Transaction in Own Shares

31st January 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 30th 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:

75,023

92,746

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,205.0000

€25.2400

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,183.0000

€25.0400

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,196.2419

€25.1522

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 30,211,184 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 813,179,154 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

2,196.2419

75,023

Euronext Dublin

EUR

25.1522

92,746

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

69

2,204

LSE

08:08:38

801453

70

2,204

LSE

08:08:40

801535

66

2,204

LSE

08:08:44

801666

523

2,204

LSE

08:08:45

801689

660

2,203

LSE

08:08:53

801942

88

2,203

LSE

08:10:22

807225

384

2,203

LSE

08:10:22

807223

159

2,203

LSE

08:10:22

807221

626

2,204

LSE

08:15:13

815361

725

2,202

LSE

08:18:42

820221

46

2,197

LSE

08:20:27

822914

690

2,197

LSE

08:20:27

822912

709

2,197

LSE

08:22:50

826620

673

2,196

LSE

08:26:54

833174

722

2,193

LSE

08:29:06

836102

360

2,186

LSE

08:35:30

846686

345

2,186

LSE

08:36:02

847433

22

2,186

LSE

08:36:17

847801

9

2,186

LSE

08:36:27

848038

672

2,191

LSE

08:45:54

860546

126

2,194

LSE

08:48:46

864923

568

2,194

LSE

08:49:18

865890

3

2,194

LSE

08:51:02

868878

360

2,197

LSE

08:55:43

874023

350

2,197

LSE

08:55:43

874021

660

2,194

LSE

09:01:10

881372

16

2,190

LSE

09:05:50

888161

494

2,190

LSE

09:05:50

888159

126

2,190

LSE

09:05:50

888157

483

2,188

LSE

09:08:01

890730

140

2,188

LSE

09:08:02

890746

1

2,188

LSE

09:08:04

890785

252

2,190

LSE

09:14:30

899095

443

2,190

LSE

09:14:30

899093

72

2,189

LSE

09:19:06

904776

65

2,189

LSE

09:19:52

905866

476

2,189

LSE

09:20:32

906640

97

2,189

LSE

09:22:01

908175

27

2,187

LSE

09:29:14

916820

63

2,187

LSE

09:29:26

917135

61

2,187

LSE

09:29:30

917191

67

2,187

LSE

09:30:26

918396

73

2,187

LSE

09:30:36

918629

72

2,187

LSE

09:30:38

918652

60

2,187

LSE

09:30:42

918742

67

2,187

LSE

09:30:50

918913

65

2,187

LSE

09:30:56

919090

66

2,187

LSE

09:30:58

919114

91

2,187

LSE

09:31:10

919467

15

2,185

LSE

09:35:56

926565

72

2,185

LSE

09:36:00

926662

69

2,185

LSE

09:36:10

926916

73

2,185

LSE

09:36:18

927235

244

2,185

LSE

09:36:28

927451

82

2,185

LSE

09:36:53

928087

138

2,185

LSE

09:36:53

928085

200

2,189

LSE

09:43:20

937938

549

2,189

LSE

09:43:20

937936

174

2,189

LSE

09:48:17

945301

480

2,189

LSE

09:48:17

945299

473

2,188

LSE

09:54:39

954738

250

2,188

LSE

09:54:39

954740

65

2,184

LSE

10:05:41

967432

60

2,184

LSE

10:05:45

967466

62

2,184

LSE

10:05:53

967528

195

2,184

LSE

10:06:11

967775

245

2,184

LSE

10:06:30

968083

6

2,183

LSE

10:15:13

973792

74

2,183

LSE

10:15:33

973965

62

2,183

LSE

10:17:31

975127

63

2,184

LSE

10:21:29

977513

65

2,184

LSE

10:21:51

977754

68

2,184

LSE

10:22:21

977983

68

2,184

LSE

10:22:35

978150

63

2,184

LSE

10:22:53

978304

77

2,184

LSE

10:23:13

978576

150

2,184

LSE

10:23:27

978810

59

2,186

LSE

10:24:45

979821

138

2,187

LSE

10:28:11

982056

600

2,187

LSE

10:28:11

982054

694

2,186

LSE

10:31:31

984235

613

2,186

LSE

10:42:28

991184

113

2,186

LSE

10:46:56

993784

364

2,186

LSE

10:46:56

993782

218

2,186

LSE

10:46:56

993775

493

2,192

LSE

10:58:54

1002172

72

2,192

LSE

10:58:54

1002170

23

2,192

LSE

10:58:54

1002174

64

2,192

LSE

10:58:54

1002176

650

2,193

LSE

11:08:09

1008556

26

2,194

LSE

11:23:56

1018781

728

2,194

LSE

11:26:13

1020376

620

2,194

LSE

11:27:06

1020813

132

2,194

LSE

11:27:06

1020811

600

2,194

LSE

11:27:06

1020809

76

2,189

LSE

11:33:08

1024477

256

2,189

LSE

11:33:22

1024625

77

2,189

LSE

11:34:00

1024954

244

2,189

LSE

11:34:42

1025327

50

2,189

LSE

11:40:24

1028611

731

2,190

LSE

11:41:55

1029551

187

2,191

LSE

11:50:08

1034527

66

2,191

LSE

11:50:21

1034776

470

2,191

LSE

11:50:53

1035071

174

2,190

LSE

11:57:15

1039105

414

2,190

LSE

11:57:55

1039459

169

2,190

LSE

11:59:34

1040410

29

2,194

LSE

12:06:29

1045035

281

2,194

LSE

12:07:07

1045505

41

2,194

LSE

12:07:37

1045938

139

2,194

LSE

12:07:37

1045936

154

2,194

LSE

12:07:37

1045934

143

2,194

LSE

12:11:12

1047874

244

2,194

LSE

12:11:12

1047876

200

2,194

LSE

12:11:12

1047872

151

2,194

LSE

12:11:12

1047870

508

2,194

LSE

12:12:49

1048803

138

2,194

LSE

12:12:49

1048801

755

2,195

LSE

12:16:44

1051350

288

2,194

LSE

12:20:26

1053331

130

2,194

LSE

12:21:18

1053770

40

2,194

LSE

12:23:10

1054798

180

2,194

LSE

12:23:10

1054796

2

2,194

LSE

12:26:03

1056668

138

2,194

LSE

12:26:39

1056969

489

2,194

LSE

12:26:44

1057002

626

2,194

LSE

12:29:22

1058363

620

2,195

LSE

12:32:02

1060480

667

2,197

LSE

12:37:35

1063792

734

2,196

LSE

12:45:08

1067974

75

2,195

LSE

12:48:36

1069969

75

2,195

LSE

12:48:46

1070126

71

2,195

LSE

12:48:52

1070183

201

2,195

LSE

12:49:10

1070352

219

2,195

LSE

12:49:46

1070778

321

2,195

LSE

12:53:01

1073011

299

2,195

LSE

12:53:01

1073009

50

2,197

LSE

13:02:19

1079975

563

2,197

LSE

13:02:19

1079977

289

2,197

LSE

13:02:19

1079973

89

2,197

LSE

13:02:19

1079971

283

2,197

LSE

13:02:19

1079969

677

2,200

LSE

13:05:53

1082349

7

2,200

LSE

13:08:28

1084014

547

2,200

LSE

13:08:29

1084046

186

2,200

LSE

13:08:32

1084062

66

2,199

LSE

13:14:59

1089102

140

2,199

LSE

13:15:45

1089842

144

2,199

LSE

13:16:25

1090442

62

2,199

LSE

13:22:31

1095591

49

2,199

LSE

13:22:36

1095610

293

2,199

LSE

13:23:07

1096053

5

2,199

LSE

13:24:05

1096779

81

2,199

LSE

13:24:37

1097170

45

2,199

LSE

13:24:37

1097168

207

2,199

LSE

13:24:43

1097268

425

2,199

LSE

13:24:43

1097266

731

2,201

LSE

13:29:03

1100340

12

2,200

LSE

13:34:19

1104652

62

2,200

LSE

13:34:41

1104895

740

2,196

LSE

14:39:57

1174933

689

2,198

LSE

14:40:57

1176564

752

2,197

LSE

14:40:59

1176660

336

2,196

LSE

14:41:40

1177990

336

2,196

LSE

14:41:40

1177988

261

2,196

LSE

14:41:41

1178082

51

2,196

LSE

14:41:41

1178076

336

2,196

LSE

14:41:41

1178080

84

2,196

LSE

14:41:41

1178078

331

2,197

LSE

14:44:57

1183363

351

2,197

LSE

14:44:57

1183361

587

2,196

LSE

14:46:01

1185285

144

2,196

LSE

14:46:01

1185283

58

2,195

LSE

14:47:05

1186767

403

2,195

LSE

14:47:17

1187157

256

2,195

LSE

14:47:17

1187155

753

2,195

LSE

14:47:34

1187548

50

2,194

LSE

14:48:12

1188860

69

2,194

LSE

14:50:37

1193195

65

2,194

LSE

14:51:05

1193819

67

2,194

LSE

14:51:59

1195157

62

2,194

LSE

14:52:03

1195302

395

2,194

LSE

14:52:13

1195521

641

2,193

LSE

14:52:39

1196392

105

2,193

LSE

14:52:39

1196390

360

2,192

LSE

14:53:39

1197881

165

2,192

LSE

14:53:40

1197900

237

2,192

LSE

14:53:40

1197898

53

2,191

LSE

14:54:11

1198392

222

2,191

LSE

14:54:11

1198390

62

2,199

LSE

15:00:31

1209841

65

2,199

LSE

15:00:41

1210302

272

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210817

140

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210803

272

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210807

220

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210805

90

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210801

58

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210799

433

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210795

243

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210793

390

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210791

144

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210777

577

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210779

617

2,199

LSE

15:00:56

1210781

368

2,199

LSE

15:00:57

1210841

70

2,199

LSE

15:00:57

1210839

29

2,199

LSE

15:00:57

1210836

560

2,199

LSE

15:01:20

1211438

126

2,199

LSE

15:01:20

1211436

537

2,199

LSE

15:01:51

1212082

110

2,199

LSE

15:01:51

1212080

130

2,198

LSE

15:01:56

1212210

250

2,198

LSE

15:01:56

1212208

330

2,198

LSE

15:01:56

1212206

737

2,198

LSE

15:01:56

1212204

272

2,196

LSE

15:02:27

1213136

420

2,196

LSE

15:02:27

1213134

738

2,195

LSE

15:02:46

1213864

615

2,195

LSE

15:02:46

1213857

396

2,197

LSE

15:04:50

1217568

309

2,197

LSE

15:04:50

1217566

189

2,195

LSE

15:07:16

1221345

693

2,195

LSE

15:07:17

1221385

2

2,195

LSE

15:07:17

1221383

475

2,195

LSE

15:07:17

1221381

23

2,194

LSE

15:07:20

1221627

66

2,194

LSE

15:07:54

1222679

74

2,194

LSE

15:10:36

1226700

157

2,194

LSE

15:10:47

1226998

351

2,194

LSE

15:10:47

1227000

60

2,194

LSE

15:11:02

1227248

73

2,194

LSE

15:11:36

1228008

67

2,194

LSE

15:13:26

1230744

73

2,194

LSE

15:13:32

1230823

69

2,194

LSE

15:13:38

1231030

72

2,194

LSE

15:13:50

1231490

192

2,194

LSE

15:14:14

1231866

379

2,196

LSE

15:17:45

1237073

67

2,196

LSE

15:17:46

1237094

150

2,196

LSE

15:17:58

1237414

157

2,196

LSE

15:17:58

1237412

117

2,196

LSE

15:17:58

1237410

266

2,196

LSE

15:17:58

1237408

19

2,196

LSE

15:17:58

1237406

157

2,196

LSE

15:17:58

1237404

23

2,195

LSE

15:18:08

1237668

24

2,195

LSE

15:18:24

1238137

300

2,195

LSE

15:18:26

1238211

403

2,205

LSE

15:27:44

1251539

616

2,205

LSE

15:28:11

1252026

711

2,205

LSE

15:28:11

1252024

1,163

2,205

LSE

15:28:11

1252022

84

2,205

LSE

15:28:24

1252369

69

2,205

LSE

15:28:24

1252367

180

2,205

LSE

15:28:24

1252365

168

2,205

LSE

15:28:24

1252363

250

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256539

249

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256537

250

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256535

249

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256529

250

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256527

43

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256531

176

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256533

638

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256525

621

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256523

114

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256521

562

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256519

600

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256517

889

2,205

LSE

15:31:09

1256515

125

2,204

LSE

15:31:54

1257470

200

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257562

200

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257552

410

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257546

100

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257548

742

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257550

250

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257560

250

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257554

200

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257556

213

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257558

1,232

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257542

66

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257540

620

2,204

LSE

15:31:58

1257544

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

518

25.20

ISE

08:11:36

809679

62

25.20

ISE

08:11:36

809677

477

25.20

ISE

08:11:36

809675

605

25.18

ISE

08:11:59

810366

495

25.19

ISE

08:15:13

815363

573

25.17

ISE

08:17:15

818138

432

25.15

ISE

08:18:57

820548

61

25.15

ISE

08:19:02

820747

517

25.10

ISE

08:22:56

826802

83

25.10

ISE

08:22:56

826800

497

25.12

ISE

08:26:54

833176

557

25.10

ISE

08:27:23

833866

525

25.06

ISE

08:29:15

836379

59

25.05

ISE

08:30:40

838677

456

25.05

ISE

08:31:06

839649

364

25.07

ISE

08:42:40

856246

577

25.07

ISE

08:42:51

856416

244

25.07

ISE

08:42:51

856418

243

25.15

ISE

08:48:34

864370

348

25.15

ISE

08:48:34

864368

129

25.15

ISE

08:48:34

864366

438

25.15

ISE

08:48:34

864364

202

25.15

ISE

08:48:37

864541

477

25.15

ISE

08:48:41

864710

430

25.15

ISE

08:50:59

868806

84

25.15

ISE

08:50:59

868804

477

25.15

ISE

08:51:30

869379

477

25.15

ISE

08:51:30

869376

276

25.17

ISE

08:53:45

871772

477

25.17

ISE

08:53:49

871838

62

25.17

ISE

08:53:49

871834

552

25.17

ISE

08:54:42

872919

504

25.19

ISE

08:55:43

874025

250

25.18

ISE

08:55:45

874067

257

25.18

ISE

08:55:46

874070

556

25.17

ISE

08:56:21

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