Transaction in Own Shares

11th May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 10th 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

10 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

152,167

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,726.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,675.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,705.4900

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 1,036,520 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 842,353,818 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

Neil Colgan

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

2,705.4920

152,167

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

363

2,724

LSE

08:04:50

558579

489

2,723

LSE

08:05:20

559451

194

2,722

LSE

08:05:21

559475

273

2,722

LSE

08:05:21

559473

97

2,722

LSE

08:07:02

562708

291

2,722

LSE

08:07:02

562706

436

2,720

LSE

08:07:09

562915

383

2,720

LSE

08:08:12

564661

395

2,720

LSE

08:08:12

564654

399

2,718

LSE

08:08:42

565702

346

2,715

LSE

08:09:16

566716

323

2,714

LSE

08:09:43

567404

469

2,716

LSE

08:12:16

573500

471

2,715

LSE

08:15:22

579549

6

2,715

LSE

08:15:22

579547

392

2,715

LSE

08:17:21

583103

485

2,714

LSE

08:19:32

587737

158

2,715

LSE

08:25:22

598814

346

2,715

LSE

08:25:22

598816

494

2,716

LSE

08:32:02

612165

349

2,716

LSE

08:32:02

612163

338

2,716

LSE

08:34:15

616923

59

2,716

LSE

08:34:15

616921

358

2,715

LSE

08:37:39

624320

258

2,715

LSE

08:37:39

624318

245

2,715

LSE

08:37:39

624316

820

2,714

LSE

08:38:27

625978

759

2,713

LSE

08:38:36

626273

224

2,712

LSE

08:39:07

627235

374

2,712

LSE

08:39:07

627233

364

2,714

LSE

08:42:02

633045

76

2,714

LSE

08:42:02

633043

437

2,713

LSE

08:42:09

633226

74

2,713

LSE

08:42:09

633224

504

2,712

LSE

08:43:46

636133

331

2,713

LSE

08:45:22

639281

515

2,715

LSE

08:47:02

642071

103

2,715

LSE

08:48:46

645274

282

2,715

LSE

08:48:46

645272

523

2,714

LSE

08:49:02

645815

29

2,714

LSE

08:49:02

645813

532

2,713

LSE

08:53:42

655319

625

2,712

LSE

08:53:44

655426

8

2,712

LSE

08:53:44

655424

338

2,712

LSE

08:55:22

658827

77

2,712

LSE

08:55:22

658829

302

2,711

LSE

08:55:53

659900

200

2,711

LSE

08:55:53

659898

536

2,711

LSE

08:55:53

659896

572

2,716

LSE

09:02:18

673037

200

2,715

LSE

09:02:44

673644

598

2,715

LSE

09:02:44

673642

131

2,715

LSE

09:03:36

674818

401

2,715

LSE

09:03:43

674987

407

2,715

LSE

09:04:17

675757

527

2,715

LSE

09:05:51

677751

143

2,714

LSE

09:06:14

678245

389

2,714

LSE

09:06:14

678243

132

2,715

LSE

09:08:39

681102

250

2,715

LSE

09:08:39

681100

506

2,714

LSE

09:08:42

681160

250

2,716

LSE

09:10:55

685153

100

2,716

LSE

09:10:55

685151

542

2,716

LSE

09:10:55

685149

200

2,716

LSE

09:10:55

685155

872

2,716

LSE

09:10:55

685157

600

2,716

LSE

09:10:55

685159

163

2,716

LSE

09:10:55

685147

391

2,715

LSE

09:11:06

685469

372

2,716

LSE

09:13:19

687722

355

2,716

LSE

09:13:50

688337

374

2,715

LSE

09:14:52

689633

364

2,715

LSE

09:17:59

693308

250

2,714

LSE

09:18:22

693798

450

2,714

LSE

09:18:22

693788

185

2,713

LSE

09:18:31

693993

87

2,713

LSE

09:18:31

693991

150

2,713

LSE

09:18:31

693989

259

2,712

LSE

09:18:52

694383

95

2,712

LSE

09:18:52

694381

345

2,711

LSE

09:19:10

694821

334

2,710

LSE

09:19:22

695096

412

2,711

LSE

09:22:40

699448

408

2,711

LSE

09:22:40

699432

366

2,710

LSE

09:23:47

700862

292

2,709

LSE

09:25:23

702475

151

2,709

LSE

09:25:23

702473

56

2,708

LSE

09:26:10

703619

203

2,708

LSE

09:26:10

703623

85

2,708

LSE

09:26:10

703621

182

2,708

LSE

09:29:11

707040

200

2,708

LSE

09:29:11

707038

378

2,708

LSE

09:29:11

707036

383

2,707

LSE

09:29:14

707140

373

2,707

LSE

09:32:14

710745

361

2,706

LSE

09:32:24

710951

395

2,705

LSE

09:33:33

712344

438

2,705

LSE

09:35:23

714634

231

2,704

LSE

09:35:28

714727

174

2,704

LSE

09:35:28

714725

97

2,703

LSE

09:35:55

715236

250

2,703

LSE

09:35:55

715234

361

2,703

LSE

09:35:55

715232

16

2,702

LSE

09:36:33

715976

306

2,702

LSE

09:38:42

718105

52

2,701

LSE

09:39:41

719747

378

2,701

LSE

09:39:41

719745

13

2,702

LSE

09:42:03

723701

386

2,702

LSE

09:42:03

723699

375

2,701

LSE

09:42:04

723724

356

2,699

LSE

09:43:06

725092

377

2,700

LSE

09:43:06

725090

327

2,699

LSE

09:43:41

726295

243

2,698

LSE

09:43:50

726483

98

2,698

LSE

09:44:04

727419

394

2,695

LSE

09:44:39

728452

361

2,695

LSE

09:45:22

729624

372

2,695

LSE

09:45:22

729607

64

2,697

LSE

09:46:39

730820

276

2,697

LSE

09:46:39

730818

192

2,697

LSE

09:48:24

733008

201

2,697

LSE

09:48:28

733062

380

2,697

LSE

09:52:22

737820

390

2,696

LSE

09:55:43

741820

200

2,695

LSE

09:56:13

742297

233

2,695

LSE

09:56:13

742299

160

2,694

LSE

09:57:48

744094

14

2,694

LSE

10:00:10

746939

404

2,694

LSE

10:00:10

746937

198

2,695

LSE

10:00:10

746934

161

2,695

LSE

10:00:10

746932

376

2,693

LSE

10:00:14

747000

258

2,695

LSE

10:03:43

750549

138

2,695

LSE

10:03:43

750547

382

2,694

LSE

10:04:16

751270

84

2,693

LSE

10:05:10

756306

250

2,693

LSE

10:05:10

756304

331

2,693

LSE

10:05:10

756265

200

2,692

LSE

10:10:13

761974

4

2,692

LSE

10:10:13

761978

125

2,692

LSE

10:10:13

761976

337

2,692

LSE

10:10:13

761967

393

2,691

LSE

10:10:48

762503

356

2,689

LSE

10:13:31

765179

400

2,692

LSE

10:15:43

768856

352

2,691

LSE

10:15:44

768941

25

2,691

LSE

10:15:51

769585

354

2,689

LSE

10:16:39

770935

3

2,688

LSE

10:18:59

773158

338

2,689

LSE

10:20:47

774889

366

2,688

LSE

10:21:24

775545

4

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778508

200

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778505

125

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778503

49

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778472

74

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778470

113

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778468

69

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778466

36

2,689

LSE

10:23:59

778464

165

2,688

LSE

10:25:59

781264

158

2,688

LSE

10:29:41

785539

381

2,688

LSE

10:29:41

785541

397

2,687

LSE

10:30:15

786207

324

2,685

LSE

10:31:39

787862

339

2,684

LSE

10:32:29

788863

88

2,683

LSE

10:33:39

790450

295

2,683

LSE

10:33:39

790448

347

2,684

LSE

10:35:17

793056

394

2,683

LSE

10:35:46

794389

401

2,679

LSE

10:38:00

797628

350

2,677

LSE

10:39:01

799110

73

2,678

LSE

10:42:13

804027

200

2,678

LSE

10:42:13

804020

125

2,678

LSE

10:42:13

804018

4

2,678

LSE

10:42:13

804015

162

2,678

LSE

10:42:13

804013

184

2,678

LSE

10:42:13

804011

127

2,675

LSE

10:43:27

806601

199

2,675

LSE

10:43:27

806599

390

2,677

LSE

10:48:20

815773

196

2,680

LSE

10:53:07

822570

240

2,680

LSE

10:53:07

822568

347

2,680

LSE

10:53:07

822565

26

2,678

LSE

10:53:15

822729

372

2,680

LSE

10:57:11

829370

301

2,679

LSE

10:57:23

829705

183

2,679

LSE

10:57:23

829703

312

2,678

LSE

10:57:31

830096

94

2,678

LSE

10:57:31

830094

45

2,679

LSE

10:59:16

832602

347

2,679

LSE

10:59:16

832600

125

2,678

LSE

11:00:23

834238

361

2,678

LSE

11:00:23

834236

359

2,677

LSE

11:00:29

834388

402

2,679

LSE

11:03:27

836374

260

2,678

LSE

11:04:01

836732

106

2,678

LSE

11:04:01

836730

124

2,677

LSE

11:09:19

840146

244

2,677

LSE

11:09:19

840148

346

2,678

LSE

11:12:15

842104

42

2,678

LSE

11:12:15

842098

311

2,678

LSE

11:12:15

842096

260

2,678

LSE

11:12:15

842089

99

2,678

LSE

11:12:15

842087

58

2,678

LSE

11:12:15

842085

222

2,677

LSE

11:14:09

843576

149

2,677

LSE

11:14:09

843574

284

2,676

LSE

11:15:29

844385

85

2,676

LSE

11:15:29

844383

350

2,677

LSE

11:21:00

848106

347

2,676

LSE

11:22:52

849260

295

2,676

LSE

11:22:52

849258

109

2,676

LSE

11:22:52

849256

163

2,676

LSE

11:24:08

849977

161

2,676

LSE

11:24:09

849987

190

2,676

LSE

11:24:09

849989

177

2,676

LSE

11:24:09

849991

208

2,675

LSE

11:24:25

850371

380

2,675

LSE

11:24:25

850369

149

2,675

LSE

11:24:25

850367

371

2,676

LSE

11:26:34

851968

14

2,676

LSE

11:29:45

854246

6

2,676

LSE

11:29:50

854288

20

2,677

LSE

11:31:24

855421

102

2,677

LSE

11:31:24

855415

211

2,677

LSE

11:31:24

855417

91

2,677

LSE

11:31:24

855419

206

2,677

LSE

11:31:43

855630

194

2,677

LSE

11:31:43

855616

56

2,677

LSE

11:31:43

855614

313

2,677

LSE

11:31:43

855598

2

2,677

LSE

11:31:43

855596

329

2,676

LSE

11:33:44

856878

189

2,676

LSE

11:33:44

856876

44

2,676

LSE

11:33:44

856880

141

2,676

LSE

11:33:44

856874

352

2,676

LSE

11:36:27

858574

338

2,676

LSE

11:36:27

858572

119

2,681

LSE

11:40:29

861149

266

2,681

LSE

11:40:29

861147

337

2,681

LSE

11:42:13

862145

137

2,681

LSE

11:45:16

863837

230

2,681

LSE

11:45:16

863834

272

2,681

LSE

11:45:16

863790

121

2,681

LSE

11:45:16

863788

403

2,680

LSE

11:46:00

864325

301

2,680

LSE

11:55:11

871024

81

2,680

LSE

11:55:11

871022

376

2,682

LSE

11:57:35

873406

484

2,681

LSE

11:57:49

873674

404

2,680

LSE

11:59:45

875124

395

2,689

LSE

12:03:01

878936

383

2,694

LSE

12:06:06

881660

517

2,693

LSE

12:06:08

881687

508

2,692

LSE

12:06:10

881712

467

2,691

LSE

12:06:48

882033

83

2,691

LSE

12:06:48

882031

407

2,691

LSE

12:06:48

882029

392

2,690

LSE

12:06:49

882056

390

2,689

LSE

12:06:50

882065

75

2,693

LSE

12:11:05

885265

307

2,693

LSE

12:11:05

885267

393

2,698

LSE

12:14:23

888309

24

2,697

LSE

12:14:36

888461

424

2,697

LSE

12:14:36

888459

21

2,697

LSE

12:14:37

888517

77

2,697

LSE

12:14:37

888512

57

2,697

LSE

12:14:37

888501

200

2,697

LSE

12:14:37

888477

125

2,697

LSE

12:14:37

888475

378

2,697

LSE

12:16:28

889920

370

2,696

LSE

12:16:48

890112

278

2,697

LSE

12:21:16

893548

67

2,697

LSE

12:21:16

893546

305

2,696

LSE

12:21:26

894125

86

2,696

LSE

12:21:26

894123

351

2,694

LSE

12:22:40

894914

381

2,694

LSE

12:24:09

895787

350

2,699

LSE

12:29:05

899347

257

2,697

LSE

12:29:11

899426

130

2,697

LSE

12:29:11

899424

292

2,696

LSE

12:30:05

900180

26

2,696

LSE

12:30:05

900178

22

2,696

LSE

12:30:05

900176

397

2,698

LSE

12:31:46

901614

101

2,697

LSE

12:32:40

902306

281

2,697

LSE

12:32:40

902304

48

2,696

LSE

12:34:45

903542

125

2,696

LSE

12:34:45

903540

190

2,696

LSE

12:34:45

903538

38

2,696

LSE

12:34:45

903536

332

2,693

LSE

12:36:34

904612

331

2,695

LSE

12:38:54

905830

68

2,695

LSE

12:38:54

905828

148

2,695

LSE

12:42:14

907860

141

2,695

LSE

12:42:14

907857

93

2,695

LSE

12:42:14

907854

20

2,695

LSE

12:45:18

909508

13

2,695

LSE

12:45:18

909506

355

2,695

LSE

12:45:18

909504

347

2,694

LSE

12:47:02

910451

156

2,692

LSE

12:48:45

911737

167

2,692

LSE

12:48:45

911734

396

2,698

LSE

12:56:08

916402

386

2,697

LSE

12:57:35

917379

389

2,696

LSE

12:59:33

918694

225

2,697

LSE

12:59:33

918692

125

2,697

LSE

12:59:33

918690

402

2,698

LSE

12:59:33

918688

56

2,697

LSE

13:04:59

922343

119

2,697

LSE

13:04:59

922341

221

2,697

LSE

13:04:59

922339

119

2,697

LSE

13:08:43

924340

217

2,697

LSE

13:08:43

924342

98

2,699

LSE

13:12:37

926610

270

2,699

LSE

13:12:37

926608

331

2,699

LSE

13:14:00

927349

52

2,699

LSE

13:14:00

927347

337

2,699

LSE

13:14:57

927948

389

2,700

LSE

13:19:43

930776

125

2,701

LSE

13:19:43

930757

96

2,701

LSE

13:19:43

930761

210

2,701

LSE

13:19:43

930759

169

2,701

LSE

13:19:43

930743

201

2,701

LSE

13:19:43

930745

262

2,701

LSE

13:21:17

931964

366

2,701

LSE

13:21:26

932045

94

2,701

LSE

13:21:26

932043

381

2,703

LSE

13:26:38

936119

241

2,702

LSE

13:26:50

936231

157

2,702

LSE

13:26:50

936229

376

2,703

LSE

13:28:55

937457

128

2,703

LSE

13:29:42

938024

50

2,703

LSE

13:29:42

938022

187

2,703

LSE

13:29:42

938020

337

2,704

LSE

13:30:16

939766

367

2,703

LSE

13:30:55

940446

380

2,702

LSE

13:31:06

940644

330

2,703

LSE

13:32:40

941889

169

2,703

LSE

13:33:17

942336

182

2,703

LSE

13:33:17

942338

387

2,702

LSE

13:34:32

943317

248

2,702

LSE

13:36:34

944939

105

2,702

LSE

13:36:35

944972

49

2,701

LSE

13:38:23

946132

168

2,701

LSE

13:38:23

946130

125

2,701

LSE

13:38:23

946128

83

2,701

LSE

13:38:23

946120

188

2,701

LSE

13:38:23

946118

87

2,701

LSE

13:38:23

946116

358

2,703

LSE

13:41:58

949254

342

2,702

LSE

13:42:55

950110

350

2,702

LSE

13:45:05

951826

67

2,702

LSE

13:48:51

954469

150

2,702

LSE

13:48:51

954467

125

2,702

LSE

13:48:51

954465

447

2,700

LSE

13:50:55

955941

404

2,699

LSE

13:51:05

956077

22

2,698

LSE

13:51:53

956536

125

2,698

LSE

13:51:53

956538

235

2,698

LSE

13:51:53

956540

64

2,698

LSE

13:52:43

957157

26

2,698

LSE

13:52:43

957154

299

2,698

LSE

13:52:48

957204

332

2,696

LSE

13:53:10

957393

395

2,697

LSE

13:53:10

957391

164

2,698

LSE

14:00:18

963502

200

2,698

LSE

14:00:18

963500

100

2,698

LSE

14:00:18

963490

250

2,698

LSE

14:00:18

963486

100

2,698

LSE

14:00:18

963488

358

2,698

LSE

14:00:18

963484

327

2,697

LSE

14:01:21

964474

142

2,696

LSE

14:01:24

964495

190

2,696

LSE

14:01:25

964497

316

2,695

LSE

14:02:43

965591

26

2,695

LSE

14:02:43

965573

401

2,699

LSE

14:09:43

972236

293

2,699

LSE

14:11:02

973319

93

2,699

LSE

14:11:02

973317

352

2,700

LSE

14:13:25

975668

178

2,702

LSE

14:16:36

978353

72

2,702

LSE

14:16:36

978351

125

2,702

LSE

14:16:36

978349

28

2,702

LSE

14:16:36

978347

422

2,701

LSE

14:18:19

979612

26

2,701

LSE

14:18:19

979614

458

2,701

LSE

14:18:19

979610

459

2,699

LSE

14:23:43

984561

87

2,700

LSE

14:23:43

984559

125

2,700

LSE

14:23:43

984557

188

2,700

LSE

14:23:43

984555

60

2,700

LSE

14:23:43

984553

81

2,700

LSE

14:26:27

986852

339

2,700

LSE

14:26:27

986850

120

2,702

LSE

14:29:58

990071

120

2,702

LSE

14:29:58

990069

25

2,702

LSE

14:29:58

990065

120

2,702

LSE

14:29:58

990067

442

2,704

LSE

14:30:42

992410

62

2,704

LSE

14:30:42

992408

255

2,703

LSE

14:32:34

995827

250

2,703

LSE

14:32:34

995825

495

2,703

LSE

14:32:34

995757

61

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998508

42

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998506

39

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998504

307

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998492

200

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998489

369

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998487

13

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998485

325

2,705

LSE

14:34:24

998483

150

2,708

LSE

14:38:30

1004676

190

2,708

LSE

14:38:30

1004674

200

2,708

LSE

14:38:30

1004671

228

2,708

LSE

14:38:30

1004660

125

2,708

LSE

14:38:30

1004658

146

2,708

LSE

14:38:30

1004662

184

2,708

LSE

14:38:30

1004664

52

2,707

LSE

14:38:53

1005248

3,046

2,707

LSE

14:38:53

1005246

476

2,707

LSE

14:38:53

1005244

26

2,709

LSE

14:41:33

1008968

243

2,709

LSE

14:41:33

1008966

67

2,709

LSE

14:41:33

1008964

382

2,711

LSE

14:43:51

1012526

148

2,713

LSE

14:48:10

1017956

100

2,713

LSE

14:48:10

1017954

250

2,713

LSE

14:48:10

1017952

260

2,713

LSE

14:49:30

1019529

73

2,713

LSE

14:49:30

1019527

565

2,715

LSE

14:53:19

1024851

335

2,716

LSE

14:53:19

1024847

414

2,716

LSE

14:53:19

1024845

41

2,716

LSE

14:53:19

1024849

305

2,714

LSE

14:54:17

1025993

186

2,714

LSE

14:55:14

1027343

53

2,714

LSE

14:56:08

1028523

854

2,714

LSE

15:00:28

1034579

330

2,715

LSE

15:00:28

1034576

495

2,715

LSE

15:00:28

1034574

364

2,714

LSE

15:02:48

1037878

12

2,714

LSE

15:02:48

1037876

390

2,717

LSE

15:05:05

1041296

44

2,717

LSE

15:05:05

1041294

320

2,717

LSE

15:05:05

1041288

250

2,717

LSE

15:05:05

1041286

250

2,717

LSE

15:05:05

1041284

330

2,717

LSE

15:05:05

1041279

550

2,717

LSE

15:05:05

1041277

242

2,717

LSE

15:06:12

1042875

21

2,717

LSE

15:06:22

1043130

403

2,717

LSE

15:06:31

1043383

151

2,717

LSE

15:06:31

1043381

668

2,718

LSE

15:08:15

1045779

658

2,718

LSE

15:09:38

1047660

689

2,720

LSE

15:11:20

1050285

178

2,719

LSE

15:11:27

1050678

250

2,719

LSE

15:11:27

1050676