Transaction in Own Shares

18th May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 17th 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

17 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

96,181

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,729.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,693.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,721.5000

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 1,794,704 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 841,595,634 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

2,721.4982

96,181

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

191

2,693

LSE

08:04:38

627577

393

2,700

LSE

08:09:17

641348

41

2,700

LSE

08:09:17

641346

396

2,701

LSE

08:09:17

641334

357

2,705

LSE

08:12:10

649801

449

2,704

LSE

08:12:12

649933

27

2,704

LSE

08:12:12

649931

351

2,708

LSE

08:14:14

655244

355

2,713

LSE

08:16:41

661803

486

2,712

LSE

08:17:19

663295

372

2,711

LSE

08:18:49

667054

368

2,712

LSE

08:20:13

670412

8

2,712

LSE

08:20:13

670410

140

2,713

LSE

08:21:57

673943

21

2,713

LSE

08:21:57

673941

1

2,713

LSE

08:22:08

674381

22

2,713

LSE

08:22:59

676049

127

2,713

LSE

08:23:40

677409

351

2,713

LSE

08:23:40

677411

135

2,713

LSE

08:23:40

677407

396

2,712

LSE

08:24:20

678715

179

2,712

LSE

08:24:20

678713

360

2,714

LSE

08:28:34

688747

479

2,714

LSE

08:28:34

688745

342

2,716

LSE

08:32:50

697559

515

2,716

LSE

08:32:50

697557

168

2,716

LSE

08:32:50

697555

405

2,716

LSE

08:33:23

698808

35

2,716

LSE

08:33:23

698806

150

2,716

LSE

08:33:23

698804

44

2,716

LSE

08:33:23

698802

84

2,716

LSE

08:33:23

698798

306

2,716

LSE

08:33:23

698800

902

2,720

LSE

08:35:55

704032

372

2,720

LSE

08:37:01

706390

604

2,720

LSE

08:37:01

706388

14

2,720

LSE

08:37:01

706392

359

2,721

LSE

08:39:38

712397

275

2,721

LSE

08:39:38

712395

342

2,721

LSE

08:39:38

712399

767

2,720

LSE

08:39:42

712547

215

2,722

LSE

08:45:34

725885

427

2,722

LSE

08:45:34

725883

225

2,720

LSE

08:45:51

726549

437

2,720

LSE

08:45:51

726547

323

2,720

LSE

08:45:51

726545

357

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729180

55

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729176

55

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729178

1,000

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729174

168

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729182

59

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729184

200

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729186

351

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729188

252

2,720

LSE

08:47:05

729172

380

2,720

LSE

08:47:25

729987

291

2,719

LSE

08:48:15

731988

127

2,719

LSE

08:48:15

731990

445

2,718

LSE

08:51:15

739274

451

2,717

LSE

08:51:17

739342

383

2,718

LSE

08:54:39

747316

280

2,720

LSE

08:56:50

752847

100

2,720

LSE

08:56:50

752845

137

2,720

LSE

08:56:50

752843

2,500

2,720

LSE

08:56:50

752841

50

2,720

LSE

08:56:50

752839

379

2,718

LSE

08:59:43

761281

44

2,717

LSE

09:01:49

765757

321

2,717

LSE

09:01:49

765755

404

2,717

LSE

09:02:57

767701

301

2,716

LSE

09:03:21

768403

55

2,716

LSE

09:03:21

768401

25

2,717

LSE

09:04:27

770573

377

2,717

LSE

09:04:27

770571

200

2,719

LSE

09:06:45

774715

193

2,719

LSE

09:06:45

774717

132

2,719

LSE

09:06:45

774697

246

2,719

LSE

09:06:45

774695

376

2,719

LSE

09:07:42

776224

365

2,720

LSE

09:11:16

784431

455

2,719

LSE

09:11:21

784547

474

2,718

LSE

09:12:20

786554

238

2,718

LSE

09:14:38

790529

113

2,718

LSE

09:14:38

790527

72

2,718

LSE

09:14:38

790525

27

2,718

LSE

09:16:40

793511

250

2,718

LSE

09:16:40

793509

200

2,718

LSE

09:16:40

793507

372

2,718

LSE

09:16:40

793500

24

2,718

LSE

09:16:40

793502

347

2,719

LSE

09:19:45

799313

479

2,719

LSE

09:19:52

799514

446

2,718

LSE

09:24:09

807154

260

2,717

LSE

09:24:45

808065

236

2,717

LSE

09:24:45

808063

412

2,717

LSE

09:26:48

811536

433

2,718

LSE

09:29:08

815319

337

2,718

LSE

09:30:20

817555

12

2,718

LSE

09:30:20

817553

457

2,719

LSE

09:30:20

817551

410

2,719

LSE

09:33:56

823403

2

2,717

LSE

09:35:22

826387

258

2,717

LSE

09:39:10

832807

326

2,717

LSE

09:39:10

832805

588

2,718

LSE

09:42:16

838041

653

2,717

LSE

09:42:24

838338

69

2,717

LSE

09:42:24

838340

318

2,717

LSE

09:45:10

842749

316

2,717

LSE

09:45:10

842747

630

2,718

LSE

09:45:10

842744

148

2,718

LSE

09:52:15

855632

100

2,718

LSE

09:52:15

855630

200

2,718

LSE

09:52:15

855628

250

2,718

LSE

09:52:15

855626

1,900

2,718

LSE

09:52:15

855624

417

2,717

LSE

09:54:16

858483

376

2,717

LSE

09:56:47

862784

446

2,720

LSE

10:05:00

880207

482

2,719

LSE

10:06:16

882211

511

2,720

LSE

10:12:25

891909

197

2,719

LSE

10:15:07

896464

461

2,720

LSE

10:16:59

899192

341

2,720

LSE

10:16:59

899190

529

2,719

LSE

10:17:24

899980

474

2,718

LSE

10:19:25

903577

200

2,718

LSE

10:20:15

905330

200

2,718

LSE

10:20:15

905328

125

2,718

LSE

10:20:15

905326

2,303

2,718

LSE

10:20:15

905332

250

2,718

LSE

10:20:15

905334

135

2,718

LSE

10:20:15

905336

376

2,720

LSE

10:22:42

909834

386

2,719

LSE

10:25:29

914674

14

2,719

LSE

10:25:29

914672

358

2,718

LSE

10:26:08

915910

358

2,718

LSE

10:29:31

923460

200

2,719

LSE

10:33:45

932344

204

2,719

LSE

10:33:45

932342

439

2,720

LSE

10:38:04

939672

13

2,720

LSE

10:38:04

939670

373

2,720

LSE

10:38:04

939656

200

2,721

LSE

10:43:49

949866

109

2,721

LSE

10:43:49

949868

125

2,721

LSE

10:43:49

949864

376

2,721

LSE

10:43:49

949861

178

2,722

LSE

10:48:22

958323

224

2,722

LSE

10:48:22

958321

408

2,721

LSE

10:49:41

960404

25

2,721

LSE

10:49:41

960402

426

2,721

LSE

10:51:22

963212

441

2,721

LSE

10:52:08

964552

196

2,722

LSE

10:53:34

966717

37

2,723

LSE

10:56:03

970560

66

2,724

LSE

10:56:22

970997

320

2,724

LSE

10:56:22

970995

2,500

2,724

LSE

10:56:22

970999

165

2,724

LSE

10:56:22

971001

34

2,724

LSE

10:56:22

970993

369

2,725

LSE

11:00:39

979724

10

2,725

LSE

11:00:39

979722

199

2,726

LSE

11:02:59

982725

200

2,726

LSE

11:02:59

982717

91

2,726

LSE

11:02:59

982679

250

2,726

LSE

11:02:59

982675

257

2,727

LSE

11:12:07

993435

91

2,727

LSE

11:12:07

993433

233

2,728

LSE

11:17:00

999429

138

2,728

LSE

11:17:00

999427

435

2,727

LSE

11:21:09

1004610

101

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005371

125

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005348

200

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005350

123

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005352

440

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005340

18

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005311

250

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005309

200

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005307

445

2,726

LSE

11:21:40

1005305

425

2,725

LSE

11:23:21

1007394

386

2,724

LSE

11:23:28

1007561

437

2,723

LSE

11:25:21

1009848

156

2,723

LSE

11:26:15

1011127

20

2,723

LSE

11:26:36

1011473

128

2,723

LSE

11:26:36

1011471

21

2,723

LSE

11:26:56

1011849

6

2,723

LSE

11:27:01

1011958

85

2,723

LSE

11:27:01

1011956

333

2,723

LSE

11:27:27

1012377

106

2,722

LSE

11:30:22

1015608

286

2,723

LSE

11:36:04

1022593

112

2,723

LSE

11:36:04

1022591

404

2,723

LSE

11:38:52

1025455

445

2,722

LSE

11:41:00

1027647

441

2,721

LSE

11:41:54

1028599

196

2,721

LSE

11:43:06

1030091

411

2,722

LSE

11:44:59

1032891

295

2,722

LSE

11:44:59

1032887

113

2,722

LSE

11:44:59

1032885

106

2,724

LSE

11:51:46

1041211

270

2,724

LSE

11:51:46

1041209

406

2,724

LSE

11:51:56

1041376

41

2,724

LSE

11:51:56

1041374

437

2,723

LSE

11:56:18

1046377

9

2,722

LSE

11:56:37

1046742

381

2,723

LSE

11:57:40

1048158

731

2,726

LSE

12:15:34

1069209

77

2,727

LSE

12:23:02

1077479

148

2,727

LSE

12:23:02

1077477

27

2,727

LSE

12:23:02

1077475

113

2,727

LSE

12:23:02

1077473

267

2,727

LSE

12:23:02

1077471

807

2,727

LSE

12:25:38

1080165

80

2,727

LSE

12:25:38

1080163

1,190

2,729

LSE

12:35:23

1093092

307

2,729

LSE

12:36:14

1094011

150

2,729

LSE

12:36:14

1094009

225

2,729

LSE

12:36:14

1094007

197

2,729

LSE

12:36:14

1094005

125

2,728

LSE

12:38:03

1096114

281

2,728

LSE

12:38:03

1096112

901

2,728

LSE

12:38:03

1096106

802

2,727

LSE

12:38:06

1096234

226

2,728

LSE

12:42:01

1100674

481

2,728

LSE

12:42:01

1100676

739

2,728

LSE

12:45:22

1104274

712

2,727

LSE

12:48:20

1107771

695

2,726

LSE

12:50:29

1110284

644

2,726

LSE

12:52:07

1112506

240

2,725

LSE

12:53:11

1114343

200

2,725

LSE

12:53:11

1114341

639

2,725

LSE

12:53:11

1114295

81

2,724

LSE

12:54:25

1116013

394

2,724

LSE

12:54:29

1116103

455

2,723

LSE

12:59:04

1121446

472

2,723

LSE

12:59:04

1121442

39

2,723

LSE

13:00:02

1122788

4

2,723

LSE

13:00:02

1122786

444

2,723

LSE

13:00:02

1122760

380

2,723

LSE

13:00:02

1122758

200

2,723

LSE

13:07:05

1131543

51

2,723

LSE

13:07:05

1131470

236

2,723

LSE

13:07:05

1131474

112

2,723

LSE

13:07:05

1131472

461

2,722

LSE

13:08:13

1132887

149

2,722

LSE

13:09:04

1133798

87

2,722

LSE

13:09:04

1133796

53

2,722

LSE

13:09:04

1133794

82

2,722

LSE

13:09:04

1133792

425

2,723

LSE

13:09:56

1134827

407

2,723

LSE

13:12:12

1138494

456

2,726

LSE

13:15:35

1143474

250

2,726

LSE

13:15:35

1143472

409

2,726

LSE

13:15:35

1143470

156

2,726

LSE

13:15:35

1143468

417

2,726

LSE

13:15:35

1143466

1,892

2,726

LSE

13:15:35

1143462

200

2,726

LSE

13:15:35

1143464

96

2,725

LSE

13:19:03

1147860

112

2,725

LSE

13:19:03

1147858

196

2,725

LSE

13:19:03

1147856

336

2,725

LSE

13:22:27

1152035

214

2,725

LSE

13:27:18

1159283

169

2,725

LSE

13:27:18

1159281

402

2,724

LSE

13:29:33

1162183

341

2,726

LSE

13:34:47

1170941

200

2,726

LSE

13:34:47

1170939

2,000

2,726

LSE

13:34:47

1170937

341

2,725

LSE

13:34:48

1170954

257

2,725

LSE

13:35:10

1171633

142

2,725

LSE

13:35:10

1171635

405

2,724

LSE

13:35:11

1171671

156

2,726

LSE

13:38:03

1175657

249

2,726

LSE

13:38:03

1175655

389

2,726

LSE

13:38:52

1176868

382

2,726

LSE

13:42:19

1181091

427

2,726

LSE

13:45:00

1184683

127

2,726

LSE

13:45:51

1185703

125

2,726

LSE

13:45:52

1185712

140

2,726

LSE

13:48:49

1189374

363

2,726

LSE

13:48:49

1189376

338

2,726

LSE

13:50:47

1192031

46

2,726

LSE

13:50:47

1192029

427

2,727

LSE

13:55:49

1198372

341

2,727

LSE

13:58:03

1201305

2

2,726

LSE

13:58:49

1202491

49

2,726

LSE

13:58:49

1202454

405

2,726

LSE

13:58:49

1202452

200

2,726

LSE

14:01:20

1206722

173

2,726

LSE

14:01:20

1206724

9

2,725

LSE

14:02:42

1208824

90

2,726

LSE

14:06:13

1213816

251

2,726

LSE

14:06:13

1213814

409

2,726

LSE

14:06:13

1213812

280

2,726

LSE

14:09:07

1217755

29

2,726

LSE

14:09:53

1218901

341

2,726

LSE

14:09:53

1218899

144

2,726

LSE

14:09:53

1218897

184

2,728

LSE

14:13:52

1225327

250

2,728

LSE

14:13:52

1225325

200

2,728

LSE

14:13:52

1225323

603

2,728

LSE

14:13:52

1225318

114

2,728

LSE

14:14:50

1226711

100

2,728

LSE

14:14:50

1226707

250

2,728

LSE

14:14:50

1226709

104

2,728

LSE

14:14:50

1226687

64

2,728

LSE

14:14:50

1226685

202

2,728

LSE

14:14:50

1226683

367

2,728

LSE

14:16:10

1228518

508

2,729

LSE

14:19:44

1233420