Transaction in Own Shares

14th March 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 13th 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:

25,232

31,100

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,390.0000

€27.8500

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,370.0000

€27.6000

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,379.9715

€27.7917

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 32,318,439 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,071,899 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

2,379.9715

25,232

Euronext Dublin

EUR

27.7917

31,100

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

92

2,378

LSE

08:25:58

1048405

500

2,378

LSE

08:25:58

1048403

472

2,383

LSE

09:28:48

1147108

91

2,383

LSE

09:28:48

1147106

632

2,390

LSE

10:20:35

1219080

267

2,384

LSE

11:06:42

1252251

349

2,384

LSE

11:06:42

1252249

6

2,390

LSE

12:35:29

1320608

134

2,390

LSE

12:35:29

1320606

527

2,390

LSE

12:35:29

1320604

400

2,390

LSE

12:41:53

1324554

182

2,390

LSE

12:43:42

1325793

48

2,390

LSE

13:36:28

1373319

112

2,390

LSE

13:38:14

1375496

480

2,390

LSE

13:39:11

1376846

415

2,390

LSE

13:46:20

1385907

165

2,390

LSE

13:46:20

1385905

609

2,390

LSE

14:09:14

1414417

250

2,390

LSE

14:33:40

1446512

356

2,390

LSE

14:34:13

1447194

50

2,389

LSE

14:39:25

1454181

69

2,389

LSE

14:39:54

1454944

200

2,389

LSE

14:39:54

1454938

200

2,389

LSE

14:39:54

1454940

100

2,389

LSE

14:39:54

1454942

278

2,389

LSE

14:53:27

1474672

26

2,389

LSE

14:57:25

1480217

163

2,389

LSE

14:57:25

1480211

175

2,389

LSE

14:57:25

1480168

32

2,385

LSE

15:04:57

1491388

500

2,385

LSE

15:04:57

1491386

66

2,385

LSE

15:04:57

1491384

339

2,383

LSE

15:05:10

1491646

345

2,383

LSE

15:05:10

1491644

138

2,384

LSE

15:05:59

1492984

200

2,384

LSE

15:05:59

1492982

100

2,384

LSE

15:05:59

1492978

200

2,384

LSE

15:05:59

1492980

552

2,385

LSE

15:14:32

1504211

134

2,385

LSE

15:15:34

1505834

158

2,385

LSE

15:15:58

1506527

300

2,385

LSE

15:15:58

1506525

200

2,385

LSE

15:15:58

1506523

163

2,384

LSE

15:20:25

1513466

428

2,384

LSE

15:20:25

1513464

195

2,382

LSE

15:24:28

1519257

60

2,382

LSE

15:25:15

1520890

140

2,382

LSE

15:25:15

1520888

59

2,382

LSE

15:25:15

1520885

118

2,382

LSE

15:25:29

1521552

343

2,380

LSE

15:28:31

1525712

246

2,380

LSE

15:28:31

1525710

515

2,379

LSE

15:30:00

1527534

144

2,379

LSE

15:30:00

1527531

200

2,382

LSE

15:34:27

1534154

100

2,382

LSE

15:34:27

1534152

101

2,382

LSE

15:34:27

1534158

250

2,382

LSE

15:34:27

1534156

534

2,380

LSE

15:41:29

1544026

106

2,380

LSE

15:41:29

1544024

622

2,379

LSE

15:42:09

1544712

561

2,379

LSE

15:42:09

1544710

391

2,377

LSE

15:43:59

1546656

285

2,377

LSE

15:43:59

1546654

134

2,376

LSE

15:49:12

1553527

21

2,376

LSE

15:49:12

1553525

506

2,376

LSE

15:49:12

1553529

684

2,374

LSE

15:50:11

1554528

555

2,371

LSE

15:51:06

1555588

47

2,371

LSE

15:51:06

1555590

699

2,370

LSE

15:56:22

1561787

99

2,370

LSE

15:57:35

1563024

122

2,370

LSE

15:57:35

1563022

100

2,370

LSE

15:57:35

1563020

278

2,370

LSE

15:57:35

1563018

193

2,371

LSE

16:06:45

1575193

92

2,371

LSE

16:06:45

1575187

26

2,371

LSE

16:06:45

1575185

109

2,371

LSE

16:06:45

1575189

100

2,371

LSE

16:06:45

1575191

672

2,372

LSE

16:06:45

1575183

581

2,372

LSE

16:06:45

1575181

109

2,371

LSE

16:06:54

1575386

587

2,372

LSE

16:11:30

1581858

660

2,371

LSE

16:12:11

1582753

409

2,371

LSE

16:12:48

1583614

386

2,371

LSE

16:12:50

1583691

167

2,371

LSE

16:12:50

1583689

261

2,371

LSE

16:13:19

1584380

372

2,371

LSE

16:13:38

1584733

240

2,373

LSE

16:14:40

1586075

611

2,373

LSE

16:15:23

1587355

239

2,373

LSE

16:15:23

1587353

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

631

27.62

ISE

08:15:47

1033015

250

27.61

ISE

08:19:12

1038682

373

27.61

ISE

08:19:12

1038680

600

27.60

ISE

08:19:12

1038678

609

27.71

ISE

08:34:55

1065526

43

27.71

ISE

08:38:27

1070573

16

27.71

ISE

08:38:27

1070571

585

27.70

ISE

08:41:31

1075424

548

27.69

ISE

08:51:16

1092040

364

27.69

ISE

08:56:15

1099114

284

27.69

ISE

08:56:15

1099112

174

27.71

ISE

09:03:27

1110938

256

27.70

ISE

09:09:28

1121021

313

27.70

ISE

09:09:28

1121019

92

27.73

ISE

09:15:10

1129207

250

27.73

ISE

09:15:10

1129205

326

27.73

ISE

09:20:31

1136253

236

27.73

ISE

09:21:20

1137443

526

27.73

ISE

09:28:14

1146012

100

27.75

ISE

09:37:37

1160423

94

27.75

ISE

09:37:37

1160421

174

27.75

ISE

09:40:43

1168359

378

27.75

ISE

09:40:43

1168357

562

27.75

ISE

09:47:22

1181766

282

27.75

ISE

09:59:55

1202846

211

27.75

ISE

09:59:55

1202841

128

27.75

ISE

09:59:55

1202837

363

27.78

ISE

10:07:11

1208902

273

27.78

ISE

10:07:11

1208900

554

27.80

ISE

10:12:00

1212384

188

27.77

ISE

10:23:30

1221332

331

27.78

ISE

10:27:17

1224130

259

27.78

ISE

10:27:17

1224128

100

27.78

ISE

10:37:59

1231706

93

27.78

ISE

10:37:59

1231704

554

27.77

ISE

10:38:02

1231750

387

27.75

ISE

10:47:33

1238617

250

27.75

ISE

10:50:06

1240710

95

27.75

ISE

10:50:06

1240708

8

27.75

ISE

10:55:23

1244262

369

27.75

ISE

10:55:23

1244260

15

27.75

ISE

10:55:23

1244258

355

27.75

ISE

11:04:10

1250687

30

27.75

ISE

11:04:10

1250685

36

27.80

ISE

11:16:04

1258623

320

27.80

ISE

11:16:04

1258621

312

27.80

ISE

11:16:04

1258619

530

27.81

ISE

11:24:35

1264290

380

27.84

ISE

11:40:48

1274801

1

27.84

ISE

11:41:13

1275097

49

27.84

ISE

11:41:19

1275145

99

27.84

ISE

11:41:19

1275143

724

27.85

ISE

11:45:30

1278391

97

27.85

ISE

12:18:42

1308222

404

27.85

ISE

12:18:42

1308218

155

27.85

ISE

12:18:42

1308216

645

27.85

ISE

12:18:42

1308214

357

27.84

ISE

12:18:55

1308443

269

27.84

ISE

12:18:55

1308441

263

27.82

ISE

12:29:36

1315793

386

27.82

ISE

12:31:42

1317649

104

27.83

ISE

12:44:24

1326270

451

27.83

ISE

12:44:24

1326268

212

27.84

ISE

12:54:39

1333182

349

27.84

ISE

12:54:39

1333180

583

27.81

ISE

13:03:31

1339339

178

27.83

ISE

13:14:20

1348308

388

27.83

ISE

13:14:20

1348306

100

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446516

92

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446514

578

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446500

575

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446492

525

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446494

528

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446498

577

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446496

603

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446502

545

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446504

589

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446506

634

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446508

552

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446510

281

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446490

573

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446488

261

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446486

539

27.85

ISE

14:33:40

1446484

92

27.85

ISE

14:33:44

1446594

575

27.84

ISE

14:34:13

1447196

200

27.83

ISE

14:39:26

1454283

200

27.83

ISE

14:39:26

1454285

23

27.83

ISE

14:39:26

1454287

150

27.83

ISE

14:39:26

1454281

453

27.82

ISE

14:44:25

1461225

190

27.85

ISE

14:46:16

1464253

200

27.85

ISE

14:46:16

1464251

200

27.85

ISE

14:46:16

1464249

100

27.85

ISE

14:57:25

1480081

96

27.85

ISE

14:57:25

1480079

560

27.85

ISE

14:57:25

1480071

521

27.82

ISE

15:01:09

1486452

67

27.82

ISE

15:01:09

1486450