Transaction in Own Shares

30th August 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 29th August 2018 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:

122,339

68,057

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,660.0000

€29.3600

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,616.0000

€28.9700

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,633.7430

€29.1286

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 2 Programme announced on 29th August 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 11,402,916 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 831,987,422 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 & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,633.7430

122,339

Euronext Dublin

EUR

29.1286

68,057

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

296

2,631

LSE

08:11:31

646892

215

2,631

LSE

08:11:31

646890

250

2,631

LSE

08:11:31

646888

825

2,632

LSE

08:11:31

646886

545

2,630

LSE

08:13:31

649518

204

2,631

LSE

08:16:43

653184

549

2,631

LSE

08:16:43

653182

668

2,630

LSE

08:16:52

653318

567

2,628

LSE

08:19:32

656962

340

2,631

LSE

08:23:29

661652

331

2,631

LSE

08:23:29

661650

500

2,631

LSE

08:26:00

664717

58

2,631

LSE

08:26:00

664719

639

2,630

LSE

08:27:51

667085

658

2,627

LSE

08:29:35

669014

130

2,631

LSE

08:35:14

676079

400

2,631

LSE

08:35:14

676077

92

2,631

LSE

08:35:14

676075

578

2,633

LSE

08:37:27

679051

160

2,638

LSE

08:43:30

688243

100

2,638

LSE

08:43:30

688240

11

2,638

LSE

08:43:30

688250

250

2,638

LSE

08:43:30

688245

118

2,638

LSE

08:43:30

688247

270

2,638

LSE

08:43:30

688228

360

2,638

LSE

08:43:30

688224

26

2,638

LSE

08:48:50

696618

305

2,638

LSE

08:48:50

696616

335

2,638

LSE

08:48:50

696614

199

2,639

LSE

08:48:50

696600

661

2,639

LSE

08:48:50

696598

33

2,637

LSE

08:48:58

696896

449

2,637

LSE

08:48:58

696894

147

2,637

LSE

08:48:58

696891

337

2,633

LSE

08:56:24

709336

269

2,633

LSE

08:56:24

709334

275

2,631

LSE

09:03:13

721008

340

2,631

LSE

09:03:13

721010

590

2,634

LSE

09:04:58

723234

577

2,633

LSE

09:07:11

726135

47

2,633

LSE

09:07:11

726133

547

2,635

LSE

09:09:01

729922

106

2,631

LSE

09:11:14

732868

448

2,631

LSE

09:11:14

732866

599

2,636

LSE

09:17:12

739896

466

2,634

LSE

09:18:59

741694

200

2,634

LSE

09:18:59

741692

650

2,635

LSE

09:25:15

749744

594

2,637

LSE

09:26:30

751126

308

2,637

LSE

09:31:54

758134

327

2,637

LSE

09:31:54

758136

177

2,638

LSE

09:36:52

764180

155

2,638

LSE

09:36:52

764182

291

2,638

LSE

09:36:52

764184

653

2,634

LSE

09:39:28

767429

601

2,630

LSE

09:45:01

774837

96

2,630

LSE

09:49:15

780462

250

2,630

LSE

09:49:15

780460

250

2,630

LSE

09:49:15

780458

559

2,629

LSE

09:49:28

780690

558

2,628

LSE

09:51:59

784464

50

2,631

LSE

09:53:03

786032

522

2,631

LSE

09:53:03

786030

87

2,631

LSE

10:00:05

795594

567

2,631

LSE

10:00:05

795596

566

2,634

LSE

10:03:02

799106

636

2,634

LSE

10:06:15

802665

515

2,634

LSE

10:12:02

808998

98

2,634

LSE

10:12:02

808996

547

2,634

LSE

10:16:02

812851

248

2,635

LSE

10:19:16

816060

300

2,635

LSE

10:19:16

816058

236

2,640

LSE

10:22:24

819386

125

2,640

LSE

10:22:24

819382

50

2,640

LSE

10:22:24

819380

141

2,640

LSE

10:22:24

819384

573

2,640

LSE

10:22:24

819376

197

2,643

LSE

10:25:46

823508

354

2,643

LSE

10:25:46

823510

570

2,641

LSE

10:27:50

826184

551

2,638

LSE

10:32:25

833139

587

2,638

LSE

10:34:52

836189

62

2,636

LSE

10:40:28

844651

559

2,637

LSE

10:41:31

846059

649

2,635

LSE

10:43:58

848624

652

2,639

LSE

10:51:55

858466

296

2,639

LSE

10:54:01

861962

276

2,639

LSE

10:54:01

861960

611

2,642

LSE

10:59:04

868637

649

2,640

LSE

11:02:29

871261

623

2,639

LSE

11:07:06

874609

569

2,635

LSE

11:14:44

879726

618

2,638

LSE

11:18:26

882266

213

2,634

LSE

11:22:18

884894

335

2,634

LSE

11:22:18

884892

610

2,637

LSE

11:30:06

890191

785

2,642

LSE

11:36:07

893910

615

2,641

LSE

11:37:11

894588

600

2,641

LSE

11:37:40

894927

646

2,641

LSE

11:39:17

896120

637

2,639

LSE

11:42:13

898019

651

2,637

LSE

11:46:16

900115

261

2,634

LSE

11:47:25

900858

301

2,634

LSE

11:47:25

900856

598

2,633

LSE

11:50:02

902506

51

2,633

LSE

11:50:02

902508

536

2,636

LSE

11:53:08

904436

76

2,636

LSE

11:53:08

904434

557

2,637

LSE

11:58:25

908432

250

2,642

LSE

12:03:56

912368

140

2,642

LSE

12:03:56

912366

19

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912545

11

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912547

11

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912549

50

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912551

34

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912553

34

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912555

17

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912557

16

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912559

12

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912561

38

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912563

148

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912543

131

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912541

57

2,643

LSE

12:04:10

912539

111

2,643

LSE

12:05:37

913517

511

2,643

LSE

12:05:37

913515

22

2,643

LSE

12:05:37

913501

782

2,643

LSE

12:05:37

913499

669

2,645

LSE

12:07:25

914603

515

2,646

LSE

12:12:02

917146

42

2,646

LSE

12:12:02

917144

356

2,650

LSE

12:15:37

919071

374

2,650

LSE

12:15:37

919073

536

2,653

LSE

12:16:27

919476

90

2,653

LSE

12:16:27

919474

606

2,652

LSE

12:17:01

919754

660

2,653

LSE

12:19:39

921426

643

2,656

LSE

12:25:06

924468

299

2,655

LSE

12:25:09

924551

294

2,655

LSE

12:25:09

924549

97

2,657

LSE

12:29:11

926671

155

2,657

LSE

12:29:11

926669

41

2,657

LSE

12:29:11

926675

109

2,657

LSE

12:29:11

926673

6

2,657

LSE

12:29:11

926677

187

2,657

LSE

12:29:11

926667

557

2,655

LSE

12:33:30

929109

294

2,652

LSE

12:37:56

931445

150

2,652

LSE

12:38:11

931550

65

2,652

LSE

12:38:11

931548

60

2,652

LSE

12:38:11

931546

210

2,652

LSE

12:45:00

935420

416

2,652

LSE

12:45:00

935418

35

2,652

LSE

12:45:00

935416

599

2,652

LSE

12:47:36

936953

21

2,653

LSE

12:53:17

940538

333

2,653

LSE

12:53:17

940536

272

2,653

LSE

12:53:17

940534

311

2,653

LSE

13:00:50

945451

262

2,653

LSE

13:00:50

945449

624

2,652

LSE

13:03:40

947278

664

2,653

LSE

13:07:01

949419

59

2,653

LSE

13:12:50

952743

358

2,653

LSE

13:12:50

952741

228

2,653

LSE

13:12:50

952739

152

2,654

LSE

13:19:44

957401

333

2,654

LSE

13:19:44

957399

62

2,654

LSE

13:19:44

957397

107

2,656

LSE

13:23:23

959769

148

2,656

LSE

13:23:23

959771

321

2,656

LSE

13:23:23

959767

658

2,656

LSE

13:24:51

960820

659

2,654

LSE

13:26:03

961687

542

2,658

LSE

13:33:31

967528

652

2,658

LSE

13:35:20

968707

607

2,657

LSE

13:35:31

968804

579

2,658

LSE

13:42:21

974177

525

2,660

LSE

13:44:51

976074

138

2,660

LSE

13:44:51

976072

245

2,659

LSE

13:49:45

979650

300

2,659

LSE

13:49:45

979648

275

2,660

LSE

13:54:11

983028

87

2,660

LSE

13:54:11

983032

300

2,660

LSE

13:54:11

983030

642

2,657

LSE

13:57:22

985484

567

2,655

LSE

13:59:26

987067

18

2,655

LSE

13:59:26

987065

100

2,621

LSE

14:59:25

1071876

81

2,621

LSE

14:59:25

1071845

157

2,621

LSE

14:59:29

1072159

290

2,621

LSE

14:59:29

1072154

200

2,621

LSE

14:59:29

1072152

475

2,621

LSE

14:59:30

1072193

164

2,621

LSE

14:59:30

1072195

325

2,621

LSE

14:59:30

1072181

100

2,621

LSE

14:59:30

1072179

200

2,621

LSE

15:00:12

1074362

325

2,621

LSE

15:00:12

1074360

124

2,621

LSE

15:00:12

1074364

596

2,621

LSE

15:00:28

1075002

679

2,622

LSE

15:00:52

1075985

635

2,620

LSE

15:00:56

1076154

594

2,621

LSE

15:00:56

1076152

247

2,619

LSE

15:00:59

1076381

615

2,619

LSE

15:01:04

1076561

303

2,619

LSE

15:01:04

1076559

188

2,618

LSE

15:01:32

1077590

434

2,618

LSE

15:01:32

1077588

64

2,618

LSE

15:01:32

1077584

300

2,618

LSE

15:01:32

1077581

300

2,618

LSE

15:01:32

1077575

401

2,618

LSE

15:04:15

1083196

165

2,618

LSE

15:04:15

1083193

548

2,618

LSE

15:04:15

1083186

197

2,617

LSE

15:04:42

1084040

62

2,617

LSE

15:04:42

1084038

300

2,617

LSE

15:04:42

1084036

605

2,621

LSE

15:07:53

1091016

100

2,624

LSE

15:10:01

1095715

163

2,624

LSE

15:10:02

1095768

382

2,624

LSE

15:10:02

1095766

200

2,623

LSE

15:10:06

1095865

100

2,623

LSE

15:10:50

1097222

254

2,623

LSE

15:10:51

1097258

624

2,623

LSE

15:10:51

1097260

594

2,622

LSE

15:11:19

1098131

550

2,621

LSE

15:12:12

1099758

423

2,620

LSE

15:15:30

1107713

148

2,620

LSE

15:15:30

1107711

645

2,619

LSE

15:16:52

1110074

84

2,618

LSE

15:17:46

1112210

562

2,618

LSE

15:17:46

1112208

648

2,617

LSE

15:19:45

1115894

132

2,616

LSE

15:20:44

1117780

346

2,616

LSE

15:21:01

1118275

200

2,616

LSE

15:21:01

1118255

673

2,618

LSE

15:22:28

1120994

366

2,620

LSE

15:24:26

1124728

250

2,620

LSE

15:24:26

1124726

34

2,620

LSE

15:24:26

1124723

333

2,620

LSE

15:24:26

1124721

237

2,620

LSE

15:24:26

1124719

553

2,620

LSE

15:24:26

1124717

549

2,619

LSE

15:24:40

1125078

506

2,619

LSE

15:25:27

1127018

123

2,619

LSE

15:25:27

1127016

650

2,618

LSE

15:26:00

1127994

250

2,617

LSE

15:28:24

1132423

250

2,617

LSE

15:28:24

1132421

383

2,616

LSE

15:28:38

1132763

269

2,616

LSE

15:28:38

1132754

278

2,619

LSE

15:31:10

1137287

625

2,621

LSE

15:33:02

1140605

104

2,620

LSE

15:33:14

1141009

475

2,620

LSE

15:33:14

1141007

625

2,620

LSE

15:33:14

1141005

779

2,619

LSE

15:33:53

1142098

146

2,620

LSE

15:34:49

1143637

300

2,620

LSE

15:34:49

1143635

169

2,620

LSE

15:34:49

1143633

402

2,619

LSE

15:34:50

1143677

616

2,620

LSE

15:36:09

1146469

250

2,619

LSE

15:37:19

1148697

392

2,619

LSE

15:37:19

1148699

596

2,619

LSE

15:38:23

1150654

541

2,622

LSE

15:41:51

1157565

703

2,622

LSE

15:41:51

1157563

477

2,621

LSE

15:41:56

1157782

200

2,621

LSE

15:41:56

1157780

140

2,621

LSE

15:41:56

1157778

194

2,619

LSE

15:43:10

1160161

574

2,619

LSE

15:43:10

1160159

201

2,620

LSE

15:43:54

1161177

293

2,620

LSE

15:43:54

1161175

21

2,620

LSE

15:43:54

1161181

118

2,620

LSE

15:43:54

1161179

166

2,619

LSE

15:44:04

1161466

189

2,619

LSE

15:44:04

1161464

400

2,619

LSE

15:44:14

1161814

46

2,619

LSE

15:44:20

1162055

190

2,619

LSE

15:45:12

1163345

454

2,619

LSE

15:45:20

1163550

149

2,620

LSE

15:46:05

1164983

171

2,620

LSE

15:46:05

1164979

219

2,620

LSE

15:46:05

1164977

100

2,620

LSE

15:46:05

1164981

245

2,620

LSE

15:46:05

1164975

335

2,620

LSE

15:46:05

1164973

264

2,621

LSE

15:49:11

1170407

198

2,621

LSE

15:49:11

1170405

229

2,621

LSE

15:49:11

1170403

318

2,620

LSE

15:49:29

1170851

69

2,620

LSE

15:49:29

1170849

333

2,620

LSE

15:49:29

1170847

46

2,620

LSE

15:49:29

1170845

323

2,623

LSE

15:51:36

1175191

49

2,623

LSE

15:51:36

1175189

250

2,623

LSE

15:51:49

1175485

192

2,623

LSE

15:51:49

1175483

100

2,623

LSE

15:51:49

1175481

250

2,623

LSE

15:51:49

1175479

7

2,623

LSE

15:52:40

1177002

1,060

2,625

LSE

15:54:14

1179433

204

2,626

LSE

15:55:09

1180918

250

2,626

LSE

15:55:09

1180916

405

2,626

LSE

15:56:07

1182656

207

2,628

LSE

15:56:32

1183462

250

2,628

LSE

15:56:32

1183460

100

2,628

LSE

15:56:32

1183458

400

2,629

LSE

15:57:37

1185039

168

2,629

LSE

15:57:58

1185566

250

2,629

LSE

15:58:00

1185612

250

2,629

LSE

15:58:00

1185610

100

2,630

LSE

15:58:31

1186545

15

2,630

LSE

15:58:31

1186543

254

2,630

LSE

15:58:31

1186549

300

2,630

LSE

15:58:31

1186547

250

2,632

LSE

15:59:06

1187570

247

2,632

LSE

15:59:06

1187568

250

2,632

LSE

15:59:06

1187566

118

2,631

LSE

15:59:53

1189540

560

2,631

LSE

15:59:53

1189538

250

2,632

LSE

16:00:18

1192120

250

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195103

29

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195099

46

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195101

168

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195107

4

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195105

250

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195109

400

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195111

115

2,632

LSE

16:01:37

1195097

115

2,634

LSE

16:02:27

1196465

260

2,634

LSE

16:02:27

1196463

376

2,635

LSE

16:03:09

1197513

128

2,635

LSE

16:03:09

1197511

85

2,635

LSE

16:03:09

1197509

884

2,634

LSE

16:03:51

1198583

199

2,634

LSE

16:03:51

1198517

400

2,634

LSE

16:03:51

1198515

29

2,634

LSE

16:03:51

1198512

100

2,636

LSE

16:07:17

1204721

305

2,636

LSE

16:07:17

1204717

36

2,636

LSE

16:07:17

1204719

43

2,636

LSE

16:07:17

1204715

250

2,636

LSE

16:07:17

1204723

250

2,636

LSE

16:07:17

1204727

211

2,636

LSE

16:07:17

1204725

271

2,635

LSE

16:08:41

1206867

585

2,636

LSE

16:08:41

1206865

284

2,635

LSE

16:08:45

1207020

249

2,635

LSE

16:10:03

1209185

348

2,635

LSE

16:10:07

1209323

881

2,639

LSE

16:12:42

1213932

82

2,639

LSE

16:12:42

1213903

299

2,639

LSE

16:12:42

1213901

108

2,639

LSE

16:12:42

1213899

250

2,639

LSE

16:12:42

1213897

544

2,639

LSE

16:13:29

1215511

612

2,639

LSE

16:13:29

1215509

41

2,639

LSE

16:14:26

1217260

602

2,639

LSE

16:14:26

1217258

636

2,639

LSE

16:14:34

1217543

107

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221576

4

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221580

100

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221574

250

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221578

102

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221584

37

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221582

101

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221590

294

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221586

250

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221588

100

2,640

LSE

16:16:41

1221572

21

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224771

86

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224769

5

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224767

5

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224765

133

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224763

37

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224761

4

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224749

5

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224741

39

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224743

25

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224745

6

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224747

5

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224753

5

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224751

13

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224757

6

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224759

280

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224755

200

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224739

108

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224737

5

2,640

LSE

16:17:57

1224735

100

2,639

LSE

16:18:14

1225739

436

2,639

LSE

16:18:14

1225741

250

2,639

LSE

16:18:14

1225737

323

2,639

LSE

16:18:14

1225735

333

2,639

LSE

16:18:14

1225733

341

2,638

LSE

16:18:23

1226378

256

2,638

LSE

16:18:26

1226440

77

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228786

18

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228784

100

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228782

21

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228780

9

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228778

4

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228776

36

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228774

37

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228788

250

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228760

26

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228750

13

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228752

30

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228754

35

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228756

100

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228758

10

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228764

250

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228762

143

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228766

484

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228768

6

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228770

10

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228772

34

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228748

34

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228746

10

2,636

LSE

16:19:37

1228744

148

2,638

LSE

16:19:55

1229590

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

300

29.01

ISE

08:11:18

646636

522

29.00

ISE

08:11:31

646894

594

28.98

ISE

08:13:31

649520

1,364

28.99

ISE

08:15:53

652302

462

28.97

ISE

08:17:34

654345

480

29.03

ISE

08:24:48

663291

488

29.02

ISE

08:24:51

663335

3

29.00

ISE

08:27:51

667089

551

29.00

ISE

08:27:51

667087

520

28.99

ISE

08:27:54

667146

150

28.97

ISE

08:29:35

669023

75

28.97

ISE

08:29:35

669019

200

28.97

ISE

08:29:35

669021

68

28.97

ISE

08:29:35

669017

548

29.04

ISE

08:37:27

679053

460

29.06

ISE

08:39:57

683115

543

29.06

ISE

08:39:59

683187

281

29.06

ISE

08:40:02

683312

495

29.06

ISE

08:40:02

683310

807

29.11

ISE

08:43:02

687543

155

29.10

ISE

08:43:30

688235

200

29.10

ISE

08:43:30

688233

223

29.10

ISE

08:43:30

688231

102

29.10

ISE

08:48:50

696630

250

29.10

ISE

08:48:50

696620

268

29.10

ISE

08:48:50

696612

518

29.11

ISE

08:48:50

696608

200

29.09

ISE

08:48:58

696902

169

29.09

ISE

08:48:58

696899

391

29.10

ISE

08:48:58

696882

471

29.06

ISE

08:56:16

709070

50

29.06

ISE

09:05:12

723558

460

29.06

ISE

09:05:17

723761

192

29.06

ISE

09:07:10

726103

325