Transaction in Own Shares

24th January 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 23rd January 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:

107,958

25,386

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,247.0000

€25.6600

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,178.0000

€25.1400

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,191.9548

€25.5196

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 29,588,792 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 813,801,546 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

2,191.9548

107,958

Euronext Dublin

EUR

25.5196

25,386

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

100

2,206

LSE

08:15:38

698915

560

2,206

LSE

08:15:38

698913

650

2,220

LSE

08:22:03

710387

183

2,221

LSE

08:22:03

710383

474

2,221

LSE

08:22:03

710381

264

2,226

LSE

08:25:02

715665

360

2,226

LSE

08:25:02

715663

361

2,231

LSE

08:32:54

726000

268

2,231

LSE

08:32:54

725998

595

2,246

LSE

08:40:31

735699

560

2,247

LSE

08:47:59

746173

640

2,229

LSE

08:55:48

755572

197

2,232

LSE

09:09:39

773477

347

2,232

LSE

09:09:39

773475

662

2,235

LSE

09:17:42

782027

562

2,229

LSE

09:38:40

808689

592

2,236

LSE

09:57:13

833286

677

2,236

LSE

10:13:30

846388

664

2,238

LSE

10:35:53

862420

206

2,234

LSE

10:52:08

873805

449

2,234

LSE

10:52:34

874145

678

2,234

LSE

11:10:32

887038

556

2,227

LSE

11:47:26

913416

405

2,232

LSE

12:22:54

937474

257

2,232

LSE

12:22:54

937472

353

2,222

LSE

13:35:52

985178

191

2,222

LSE

13:35:52

985176

554

2,226

LSE

14:18:38

1020010

673

2,225

LSE

14:27:49

1028680

499

2,224

LSE

14:31:32

1037075

69

2,224

LSE

14:31:32

1037073

132

2,220

LSE

14:36:28

1045144

447

2,220

LSE

14:36:28

1045142

100

2,214

LSE

14:39:17

1049204

150

2,217

LSE

14:40:49

1051878

51

2,217

LSE

14:40:49

1051876

22

2,217

LSE

14:40:56

1052028

441

2,217

LSE

14:40:56

1052026

668

2,219

LSE

14:52:36

1070592

674

2,218

LSE

14:58:15

1078386

89

2,218

LSE

15:03:20

1087164

125

2,218

LSE

15:03:20

1087162

250

2,218

LSE

15:03:20

1087160

100

2,218

LSE

15:03:20

1087158

623

2,214

LSE

15:05:40

1091467

677

2,214

LSE

15:09:12

1096821

238

2,215

LSE

15:16:32

1106753

343

2,215

LSE

15:16:32

1106751

626

2,214

LSE

15:17:12

1107856

604

2,210

LSE

15:20:14

1112106

555

2,204

LSE

15:25:28

1119605

640

2,203

LSE

15:25:37

1119784

29

2,202

LSE

15:29:27

1124801

100

2,202

LSE

15:29:27

1124799

100

2,202

LSE

15:29:27

1124797

100

2,202

LSE

15:29:27

1124795

100

2,202

LSE

15:29:27

1124793

100

2,202

LSE

15:29:27

1124791

94

2,202

LSE

15:29:27

1124789

48

2,198

LSE

15:31:51

1128457

100

2,198

LSE

15:31:51

1128454

100

2,198

LSE

15:31:51

1128452

37

2,198

LSE

15:31:51

1128449

179

2,198

LSE

15:31:56

1128530

150

2,198

LSE

15:31:56

1128528

387

2,198

LSE

15:34:11

1131987

246

2,198

LSE

15:34:43

1132923

589

2,194

LSE

15:38:38

1138194

263

2,190

LSE

15:40:25

1140657

150

2,190

LSE

15:40:25

1140655

220

2,190

LSE

15:40:25

1140653

155

2,191

LSE

15:42:51

1144226

100

2,191

LSE

15:42:51

1144224

336

2,191

LSE

15:42:51

1144222

30

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147944

375

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147942

222

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147940

138

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147938

250

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147936

100

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147934

179

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147932

683

2,186

LSE

15:45:07

1147930

677

2,185

LSE

15:45:13

1148062

690

2,188

LSE

15:46:11

1149818

100

2,188

LSE

15:46:11

1149820

235

2,187

LSE

15:48:01

1152659

150

2,187

LSE

15:48:01

1152657

300

2,187

LSE

15:48:01

1152655

619

2,186

LSE

15:48:52

1153722

335

2,185

LSE

15:49:15

1154234

559

2,186

LSE

15:49:56

1155028

403

2,185

LSE

15:50:13

1155442

300

2,185

LSE

15:50:13

1155440

567

2,184

LSE

15:50:23

1155705

597

2,184

LSE

15:51:41

1157553

168

2,183

LSE

15:53:29

1160262

663

2,183

LSE

15:53:29

1160260

187

2,183

LSE

15:53:29

1160252

229

2,183

LSE

15:53:29

1160250

392

2,183

LSE

15:53:29

1160258

250

2,183

LSE

15:53:29

1160254

250

2,183

LSE

15:53:29

1160256

56

2,181

LSE

15:54:02

1161021

150

2,181

LSE

15:54:02

1161019

150

2,181

LSE

15:54:02

1161017

150

2,181

LSE

15:54:02

1161015

100

2,181

LSE

15:54:02

1161013

378

2,183

LSE

15:55:48

1163515

250

2,183

LSE

15:55:48

1163513

250

2,183

LSE

15:55:48

1163511

100

2,183

LSE

15:55:48

1163509

240

2,183

LSE

15:55:48

1163507

250

2,183

LSE

15:55:48

1163505

591

2,182

LSE

15:57:46

1166096

197

2,181

LSE

15:58:29

1166963

738

2,182

LSE

15:59:22

1168202

669

2,181

LSE

15:59:34

1168459

232

2,181

LSE

16:00:33

1170355

435

2,181

LSE

16:00:33

1170357

710

2,180

LSE

16:01:00

1170939

1,550

2,180

LSE

16:01:02

1170990

614

2,180

LSE

16:01:02

1170988

343

2,180

LSE

16:01:02

1170986

100

2,180

LSE

16:01:02

1170984

601

2,179

LSE

16:01:03

1171036

2,691

2,180

LSE

16:01:03

1171033

618

2,180

LSE

16:01:03

1171031

1,520

2,180

LSE

16:01:03

1171029

848

2,180

LSE

16:01:03

1171027

1,520

2,180

LSE

16:01:03

1171025

656

2,179

LSE

16:01:11

1171262

607

2,179

LSE

16:01:11

1171260

556

2,178

LSE

16:01:12

1171306

714

2,178

LSE

16:01:12

1171304

250

2,179

LSE

16:01:12

1171274

270

2,179

LSE

16:01:12

1171276

100

2,179

LSE

16:01:25

1171566

250

2,179

LSE

16:01:25

1171564

712

2,179

LSE

16:01:25

1171562

44

2,179

LSE

16:01:25

1171560

150

2,179

LSE

16:01:25

1171558

250

2,179

LSE

16:01:25

1171556

250

2,179

LSE

16:01:25

1171554

100

2,179

LSE

16:01:52

1172215

250

2,179

LSE

16:01:52

1172217

298

2,180

LSE

16:02:03

1172470

377

2,180

LSE

16:02:03

1172468

312

2,180

LSE

16:02:03

1172466

229

2,181

LSE

16:02:07

1172530

457

2,181

LSE

16:02:07

1172528

669

2,181

LSE

16:02:07

1172526

250

2,181

LSE

16:02:19

1172847

220

2,181

LSE

16:02:19

1172845

250

2,181

LSE

16:02:19

1172843

277

2,181

LSE

16:02:19

1172839

231

2,181

LSE

16:02:19

1172841

130

2,181

LSE

16:02:19

1172835

857

2,181

LSE

16:02:34

1173130

116

2,181

LSE

16:02:41

1173281

125

2,181

LSE

16:02:41

1173279

515

2,181

LSE

16:02:41

1173277

1,317

2,181

LSE

16:02:41

1173275

2,483

2,181

LSE

16:02:41

1173273

290

2,181

LSE

16:02:41

1173271

100

2,181

LSE

16:02:41

1173269

2,238

2,181

LSE

16:04:26

1176861

374

2,181

LSE

16:04:26

1176859

914

2,181

LSE

16:04:26

1176857

2,886

2,181

LSE

16:04:26

1176855

623

2,180

LSE

16:04:34

1177172

1,956

2,181

LSE

16:04:52

1177721

2,013

2,181

LSE

16:05:05

1178075

55

2,182

LSE

16:05:43

1179076

540

2,182

LSE

16:05:43

1179074

122

2,182

LSE

16:05:43

1179072

540

2,182

LSE

16:05:43

1179070

1,944

2,182

LSE

16:05:55

1179378

250

2,187

LSE

16:07:28

1181759

250

2,187

LSE

16:07:28

1181757

100

2,187

LSE

16:07:28

1181755

250

2,187

LSE

16:07:30

1181816

250

2,187

LSE

16:07:30

1181814

100

2,187

LSE

16:07:30

1181812

223

2,187

LSE

16:07:38

1182011

512

2,187

LSE

16:07:38

1182009

190

2,187

LSE

16:07:38

1182007

250

2,187

LSE

16:07:38

1182005

100

2,187

LSE

16:07:38

1181999

100

2,186

LSE

16:07:38

1181996

250

2,187

LSE

16:07:38

1182003

250

2,187

LSE

16:07:38

1182001

866

2,186

LSE

16:07:38

1181994

73

2,186

LSE

16:07:38

1181992

316

2,186

LSE

16:08:02

1182663

329

2,186

LSE

16:08:02

1182661

50

2,186

LSE

16:08:53

1183779

260

2,186

LSE

16:08:54

1183823

250

2,186

LSE

16:08:54

1183821

48

2,186

LSE

16:08:54

1183825

250

2,186

LSE

16:09:03

1184053

100

2,186

LSE

16:09:03

1184051

210

2,186

LSE

16:09:03

1184049

250

2,186

LSE

16:09:03

1184047

250

2,186

LSE

16:09:04

1184132

100

2,186

LSE

16:09:04

1184130

230

2,186

LSE

16:09:04

1184128

515

2,186

LSE

16:09:04

1184134

249

2,186

LSE

16:09:04

1184138

250

2,186

LSE

16:09:04

1184136

278

2,187

LSE

16:10:33

1186447

790

2,187

LSE

16:10:50

1186890

250

2,187

LSE

16:10:53

1186972

78

2,187

LSE

16:10:53

1186970

250

2,188

LSE

16:11:10

1187478

2,521

2,188

LSE

16:11:10

1187476

526

2,187

LSE

16:11:40

1188349

250

2,187

LSE

16:11:40

1188347

250

2,187

LSE

16:11:40

1188345

224

2,187

LSE

16:11:40

1188343

250

2,187

LSE

16:11:40

1188341

100

2,187

LSE

16:11:40

1188339

667

2,187

LSE

16:11:40

1188337

250

2,188

LSE

16:12:32

1189475

450

2,188

LSE

16:12:32

1189485

166

2,188

LSE

16:12:32

1189483

144

2,188

LSE

16:12:32

1189481

250

2,188

LSE

16:12:32

1189479

100

2,188

LSE

16:12:32

1189477

150

2,188

LSE

16:12:32

1189473

35

2,188

LSE

16:13:18

1190447

44

2,188

LSE

16:13:18

1190445

568

2,188

LSE

16:13:18

1190443

331

2,188

LSE

16:13:57

1191607

134

2,188

LSE

16:13:57

1191476

134

2,188

LSE

16:13:57

1191474

782

2,188

LSE

16:13:57

1191472

599

2,190

LSE

16:14:23

1192479

250

2,191

LSE

16:14:35

1192827

177

2,191

LSE

16:14:35

1192829

568

2,191

LSE

16:14:35

1192825

76

2,191

LSE

16:15:00

1193335

588

2,191

LSE

16:15:00

1193333

917

2,191

LSE

16:15:00

1193331

123

2,192

LSE

16:15:00

1193324

577

2,192

LSE

16:15:00

1193322

763

2,190

LSE

16:15:19

1193781

150

2,189

LSE

16:15:21

1193805

150

2,189

LSE

16:15:21

1193803

150

2,189

LSE

16:15:21

1193801

149

2,189

LSE

16:15:24

1193936

150

2,189

LSE

16:15:24

1193934

648

2,189

LSE

16:15:27

1194056

28

2,189

LSE

16:15:27

1194054

122

2,189

LSE

16:15:27

1194052

250

2,188

LSE

16:15:49

1194717

250

2,188

LSE

16:15:49

1194713

250

2,188

LSE

16:15:49

1194715

100

2,188

LSE

16:15:49

1194719

250

2,188

LSE

16:15:49

1194721

175

2,188

LSE

16:15:49

1194723

554

2,187

LSE

16:15:57

1194922

245

2,187

LSE

16:16:33

1195755

100

2,187

LSE

16:16:33

1195753

250

2,187

LSE

16:16:33

1195751

523

2,186

LSE

16:16:45

1196024

150

2,186

LSE

16:16:45

1196022

195

2,187

LSE

16:17:01

1196558

626

2,187

LSE

16:17:01

1196554

302

2,187

LSE

16:17:01

1196552

250

2,187

LSE

16:17:01

1196550

250

2,187

LSE

16:17:01

1196556

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

94

25.14

ISE

08:15:50

699131

469

25.14

ISE

08:15:50

699129

22

25.14

ISE

08:15:50

699127

574

25.14

ISE

08:15:50

699122

550

25.31

ISE

08:22:03

710390

552

25.38

ISE

08:24:17

714199

564

25.38

ISE

08:25:02

715671

403

25.36

ISE

08:26:14

717651

100

25.36

ISE

08:26:14

717648

28

25.36

ISE

08:26:14

717646

702

25.45

ISE

08:32:55

726034

578

25.46

ISE

08:34:51

728383

602

25.57

ISE

08:38:36

733408

329

25.66

ISE

08:40:29

735677

246

25.66

ISE

08:40:29

735674

520

25.65

ISE

08:40:31

735701

429

25.66

ISE

08:44:37

740914

152

25.66

ISE

08:44:37

740912

126

25.63

ISE

08:44:57

741280

439

25.63

ISE

08:44:57

741282

282

25.55

ISE

08:51:53

751308

286

25.55

ISE

08:51:53

751306

575

25.45

ISE

08:56:32

756687

40

25.44

ISE

09:01:17

762803

151

25.44

ISE

09:01:19

762855

387

25.44

ISE

09:01:22

762888

600

25.57

ISE

09:13:21

777683

540

25.59

ISE

09:22:57

787268

596

25.55

ISE

09:24:00

788435

419

25.53

ISE

09:31:13

796097

133

25.53

ISE

09:31:13

796095

15

25.50

ISE

09:40:48

811574

521

25.50

ISE

09:41:37

812527

258

25.50

ISE

09:45:28

817686

309

25.50

ISE

09:45:28

817684

126

25.53

ISE

09:52:47

827215

310

25.53

ISE

09:52:47

827213

133

25.53

ISE

09:52:47

827210

84

25.56

ISE

10:00:52

837599

410

25.56

ISE

10:00:52

837597

250

25.62

ISE

10:05:53

841329

49

25.55

ISE

10:13:31

846397

345

25.55

ISE

10:13:31

846395

92

25.55

ISE

10:13:31

846390

577

25.58

ISE

10:22:48

853130

580

25.60

ISE

10:30:21

858435

166

25.59

ISE

10:31:26

859197

102

25.59

ISE

10:32:09

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290

25.59

ISE

10:32:09

859620

13

25.55

ISE

10:42:49

867775

333

25.55

ISE

10:42:49

867770

144

25.55

ISE

10:42:54

867822

206

25.55

ISE

10:54:20

875277

538

25.56

ISE

10:58:20

878506

488

25.55

ISE

10:59:05

878939

560

25.58

ISE

11:12:42

888544

597

25.60

ISE

11:14:51

890444

215

25.55

ISE

11:33:05

903614

167

25.55

ISE

11:33:05

903612

204

25.55

ISE

11:33:05

903610

537

25.60

ISE

11:58:07

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227

25.58

ISE

12:02:07

923911

363

25.58

ISE

12:02:07

923909

527

25.58

ISE

12:14:05

931780

485

25.59

ISE

12:40:17

948823

22

25.53

ISE

12:49:08

954206

299

25.53

ISE

12:49:08

954203

204

25.53

ISE

12:49:08

954201

458

25.52

ISE

13:08:43

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100

25.52

ISE

13:08:43

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501

25.48

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13:29:46

980648

409

25.56

ISE

13:49:06

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95

25.56

ISE

13:49:51

996653

422

25.56

ISE

14:02:31

1006613

138

25.56

ISE

14:02:31

1006611

12

25.56

ISE

14:09:20

1012408

204

25.56

ISE

14:09:24

1012471

294

25.56

ISE

14:11:15

1014139

519

25.55

ISE

14:20:49

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