Transaction in Own Shares

7th March 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 6th March 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 Europe SE. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

8,370

37,250

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,425.0000

€28.2200

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,401.0000

€27.8800

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,412.3755

€28.0278

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 32,082,317 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,308,021 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 Europe SE 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 Europe SE

Intermediary code:

UBSWDE24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,412.3755

8,370

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.0278

37,250

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

400

2,416

LSE

08:18:16

929855

178

2,416

LSE

08:18:16

929853

554

2,420

LSE

09:06:41

999558

263

2,425

LSE

09:39:22

1045396

356

2,425

LSE

09:39:22

1045394

555

2,414

LSE

10:13:37

1084846

159

2,415

LSE

10:43:52

1103965

421

2,415

LSE

10:43:52

1103963

571

2,413

LSE

11:22:12

1129201

644

2,412

LSE

11:53:52

1148302

544

2,419

LSE

12:48:06

1181739

47

2,415

LSE

13:32:01

1211770

111

2,415

LSE

13:32:01

1211768

166

2,415

LSE

13:32:01

1211764

129

2,415

LSE

13:32:01

1211766

199

2,415

LSE

13:32:02

1211941

663

2,409

LSE

15:26:42

1358950

282

2,405

LSE

15:32:29

1366510

327

2,405

LSE

15:32:29

1366508

545

2,405

LSE

15:43:12

1380966

169

2,406

LSE

15:47:16

1385969

441

2,406

LSE

15:47:16

1385967

646

2,401

LSE

15:53:24

1394094

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

574

28.15

ISE

08:14:54

924803

560

28.14

ISE

08:24:40

938796

595

28.18

ISE

08:34:50

952610

633

28.16

ISE

08:46:49

967770

243

28.14

ISE

09:02:14

993805

370

28.14

ISE

09:02:14

993803

642

28.16

ISE

09:10:21

1004381

379

28.22

ISE

09:25:23

1022814

134

28.22

ISE

09:26:04

1023630

50

28.22

ISE

09:26:04

1023628

11

28.21

ISE

09:38:36

1044190

4

28.21

ISE

09:38:36

1044188

576

28.21

ISE

09:39:22

1045399

494

28.20

ISE

09:52:40

1065609

41

28.20

ISE

09:52:40

1065606

597

28.14

ISE

10:00:50

1076328

24

28.04

ISE

10:17:51

1087822

24

28.04

ISE

10:17:52

1087832

21

28.04

ISE

10:17:53

1087838

18

28.04

ISE

10:17:54

1087849

457

28.04

ISE

10:17:55

1087874

617

28.05

ISE

10:31:48

1096746

546

28.07

ISE

10:53:01

1109404

167

28.05

ISE

10:53:17

1109557

439

28.05

ISE

10:53:17

1109554

399

27.94

ISE

11:06:49

1119850

38

27.94

ISE

11:06:49

1119848

188

27.94

ISE

11:06:54

1119911

520

28.04

ISE

11:25:58

1131898

146

28.06

ISE

11:40:43

1140493

352

28.04

ISE

11:48:53

1145303

239

28.04

ISE

11:48:53

1145301

589

28.10

ISE

12:02:21

1153489

103

28.10

ISE

12:16:32

1161960

500

28.10

ISE

12:16:32

1161958

138

28.10

ISE

12:42:42

1177912

500

28.10

ISE

12:42:42

1177910

120

28.10

ISE

13:01:33

1190402

500

28.10

ISE

13:01:33

1190400

553

28.10

ISE

13:12:13

1197328

94

28.10

ISE

13:12:13

1197326

465

28.13

ISE

13:33:39

1214535

71

28.13

ISE

13:33:39

1214533

500

28.16

ISE

13:47:20

1228399

148

28.16

ISE

13:47:20

1228401

520

28.18

ISE

14:03:00

1242569

32

28.18

ISE

14:03:00

1242567

250

28.21

ISE

14:13:17

1252144

339

28.21

ISE

14:13:34

1252351

135

28.22

ISE

14:21:00

1258783

500

28.22

ISE

14:21:00

1258781

619

28.22

ISE

14:32:38

1274786

19

28.18

ISE

14:39:53

1287399

500

28.18

ISE

14:39:53

1287397

11

28.18

ISE

14:39:54

1287434

440

28.11

ISE

14:45:07

1296468

146

28.11

ISE

14:45:11

1296649

262

28.08

ISE

14:52:01

1308330

508

28.14

ISE

14:58:31

1318676

13

28.14

ISE

14:58:49

1319023

473

28.12

ISE

15:05:23

1329209

92

28.12

ISE

15:05:23

1329211

556

28.08

ISE

15:10:56

1337198

97

28.08

ISE

15:16:23

1344753

359

28.08

ISE

15:16:23

1344751

414

27.90

ISE

15:56:09

1397710

139

27.90

ISE

16:01:17

1405326

213

27.90

ISE

16:01:17

1405324

51

27.90

ISE

16:01:17

1405322

47

27.90

ISE

16:01:17

1405320

9

27.90

ISE

16:01:30

1405701

100

27.90

ISE

16:01:30

1405699

89

27.90

ISE

16:01:30

1405697

98

27.90

ISE

16:01:30

1405695

1,844

27.90

ISE

16:01:30

1405693

90

27.88

ISE

16:02:47

1407304

395

27.89

ISE

16:03:51

1408514

178

27.89

ISE

16:04:18

1409016

423

27.89

ISE

16:04:18

1409014

184

27.89

ISE

16:04:44

1409565

284

27.89

ISE

16:04:45

1409594

493

27.90

ISE

16:05:40

1410931

205

27.90

ISE

16:05:40

1410929

1,844

27.90

ISE

16:05:40

1410927

205

27.89

ISE

16:06:04

1411485

543

27.91

ISE

16:09:26

1416513

254

27.91

ISE

16:09:27

1416606

93

27.91

ISE

16:09:28

1416633

33

27.91

ISE

16:09:28

1416631

451

27.91

ISE

16:09:28

1416612

98

27.91

ISE

16:09:31

1416709

93

27.91

ISE

16:09:37

1416899

93

27.91

ISE

16:09:39

1416922

93

27.91

ISE

16:09:40

1416968

419

27.91

ISE

16:10:20

1418206

296

27.92

ISE

16:10:46

1418754

631

27.92

ISE

16:10:46

1418737

98

27.92

ISE

16:10:55

1418967

97

27.92

ISE

16:11:00

1419049

42

27.92

ISE

16:11:09

1419243

97

27.92

ISE

16:11:09

1419233

98

27.92

ISE

16:11:09

1419231

100

27.92

ISE

16:11:17

1419461

97

27.92

ISE

16:11:17

1419459

97

27.92

ISE

16:11:19

1419580

221

27.91

ISE

16:11:20

1419602

408

27.91

ISE

16:12:01

1420367

449

27.91

ISE

16:12:01

1420369

192

27.91

ISE

16:12:01

1420371

90

27.93

ISE

16:13:22

1422534

488

27.93

ISE

16:13:22

1422530

198

27.93

ISE

16:13:22

1422528

48

27.93

ISE

16:13:22

1422526

623

27.93

ISE

16:13:22

1422524

39

27.93

ISE

16:13:23

1422557

472

27.93

ISE

16:14:15

1423737

92

27.93

ISE

16:14:15

1423734

437

27.93

ISE

16:14:16

1423766

97

27.93

ISE

16:14:17

1423790

225

27.94

ISE

16:15:33

1425642

358

27.94

ISE

16:15:34

1425668

271

27.94

ISE

16:16:26

1427316

323

27.94

ISE

16:16:26

1427314

841

27.95

ISE

16:16:35

1427491