Transaction in Own Shares

21st May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

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

18 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

101,194

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,787.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,737.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,754.3300

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 1,895,898 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 841,494,440 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

2,754.3308

101,194

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

458

2,737

LSE

08:12:44

575541

375

2,737

LSE

08:13:35

577551

654

2,741

LSE

08:18:17

587588

306

2,740

LSE

08:18:28

588012

232

2,740

LSE

08:18:28

588010

342

2,740

LSE

08:18:28

588008

208

2,740

LSE

08:18:28

588006

110

2,740

LSE

08:18:28

588004

430

2,739

LSE

08:19:10

589783

518

2,740

LSE

08:21:37

594667

76

2,740

LSE

08:21:37

594663

306

2,740

LSE

08:21:37

594665

468

2,739

LSE

08:23:24

598547

65

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598524

294

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598528

65

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598526

230

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598514

190

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598512

65

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598516

40

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598507

189

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598505

189

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598503

100

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598501

350

2,740

LSE

08:23:24

598499

75

2,741

LSE

08:26:12

604130

460

2,742

LSE

08:26:12

604128

1

2,742

LSE

08:26:12

604126

459

2,741

LSE

08:28:01

607637

92

2,742

LSE

08:28:01

607635

414

2,742

LSE

08:28:01

607633

492

2,742

LSE

08:28:01

607629

427

2,742

LSE

08:28:30

608600

345

2,741

LSE

08:28:36

608765

162

2,741

LSE

08:28:37

608833

127

2,741

LSE

08:28:37

608831

236

2,741

LSE

08:28:40

608933

349

2,741

LSE

08:28:40

608931

15

2,744

LSE

08:31:09

613916

428

2,744

LSE

08:32:14

616061

49

2,744

LSE

08:32:14

616059

328

2,744

LSE

08:32:14

616057

462

2,743

LSE

08:37:48

626640

43

2,743

LSE

08:37:48

626638

439

2,744

LSE

08:37:48

626636

185

2,743

LSE

08:38:31

628210

237

2,743

LSE

08:38:31

628208

33

2,743

LSE

08:39:28

630088

27

2,743

LSE

08:39:28

630086

473

2,743

LSE

08:39:28

630081

362

2,742

LSE

08:40:10

631621

125

2,742

LSE

08:40:10

631619

446

2,740

LSE

08:40:37

632420

467

2,739

LSE

08:40:55

632928

408

2,739

LSE

08:42:41

636483

2

2,738

LSE

08:43:23

638152

253

2,738

LSE

08:43:23

638150

205

2,738

LSE

08:43:23

638148

376

2,740

LSE

08:46:31

644342

14

2,739

LSE

08:51:01

653296

482

2,739

LSE

08:51:01

653294

504

2,737

LSE

08:51:59

655154

436

2,738

LSE

08:54:19

660339

476

2,737

LSE

08:55:20

662669

456

2,738

LSE

08:57:10

667284

59

2,738

LSE

08:59:03

672738

2

2,738

LSE

09:00:00

675353

363

2,738

LSE

09:00:00

675351

348

2,740

LSE

09:03:23

681120

738

2,744

LSE

09:07:09

687650

554

2,745

LSE

09:07:09

687644

88

2,745

LSE

09:07:09

687642

112

2,744

LSE

09:08:10

690805

246

2,744

LSE

09:08:10

690803

387

2,742

LSE

09:08:58

691970

224

2,741

LSE

09:09:39

692921

300

2,741

LSE

09:09:39

692919

500

2,740

LSE

09:09:43

693019

509

2,740

LSE

09:10:22

694197

2

2,740

LSE

09:10:22

694195

123

2,740

LSE

09:10:48

694834

503

2,741

LSE

09:11:53

696669

311

2,740

LSE

09:12:53

698204

192

2,740

LSE

09:12:53

698206

55

2,739

LSE

09:12:55

698258

355

2,739

LSE

09:12:58

698532

46

2,740

LSE

09:13:57

700259

404

2,740

LSE

09:13:57

700231

428

2,741

LSE

09:15:44

703336

491

2,739

LSE

09:15:58

703792

477

2,738

LSE

09:17:42

706788

225

2,737

LSE

09:18:28

708217

58

2,737

LSE

09:18:40

708498

50

2,737

LSE

09:18:54

708908

64

2,737

LSE

09:19:23

709883

137

2,738

LSE

09:20:03

710996

239

2,738

LSE

09:20:03

710994

203

2,738

LSE

09:20:03

710992

42

2,738

LSE

09:20:03

710990

189

2,738

LSE

09:20:03

710988

361

2,741

LSE

09:21:25

713764

407

2,740

LSE

09:21:39

714277

44

2,741

LSE

09:22:38

716471

457

2,741

LSE

09:24:04

718840

301

2,741

LSE

09:24:04

718826

115

2,741

LSE

09:24:05

718899

250

2,741

LSE

09:24:05

718897

55

2,741

LSE

09:24:05

718895

343

2,741

LSE

09:24:05

718873

250

2,741

LSE

09:24:05

718869

132

2,741

LSE

09:24:05

718871

356

2,741

LSE

09:27:42

724905

289

2,740

LSE

09:27:51

725150

57

2,740

LSE

09:27:51

725148

340

2,738

LSE

09:29:47

728884

394

2,739

LSE

09:30:45

730667

341

2,739

LSE

09:32:05

732926

4

2,739

LSE

09:32:05

732928

12

2,739

LSE

09:32:05

732924

418

2,741

LSE

09:34:54

737640

478

2,743

LSE

09:39:55

745838

400

2,744

LSE

09:39:55

745836

455

2,742

LSE

09:41:48

748858

171

2,746

LSE

09:46:42

758751

191

2,746

LSE

09:46:42

758749

37

2,746

LSE

09:46:42

758747

27

2,745

LSE

09:47:22

759805

60

2,745

LSE

09:47:22

759803

159

2,745

LSE

09:47:25

759923

250

2,745

LSE

09:47:25

759921

33

2,745

LSE

09:47:25

759919

250

2,745

LSE

09:47:25

759915

200

2,745

LSE

09:47:25

759917

373

2,745

LSE

09:47:25

759910

171

2,745

LSE

09:48:47

762261

216

2,745

LSE

09:48:47

762259

409

2,744

LSE

09:48:51

762320

52

2,743

LSE

09:51:09

766618

51

2,743

LSE

09:51:21

766976

254

2,743

LSE

09:51:43

767547

405

2,746

LSE

09:54:30

771399

51

2,745

LSE

09:54:52

771902

401

2,745

LSE

09:54:52

771904

55

2,744

LSE

09:55:08

772218

294

2,744

LSE

09:55:36

772962

44

2,744

LSE

09:55:36

772960

59

2,743

LSE

09:58:40

777915

362

2,743

LSE

09:58:40

777904

195

2,745

LSE

10:00:49

782061

200

2,745

LSE

10:00:49

782059

417

2,745

LSE

10:00:49

782057

339

2,746

LSE

10:03:25

785733

192

2,746

LSE

10:03:25

785719

148

2,746

LSE

10:03:25

785717

186

2,746

LSE

10:03:25

785681

235

2,746

LSE

10:03:25

785679

359

2,746

LSE

10:03:25

785644

418

2,747

LSE

10:05:52

792317

62

2,756

LSE

10:15:33

811429

200

2,756

LSE

10:15:34

811513

125

2,756

LSE

10:15:34

811511

600

2,756

LSE

10:15:34

811509

1,026

2,756

LSE

10:15:34

811507

951

2,756

LSE

10:15:34

811505

568

2,756

LSE

10:15:34

811503

392

2,755

LSE

10:15:53

812190

95

2,755

LSE

10:15:53

812184

742

2,755

LSE

10:15:53

812182

672

2,755

LSE

10:15:53

812186

46

2,755

LSE

10:15:53

812188

125

2,753

LSE

10:16:19

812922

1,362

2,754

LSE

10:16:19

812920

372

2,753

LSE

10:16:30

813178

382

2,754

LSE

10:16:30

813152

200

2,754

LSE

10:16:48

813750

250

2,754

LSE

10:16:48

813752

1,578

2,754

LSE

10:16:48

813754

310

2,754

LSE

10:16:48

813748

31

2,757

LSE

10:19:09

816874

568

2,757

LSE

10:19:09

816872

530

2,757

LSE

10:19:57

817955

520

2,756

LSE

10:20:50

819240

501

2,755

LSE

10:21:08

820253

482

2,754

LSE

10:21:33

820841

77

2,754

LSE

10:22:36

822400

278

2,754

LSE

10:22:36

822398

500

2,753

LSE

10:22:50

822760

498

2,752

LSE

10:23:50

824349

286

2,755

LSE

10:25:47

827617

50

2,755

LSE

10:25:47

827619

30

2,755

LSE

10:26:20

828602

169

2,755

LSE

10:27:27

830507

395

2,755

LSE

10:27:45

830985

169

2,755

LSE

10:27:45

830983

140

2,754

LSE

10:28:10

831616

306

2,754

LSE

10:28:10

831614

450

2,753

LSE

10:29:06

832833

415

2,753

LSE

10:31:53

837297

357

2,759

LSE

10:37:28

845529

201

2,758

LSE

10:37:31

845622

250

2,758

LSE

10:37:31

845619

65

2,758

LSE

10:37:31

845615

89

2,758

LSE

10:37:31

845613

314

2,758

LSE

10:37:31

845617

262

2,758

LSE

10:38:52

847765

134

2,758

LSE

10:38:52

847763

128

2,758

LSE

10:39:10

848328

63

2,759

LSE

10:40:00

850284

125

2,759

LSE

10:40:00

850280

200

2,759

LSE

10:40:00

850282

69

2,759

LSE

10:40:00

850277

200

2,759

LSE

10:40:00

850273

125

2,759

LSE

10:40:00

850275

442

2,759

LSE

10:40:00

850271

387

2,759

LSE

10:40:36

851966

341

2,758

LSE

10:41:40

853873

35

2,758

LSE

10:41:40

853871

111

2,759

LSE

10:45:24

859733

150

2,759

LSE

10:45:24

859731

149

2,759

LSE

10:45:24

859729

454

2,767

LSE

10:51:13

870448

96

2,787

LSE

10:53:25

876086

282

2,787

LSE

10:53:25

876084

410

2,785

LSE

10:53:41

876673

437

2,768

LSE

11:27:04

918321

21

2,767

LSE

11:27:20

918545

68

2,767

LSE

11:27:20

918543

295

2,767

LSE

11:27:20

918541

417

2,766

LSE

11:27:33

918739

381

2,765

LSE

11:32:55

923099

393

2,766

LSE

11:37:58

928088

383

2,765

LSE

11:39:47

929633

26

2,771

LSE

11:44:48

934590

314

2,771

LSE

11:44:48

934588

23

2,771

LSE

11:44:48

934586

416

2,773

LSE

11:46:46

936455

43

2,771

LSE

11:53:54

943406

222

2,771

LSE

11:53:54

943402

106

2,771

LSE

11:53:54

943404

338

2,771

LSE

11:56:59

946346

200

2,774

LSE

12:02:26

952097

167

2,774

LSE

12:02:31

952304

410

2,773

LSE

12:02:33

952368

342

2,770

LSE

12:07:27

957612

173

2,770

LSE

12:11:52

962166

82

2,770

LSE

12:12:36

962820

150

2,770

LSE

12:12:36

962818

150

2,768

LSE

12:15:22

965687

125

2,768

LSE

12:15:22

965670

379

2,769

LSE

12:20:03

970708

158

2,767

LSE

12:24:39

975495

175

2,767

LSE

12:24:39

975493

37

2,767

LSE

12:24:39

975491

407

2,769

LSE

12:31:06

982232

137

2,769

LSE

12:33:13

984285

240

2,769

LSE

12:33:13

984283

25

2,768

LSE

12:36:55

988393

317

2,768

LSE

12:36:55

988391

393

2,768

LSE

12:44:43

996458

407

2,770

LSE

12:46:12

997768

115

2,769

LSE

12:54:20

1005872

299

2,769

LSE

12:54:20

1005874

372

2,768

LSE

12:56:14

1007799

399

2,769

LSE

13:02:01

1013515

227

2,767

LSE

13:03:44

1015329

120

2,767

LSE

13:03:44

1015327

393

2,767

LSE

13:09:04

1021077

129

2,769

LSE

13:12:35

1024647

249

2,769

LSE

13:12:35

1024645

347

2,766

LSE

13:15:59

1029031

352

2,764

LSE

13:20:23

1033569

350

2,765

LSE

13:25:53

1039857

58

2,765

LSE

13:25:53

1039859

261

2,766

LSE

13:29:24

1044211

106

2,766

LSE

13:29:24

1044209

401

2,765

LSE

13:31:01

1046303

375

2,765

LSE

13:34:11

1050126

351

2,764

LSE

13:39:23

1056922

386

2,764

LSE

13:40:28

1058366

344

2,766

LSE

13:43:39

1062196

401

2,764

LSE

13:45:43

1064924

360

2,763

LSE

13:49:25

1070239

344

2,762

LSE

13:52:45

1075473

302

2,763

LSE

13:56:36

1080734

104

2,763

LSE

13:56:36

1080736

419

2,765

LSE

14:00:23

1086506

372

2,766

LSE

14:01:28

1088113

360

2,766

LSE

14:05:54

1094771

387

2,765

LSE

14:08:10

1098312

388

2,762

LSE

14:11:51

1103698

365

2,760

LSE

14:15:01

1108351

356

2,760

LSE

14:18:32

1113972

373

2,761

LSE

14:21:43

1118495

373

2,764

LSE

14:28:15

1128428

346

2,766

LSE

14:30:04

1133214

287

2,765

LSE

14:30:07

1133628

126

2,765

LSE

14:30:07

1133630

98

2,764

LSE

14:30:26

1134824

250

2,764

LSE

14:30:26

1134822

359

2,766

LSE

14:32:51

1141894

63

2,765

LSE

14:32:55

1142046

249

2,765

LSE

14:32:55

1142044

100

2,765

LSE

14:32:55

1142042

58

2,764

LSE

14:33:05

1142393

341

2,764

LSE

14:33:05

1142391

128

2,761

LSE

14:34:51

1146584

188

2,761

LSE

14:34:51

1146588

31

2,761

LSE

14:34:51

1146586

28

2,764

LSE

14:37:42

1152936

13

2,764

LSE

14:37:42

1152934

361

2,764

LSE

14:37:42

1152932

149

2,767

LSE

14:39:12

1156320

250

2,767

LSE

14:39:12

1156318

132

2,767

LSE

14:39:12

1156316

272

2,767

LSE

14:39:12

1156314

378

2,766

LSE

14:42:32

1163394

118

2,768

LSE

14:46:49

1172726

21

2,768

LSE

14:46:49

1172724

109

2,768

LSE

14:46:49

1172730

101

2,768

LSE

14:46:49

1172728

295

2,769

LSE

14:48:50

1177202

57

2,769

LSE

14:48:50

1177200

105

2,768

LSE

14:48:57

1177400

258

2,768

LSE

14:48:57

1177398

251

2,768

LSE

14:50:55

1181828

109

2,768

LSE

14:50:55

1181830

349

2,767

LSE

14:51:24

1182986

307

2,768

LSE

14:54:07

1189354

36

2,768

LSE

14:54:07

1189356

358

2,767

LSE

14:55:14

1192184

401

2,767

LSE

14:56:24

1195173

377

2,766

LSE

14:56:35

1195567

122

2,765

LSE

14:58:17

1199630

250

2,765

LSE

14:58:17

1199628

397

2,764

LSE

15:00:04

1203913

158

2,765

LSE

15:02:51

1210645

250

2,765

LSE

15:02:51

1210643

365

2,765

LSE

15:02:51

1210635

246

2,765

LSE

15:04:30

1214757

129

2,765

LSE

15:04:30

1214755

382

2,764

LSE

15:07:10

1220827

350

2,767

LSE

15:09:55

1227317

403

2,768

LSE

15:12:28

1233248

110

2,768

LSE

15:12:28

1233239

295

2,768

LSE

15:12:28

1233237

223

2,769

LSE

15:15:38

1240731

197

2,769

LSE

15:15:38

1240729

260

2,769

LSE

15:17:20

1245045

122

2,769

LSE

15:17:20

1245043

414

2,768

LSE

15:18:55

1249086

162

2,767

LSE

15:22:43

1258439

250

2,767

LSE

15:22:43

1258437

377

2,767

LSE

15:22:43

1258431

420

2,768

LSE

15:25:27

1266679

390

2,766

LSE

15:26:52

1270281

129

2,765

LSE

15:28:20

1274258

283

2,765

LSE

15:28:20

1274256

362

2,760

LSE

15:30:29

1279666

361

2,760

LSE

15:31:23

1282622

46

2,764

LSE

15:34:10

1289149

316

2,764

LSE

15:34:10

1289147

407

2,763

LSE

15:35:41

1293741

384

2,765

LSE

15:37:31

1299374

420

2,765

LSE

15:39:56

1305435

216

2,763

LSE

15:41:04

1308968

140

2,763

LSE

15:42:34

1312550

361

2,764

LSE

15:43:02

1313767

323

2,765

LSE

15:45:11

1319454

72

2,765

LSE

15:45:11

1319452

351

2,764

LSE

15:47:23

1325415

337

2,766

LSE

15:49:03

1329597

406

2,766

LSE

15:49:03

1329528

393

2,768

LSE

15:52:06

1337476

104

2,767

LSE

15:52:35

1338791

277

2,767

LSE

15:52:35

1338789

155

2,769

LSE

15:55:45

1347541

250

2,769

LSE

15:55:45

1347539

406

2,769

LSE

15:55:45

1347503