Transaction in Own Shares

5th October 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4th October 2018 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:

100,703

75,808

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,538.0000

€28.6400

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,524.0000

€28.4400

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,530.9531

€28.5421

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 2 Programme announced on 29th August 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 17,450,246 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 825,940,092 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

2,530.9531

100,703

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.5421

75,808

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

269

2,530

LSE

08:57:21

608284

660

2,533

LSE

08:59:35

613132

825

2,532

LSE

09:02:43

617693

679

2,529

LSE

09:08:11

625269

745

2,528

LSE

09:12:16

632944

733

2,525

LSE

09:21:06

644124

764

2,527

LSE

09:21:06

644120

788

2,526

LSE

09:32:03

658503

820

2,525

LSE

09:32:15

658703

125

2,525

LSE

09:45:54

675014

177

2,525

LSE

09:45:54

675012

456

2,525

LSE

09:45:54

675016

61

2,525

LSE

09:45:54

675018

206

2,528

LSE

09:57:52

690259

456

2,528

LSE

09:57:52

690257

679

2,525

LSE

10:04:15

698060

400

2,525

LSE

10:21:09

716463

298

2,525

LSE

10:21:46

717284

102

2,525

LSE

10:21:46

717276

287

2,525

LSE

10:21:46

717278

313

2,525

LSE

10:21:46

717280

200

2,525

LSE

10:21:46

717282

819

2,527

LSE

10:32:10

734999

40

2,527

LSE

10:49:03

754182

352

2,527

LSE

10:49:03

754180

200

2,527

LSE

10:49:03

754178

146

2,527

LSE

10:49:03

754176

97

2,525

LSE

10:56:34

762439

632

2,525

LSE

10:56:34

762437

218

2,524

LSE

11:14:07

776700

509

2,524

LSE

11:14:22

776916

11

2,526

LSE

11:25:49

784505

283

2,526

LSE

11:25:49

784503

515

2,526

LSE

11:25:49

784501

680

2,525

LSE

11:28:26

786343

200

2,527

LSE

11:38:12

792603

200

2,527

LSE

11:38:12

792605

16

2,527

LSE

11:38:12

792607

254

2,527

LSE

11:38:12

792601

72

2,528

LSE

11:49:49

800070

398

2,528

LSE

11:49:49

800068

166

2,528

LSE

11:49:49

800064

82

2,528

LSE

11:49:58

800218

24

2,528

LSE

11:51:17

801450

27

2,529

LSE

11:59:50

806992

389

2,532

LSE

12:10:56

814753

200

2,532

LSE

12:10:56

814755

172

2,532

LSE

12:10:56

814757

592

2,533

LSE

12:15:08

817284

67

2,533

LSE

12:15:08

817282

58

2,533

LSE

12:15:08

817280

700

2,538

LSE

12:25:31

824720

794

2,537

LSE

12:32:48

829361

64

2,537

LSE

12:53:24

844107

636

2,537

LSE

12:53:24

844105

60

2,537

LSE

12:54:22

844801

338

2,537

LSE

12:54:22

844799

303

2,537

LSE

12:54:23

844821

761

2,531

LSE

13:50:43

892247

42

2,531

LSE

13:50:43

892245

724

2,531

LSE

13:50:43

892243

442

2,532

LSE

13:53:02

894250

250

2,532

LSE

13:53:02

894248

250

2,532

LSE

13:53:02

894246

2,479

2,532

LSE

13:53:02

894244

33

2,534

LSE

14:28:38

932517

158

2,534

LSE

14:33:56

946056

750

2,534

LSE

14:35:38

949425

42

2,534

LSE

14:37:42

953900

478

2,534

LSE

14:37:42

953898

50

2,534

LSE

14:37:47

954084

400

2,534

LSE

14:37:48

954118

200

2,534

LSE

14:38:32

955361

75

2,534

LSE

14:38:32

955363

431

2,534

LSE

14:38:32

955359

226

2,534

LSE

14:38:32

955357

300

2,534

LSE

14:38:33

955390

70

2,534

LSE

14:38:33

955388

30

2,534

LSE

14:38:33

955386

250

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955974

700

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955966

100

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955970

305

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955972

240

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955968

559

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955976

250

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955978

199

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955980

230

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955982

566

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955964

106

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955962

488

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955960

225

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955958

382

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955942

677

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955932

815

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955934

477

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955936

285

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955938

25

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955940

441

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955954

676

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955944

297

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955946

389

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955948

328

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955950

250

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955952

139

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955956

562

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955930

252

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955928

385

2,534

LSE

14:38:51

955926

162

2,534

LSE

14:44:18

965276

302

2,534

LSE

14:44:18

965253

224

2,534

LSE

14:44:18

965249

158

2,534

LSE

14:44:18

965233

181

2,534

LSE

14:44:18

965126

484

2,534

LSE

14:44:18

965120

66

2,533

LSE

14:44:22

966090

200

2,533

LSE

14:44:22

966084

158

2,533

LSE

14:44:22

966082

100

2,533

LSE

14:44:22

966080

211

2,533

LSE

14:44:24

966167

821

2,533

LSE

14:44:25

966206

280

2,532

LSE

14:44:26

966233

300

2,532

LSE

14:44:34

966572

454

2,532

LSE

14:47:12

971939

146

2,532

LSE

14:47:12

971937

326

2,533

LSE

14:48:37

974731

338

2,533

LSE

14:48:55

975556

779

2,534

LSE

14:50:21

978188

109

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997824

102

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997827

450

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997829

141

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997781

240

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997779

326

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997776

250

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997774

24

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997762

409

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997760

371

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997752

799

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997750

380

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997758

7

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997754

403

2,534

LSE

15:00:25

997756

723

2,534

LSE

15:01:36

1000558

86

2,533

LSE

15:05:02

1006881

14

2,533

LSE

15:05:56

1008975

100

2,533

LSE

15:06:13

1009539

200

2,533

LSE

15:06:31

1009901

100

2,533

LSE

15:06:34

1010010

175

2,533

LSE

15:07:20

1011542

724

2,533

LSE

15:07:20

1011544

100

2,532

LSE

15:07:33

1012097

116

2,532

LSE

15:07:42

1012363

141

2,532

LSE

15:09:36

1015970

59

2,532

LSE

15:09:36

1015968

395

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018561

261

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018559

150

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018557

100

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018542

368

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018540

100

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018538

210

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018536

338

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018497

212

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018478

776

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018469

797

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018467

715

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018465

702

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018471

745

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018473

135

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018463

186

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018451

400

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018448

98

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018446

702

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018444

106

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018441

227

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018438

539

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018434

395

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018430

414

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018428

572

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018426

233

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018424

17

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018422

216

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018420

459

2,532

LSE

15:10:55

1018418

250

2,532

LSE

15:12:38

1023421

330

2,532

LSE

15:12:38

1023424

26

2,532

LSE

15:12:38

1023398

102

2,532

LSE

15:12:38

1023396

270

2,530

LSE

15:13:05

1024386

206

2,530

LSE

15:13:05

1024390

233

2,530

LSE

15:13:05

1024388

784

2,528

LSE

15:14:09

1026904

547

2,528

LSE

15:14:09

1026902

54

2,528

LSE

15:14:09

1026900

207

2,528

LSE

15:14:09

1026898

758

2,530

LSE

15:15:36

1030202

755

2,530

LSE

15:15:36

1030200

743

2,532

LSE

15:18:32

1036293

705

2,530

LSE

15:21:52

1042920

731

2,529

LSE

15:24:21

1049675

718

2,529

LSE

15:24:21

1049673

810

2,529

LSE

15:29:38

1061258

825

2,529

LSE

15:29:38

1061256

100

2,529

LSE

15:36:45

1076897

137

2,529

LSE

15:36:47

1076988

100

2,529

LSE

15:36:47

1076986

128

2,529

LSE

15:36:49

1077042

404

2,529

LSE

15:36:49

1077044

585

2,529

LSE

15:36:49

1077046

1

2,532

LSE

15:41:25

1085417

387

2,532

LSE

15:41:25

1085412

135

2,532

LSE

15:41:25

1085409

200

2,532

LSE

15:41:25

1085407

280

2,533

LSE

15:46:51

1096297

233

2,533

LSE

15:46:51

1096295

238

2,533

LSE

15:46:51

1096293

29

2,532

LSE

15:49:07

1100080

408

2,532

LSE

15:49:07

1100078

233

2,533

LSE

15:49:07

1100074

573

2,533

LSE

15:49:07

1100072

4

2,533

LSE

15:49:07

1100076

822

2,533

LSE

15:50:30

1103186

100

2,532

LSE

15:50:50

1103986

200

2,532

LSE

15:50:55

1104173

61

2,532

LSE

15:51:01

1104481

100

2,532

LSE

15:51:18

1105271

200

2,532

LSE

15:51:40

1105854

500

2,534

LSE

15:52:37

1107375

418

2,533

LSE

15:55:13

1111602

342

2,533

LSE

15:55:23

1111816

58

2,533

LSE

15:55:23

1111814

62

2,533

LSE

15:55:23

1111809

100

2,533

LSE

15:55:23

1111806

109

2,533

LSE

15:55:23

1111803

58

2,533

LSE

15:55:24

1111835

178

2,533

LSE

15:55:24

1111833

160

2,533

LSE

15:55:24

1111822

365

2,533

LSE

15:55:24

1111820

95

2,533

LSE

15:55:24

1111818

208

2,533

LSE

15:55:41

1112307

74

2,533

LSE

15:55:47

1112637

100

2,533

LSE

15:55:47

1112635

35

2,533

LSE

15:55:47

1112633

395

2,533

LSE

15:55:48

1112639

54

2,533

LSE

15:56:16

1113348

751

2,532

LSE

15:57:29

1115272

640

2,530

LSE

16:01:18

1126085

43

2,530

LSE

16:01:18

1126083

164

2,530

LSE

16:02:35

1128646

207

2,530

LSE

16:02:38

1128703

32

2,530

LSE

16:02:47

1129034

210

2,530

LSE

16:02:47

1129032

100

2,530

LSE

16:02:47

1128983

32

2,527

LSE

16:15:30

1158089

327

2,527

LSE

16:15:30

1158087

956

2,527

LSE

16:15:30

1158091

182

2,527

LSE

16:15:30

1158093

385

2,527

LSE

16:15:30

1158085

115

2,527

LSE

16:15:30

1158083

70

2,527

LSE

16:15:30

1158081

300

2,527

LSE

16:15:59

1159004

96

2,527

LSE

16:15:59

1158997

136

2,527

LSE

16:16:03

1159152

364

2,527

LSE

16:16:03

1159150

500

2,527

LSE

16:16:07

1159312

71

2,527

LSE

16:16:09

1159472

737

2,528

LSE

16:16:34

1160860

250

2,528

LSE

16:16:35

1160984

697

2,528

LSE

16:16:35

1160910

835

2,528

LSE

16:16:45

1161348

19

2,528

LSE

16:16:53

1161882

181

2,528

LSE

16:16:53

1161880

41

2,528

LSE

16:16:53

1161875

27

2,528

LSE

16:16:53

1161859

400

2,528

LSE

16:16:54

1161966

286

2,528

LSE

16:16:54

1161964

214

2,528

LSE

16:16:54

1161962

610

2,528

LSE

16:16:54

1161948

250

2,529

LSE

16:17:03

1162240

316

2,529

LSE

16:17:03

1162238

200

2,528

LSE

16:17:03

1162234

200

2,528

LSE

16:17:14

1162676

200

2,528

LSE

16:17:24

1162976

200

2,528

LSE

16:17:31

1163180

72

2,529

LSE

16:18:01

1164294

75

2,529

LSE

16:18:01

1164274

100

2,529

LSE

16:18:01

1164254

200

2,529

LSE

16:18:01

1164243

368

2,529

LSE

16:18:01

1164219

305

2,530

LSE

16:18:15

1165276

400

2,530

LSE

16:18:15

1165274

100

2,530

LSE

16:18:15

1165272

100

2,530

LSE

16:18:39

1166181

100

2,530

LSE

16:18:39

1166179

100

2,530

LSE

16:18:39

1166177

61

2,530

LSE

16:18:59

1166875

3,059

2,530

LSE

16:19:00

1166937

1,175

2,530

LSE

16:19:00

1166935

477

2,530

LSE

16:19:00

1166933

1,370

2,530

LSE

16:19:00

1166931

159

2,530

LSE

16:19:00

1166929

449

2,530

LSE

16:19:00

1166927

200

2,530

LSE

16:19:00

1166925

513

2,530

LSE

16:19:36

1168719

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

540

28.51

ISE

08:40:29

578985

224

28.51

ISE

08:40:29

578983

128

28.50

ISE

08:40:42

579407

557

28.50

ISE

08:40:42

579405

446

28.55

ISE

08:53:32

601148

276

28.55

ISE

08:53:32

601146

275

28.55

ISE

08:56:36

606610

1,009

28.55

ISE

08:56:36

606608

961

28.55

ISE

08:56:36

606589

711

28.55

ISE

08:56:59

607427

7

28.55

ISE

08:57:33

608651

1,164

28.55

ISE

08:57:33

608649

270

28.58

ISE

08:59:21

612625

500

28.58

ISE

08:59:21

612623

765

28.57

ISE

08:59:35

613141

717

28.57

ISE

08:59:35

613139

789

28.56

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