

251

2,819

LSE

13:41:52

855524

65

2,819

LSE

13:41:52

855522

50

2,819

LSE

13:41:52

855520

341

2,821

LSE

13:45:10

860020

340

2,820

LSE

13:45:22

860349

73

2,820

LSE

13:45:22

860347

365

2,820

LSE

13:50:01

865749

391

2,819

LSE

13:50:30

866316

365

2,821

LSE

13:53:58

870716

457

2,820

LSE

13:54:04

870824

380

2,820

LSE

13:55:50

873180

98

2,820

LSE

13:55:50

873178

291

2,820

LSE

13:55:50

873165

323

2,820

LSE

13:56:10

873518

53

2,820

LSE

13:56:12

873578

383

2,821

LSE

13:59:03

878276

39

2,820

LSE

13:59:17

878708

353

2,820

LSE

13:59:28

879054

124

2,819

LSE

13:59:33

879196

70

2,819

LSE

13:59:33

879192

166

2,819

LSE

13:59:33

879194

310

2,818

LSE

14:00:41

881062

71

2,818

LSE

14:00:41

881060

360

2,816

LSE

14:01:02

881824

244

2,815

LSE

14:02:49

884741

52

2,815

LSE

14:03:04

885118

79

2,815

LSE

14:03:04

885116

148

2,815

LSE

14:03:57

886212

150

2,815

LSE

14:03:57

886210

102

2,815

LSE

14:03:57

886208

367

2,817

LSE

14:07:32

890777

444

2,816

LSE

14:07:34

890865

400

2,815

LSE

14:07:35

890883

263

2,813

LSE

14:08:56

892896

76

2,813

LSE

14:10:28

895188

363

2,813

LSE

14:12:17

897298

87

2,813

LSE

14:14:52

900715

382

2,813

LSE

14:14:52

900713

54

2,812

LSE

14:15:07

901006

243

2,812

LSE

14:15:07

901004

109

2,812

LSE

14:15:07

901002

7

2,813

LSE

14:15:41

901784

256

2,813

LSE

14:15:41

901782

10

2,813

LSE

14:16:13

902402

79

2,813

LSE

14:16:13

902400

250

2,813

LSE

14:18:35

905954

115

2,813

LSE

14:18:35

905956

344

2,813

LSE

14:18:35

905947

23

2,817

LSE

14:23:00

911561

255

2,817

LSE

14:23:08

911749

166

2,817

LSE

14:23:08

911747

282

2,817

LSE

14:24:55

914051

118

2,817

LSE

14:24:55

914049

250

2,818

LSE

14:28:32

919568

130

2,818

LSE

14:28:32

919566

439

2,821

LSE

14:33:29

932144

412

2,822

LSE

14:37:53

941304

406

2,822

LSE

14:37:53

941302

24

2,823

LSE

14:40:48

946846

800

2,823

LSE

14:40:48

946844

350

2,824

LSE

14:46:15

957324

240

2,824

LSE

14:46:15

957316

250

2,824

LSE

14:46:15

957314

150

2,824

LSE

14:46:15

957322

250

2,824

LSE

14:46:15

957318

156

2,824

LSE

14:46:15

957320

367

2,825

LSE

14:48:47

962136

150

2,825

LSE

14:48:47

962134

150

2,825

LSE

14:48:47

962132

166

2,825

LSE

14:48:47

962130

180

2,825

LSE

14:48:47

962128

250

2,825

LSE

14:48:47

962126

1,203

2,825

LSE

14:48:47

962124

192

2,825

LSE

14:50:14

965394

388

2,825

LSE

14:50:14

965392

180

2,825

LSE

14:50:15

965514

94

2,825

LSE

14:50:26

966038

250

2,825

LSE

14:50:26

966036

440

2,825

LSE

14:50:26

966034

323

2,825

LSE

14:50:26

966032

4

2,825

LSE

14:50:26

966030

11

2,825

LSE

14:50:26

966024

352

2,827

LSE

14:57:31

980883

359

2,827

LSE

14:57:31

980881

191

2,827

LSE

14:57:31

980879

178

2,827

LSE

14:57:31

980877

313

2,827

LSE

14:57:31

980875

1,175

2,826

LSE

14:58:43

983485

389

2,827

LSE

15:01:24

990641

395

2,827

LSE

15:01:24

990639

666

2,827

LSE

15:01:24

990636

965

2,826

LSE

15:03:39

995525

519

2,827

LSE

15:03:39

995500

166

2,827

LSE

15:03:39

995498

167

2,827

LSE

15:03:39

995496

115

2,827

LSE

15:03:39

995494

281

2,827

LSE

15:03:39

995492

815

2,825

LSE

15:04:04

996525

46

2,829

LSE

15:08:42

1007095

250

2,829

LSE

15:08:42

1007093

200

2,829

LSE

15:08:42

1007091

100

2,829

LSE

15:08:42

1007089

250

2,829

LSE

15:08:42

1007087

126

2,829

LSE

15:08:42

1007084

820

2,829

LSE

15:08:42

1007082

765

2,830

LSE

15:10:40