Transaction in Own Shares

19th February 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 18th 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:

13,646

51,036

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,392.0000

€27.3400

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,354.0000

€26.8800

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,369.7844

€27.0218

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 31,405,827 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,984,511 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

2,369.7844

13,646

Euronext Dublin

EUR

27.0218

51,036

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

712

2,363

LSE

08:19:13

850619

236

2,359

LSE

08:42:42

887320

450

2,359

LSE

08:42:42

887318

518

2,355

LSE

09:03:28

913345

64

2,355

LSE

09:03:28

913343

590

2,354

LSE

09:21:26

934785

644

2,355

LSE

09:30:14

943852

624

2,364

LSE

09:45:19

959524

714

2,367

LSE

09:50:55

964383

195

2,369

LSE

10:07:08

975046

465

2,369

LSE

10:07:08

975044

388

2,375

LSE

10:26:31

986075

201

2,375

LSE

10:26:31

986073

585

2,368

LSE

10:52:09

1000245

406

2,367

LSE

11:04:38

1007329

310

2,367

LSE

11:04:38

1007331

655

2,364

LSE

11:36:05

1022949

585

2,365

LSE

11:49:05

1030243

688

2,365

LSE

12:31:33

1051971

708

2,365

LSE

12:31:33

1051969

620

2,374

LSE

13:28:36

1081733

643

2,379

LSE

14:07:35

1108786

42

2,385

LSE

14:36:40

1131110

250

2,385

LSE

14:36:40

1131108

100

2,385

LSE

14:36:40

1131104

250

2,385

LSE

14:36:40

1131106

243

2,387

LSE

14:53:41

1145705

379

2,387

LSE

14:53:41

1145703

681

2,391

LSE

15:10:30

1159858

13

2,392

LSE

15:26:02

1173009

437

2,392

LSE

15:26:02

1173005

250

2,392

LSE

15:26:02

1173007

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

517

26.94

ISE

08:16:17

846222

542

26.98

ISE

08:18:56

850240

197

26.97

ISE

08:19:56

851774

438

26.97

ISE

08:19:56

851772

622

26.92

ISE

08:27:51

865150

311

26.92

ISE

08:27:51

865148

1,147

26.92

ISE

08:27:51

865138

272

26.92

ISE

08:27:51

865136

49

26.90

ISE

08:31:59

870996

476

26.92

ISE

08:36:07

877834

570

26.92

ISE

08:39:09

882300

116

26.92

ISE

08:39:09

882298

570

26.93

ISE

08:42:37

887208

728

26.93

ISE

08:42:42

887324

564

26.93

ISE

08:43:03

887837

627

26.95

ISE

08:48:16

895491

577

26.93

ISE

08:54:54

903400

617

26.92

ISE

08:58:55

907567

455

26.94

ISE

09:00:57

910245

31

26.94

ISE

09:00:57

910243

71

26.94

ISE

09:00:57

910241

455

26.94

ISE

09:00:57

910239

164

26.94

ISE

09:00:57

910237

455

26.94

ISE

09:00:57

910235

135

26.94

ISE

09:01:07

910487

400

26.94

ISE

09:01:07

910485

400

26.94

ISE

09:01:08

910501

400

26.94

ISE

09:01:08

910499

400

26.94

ISE

09:01:08

910497

400

26.94

ISE

09:01:08

910495

400

26.94

ISE

09:01:08

910493

156

26.94

ISE

09:01:08

910491

400

26.94

ISE

09:01:08

910489

380

26.94

ISE

09:01:53

911119

383

26.94

ISE

09:01:53

911111

356

26.94

ISE

09:01:54

911133

400

26.92

ISE

09:02:52

912363

400

26.92

ISE

09:02:52

912360

385

26.92

ISE

09:02:52

912358

200

26.91

ISE

09:05:13

916096

300

26.91

ISE

09:05:13

916094

400

26.91

ISE

09:05:13

916061

188

26.90

ISE

09:13:55

926433

634

26.90

ISE

09:14:54

927237

435

26.90

ISE

09:14:54

927235

539

26.89

ISE

09:18:16

931485

631

26.89

ISE

09:18:16

931483

575

26.88

ISE

09:21:26

934787

614

26.90

ISE

09:27:23

940901

541

26.90

ISE

09:27:51

941314

536

26.90

ISE

09:28:04

941579

562

26.90

ISE

09:28:16

941788

552

26.90

ISE

09:28:53

942537

607

26.90

ISE

09:28:53

942535

718

26.89

ISE

09:30:24

944018

1,614

26.91

ISE

09:33:23

947332

536

26.94

ISE

09:37:40

952262

398

26.98

ISE

09:45:15

959452

144

26.98

ISE

09:45:15

959447

67

26.98

ISE

09:45:15

959445

54

26.98

ISE

09:45:15

959406

433

26.98

ISE

09:45:15

959408

49

27.03

ISE

09:51:57

965231

28

27.03

ISE

09:51:57

965228

43

27.03

ISE

09:51:57

965224

515

27.03

ISE

09:55:16

967610

12

27.05

ISE

10:03:25

972959

330

27.05

ISE

10:03:25

972957

263

27.05

ISE

10:03:25

972953

280

27.05

ISE

10:03:25

972955

273

27.05

ISE

10:06:10

974629

346

27.06

ISE

10:11:43

977766

500

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977847

100

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977849

154

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977845

280

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977839

92

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977837

425

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977843

158

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977841

176

27.06

ISE

10:11:56

977835

53

27.06

ISE

10:19:08

981744

20

27.11

ISE

10:33:25

989892

190

27.11

ISE

10:33:26

989908

422

27.11

ISE

10:33:26

989896

400

27.04

ISE

10:43:53

996099

400

27.03

ISE

10:44:31

996405

400

27.03

ISE

10:56:18

1002515

400

27.03

ISE

10:56:18

1002509

400

27.03

ISE

10:56:28

1002615

400

27.03

ISE

10:56:34

1002673

162

27.03

ISE

10:56:34

1002671

12

27.03

ISE

11:21:07

1015797

535

27.03

ISE

11:21:07

1015795

70

27.00

ISE

11:33:14

1021521

291

27.00

ISE

11:36:05

1022963

188

27.00

ISE

11:36:07

1023009

300

27.00

ISE

11:45:01

1027952

232

27.00

ISE

11:45:14

1028073

412

26.97

ISE

12:09:27

1041323

132

26.97

ISE

12:09:27

1041325

19

26.97

ISE

12:11:58

1042424

67

26.97

ISE

12:11:58

1042422

81

26.99

ISE

12:16:38

1044819

262

27.01

ISE

12:23:53

1048276

291

27.01

ISE

12:23:53

1048274

290

26.98

ISE

12:28:42

1050666

559

27.10

ISE

12:44:48

1058770

242

27.11

ISE

12:52:05

1062427

393

27.11

ISE

12:52:05

1062425

518

27.06

ISE

13:03:09

1067903

17

27.05

ISE

13:06:25

1069623

560

27.05

ISE

13:06:25

1069621

564

27.03

ISE

13:07:52

1070447

37

27.06

ISE

13:13:55

1073829

173

27.08

ISE

13:28:36

1081740

280

27.08

ISE

13:28:36

1081737

102

27.08

ISE

13:28:36

1081735

128

27.09

ISE

13:33:18

1084524

285

27.09

ISE

13:34:18

1085164

13

27.15

ISE

13:45:49

1092992

260

27.15

ISE

13:45:49

1092990

114

27.17

ISE

13:52:47

1097772

523

27.17

ISE

13:56:43

1100699

84

27.17

ISE

13:56:43

1100681

535

27.14

ISE

14:07:35

1108788

388

27.14

ISE

14:24:42

1120615

201

27.21

ISE

14:32:14

1127244

460

27.23

ISE

14:34:04

1128654

482

27.24

ISE

14:36:40

1131112

146

27.24

ISE

14:36:40

1131102

98

27.27

ISE

14:45:47

1138876

98

27.27

ISE

14:45:50

1138993

579

27.29

ISE

14:49:44

1142317

542

27.28

ISE

14:49:54

1142491

95

27.27

ISE

14:54:32

1146403

280

27.26

ISE

14:56:08

1147611

194

27.26

ISE

14:56:08

1147614

128

27.26

ISE

14:56:08

1147609

101

27.28

ISE

15:03:28

1154335

100

27.32

ISE

15:08:42

1158332

195

27.32

ISE

15:08:56

1158512

56

27.32

ISE

15:10:30

1159864

280

27.32

ISE

15:10:30

1159862

287

27.32

ISE

15:10:30

1159860

173

27.30

ISE

15:10:40

1160124

405

27.30

ISE

15:10:41

1160126

169

27.31

ISE

15:18:39

1166739

97

27.33

ISE

15:23:45

1170891

99

27.33

ISE

15:24:01

1171051

502

27.33

ISE

15:24:22

1171249

160

27.34

ISE

15:25:34

1172636

352

27.34

ISE

15:25:58

1172959

100

27.34

ISE

15:31:14

1177087

102

27.34

ISE

15:31:14

1177085

102

27.34

ISE

15:32:58

1178483

371

27.34

ISE

15:32:58

1178485

438

27.34

ISE

15:34:24

1179966

92

27.34

ISE

15:35:58

1181058

80

27.34

ISE

15:35:58

1181056