Transaction in Own Shares

9th May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 8th 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

08 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

180,000

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,686.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,655.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,669.9500

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 738,501 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 842,651,837 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

2,669.9495

180,000

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

446

2,663

LSE

08:10:50

632871

487

2,662

LSE

08:10:51

632923

481

2,660

LSE

08:10:54

633083

452

2,658

LSE

08:10:55

633128

468

2,659

LSE

08:10:55

633121

459

2,657

LSE

08:11:00

633288

165

2,656

LSE

08:11:20

634038

69

2,656

LSE

08:11:20

634036

218

2,656

LSE

08:11:20

634033

121

2,656

LSE

08:11:20

634031

196

2,656

LSE

08:11:24

634146

189

2,655

LSE

08:12:25

636257

200

2,655

LSE

08:12:33

636550

50

2,658

LSE

08:17:35

647111

28

2,658

LSE

08:17:35

647113

384

2,658

LSE

08:17:35

647109

374

2,660

LSE

08:17:35

647107

345

2,656

LSE

08:17:38

647244

488

2,658

LSE

08:19:24

650867

478

2,657

LSE

08:19:25

650920

51

2,656

LSE

08:20:15

652585

407

2,656

LSE

08:20:15

652583

347

2,656

LSE

08:20:48

653919

468

2,659

LSE

08:24:26

662532

490

2,665

LSE

08:30:16

673333

535

2,663

LSE

08:30:45

674298

495

2,664

LSE

08:32:10

677908

379

2,663

LSE

08:32:29

678471

145

2,663

LSE

08:32:29

678469

382

2,663

LSE

08:32:46

678849

534

2,662

LSE

08:32:48

678995

491

2,661

LSE

08:33:48

682049

126

2,660

LSE

08:35:44

685946

190

2,660

LSE

08:35:44

685942

200

2,660

LSE

08:35:44

685944

520

2,660

LSE

08:35:44

685938

474

2,659

LSE

08:36:22

687403

200

2,661

LSE

08:39:39

694148

333

2,661

LSE

08:39:39

694144

151

2,664

LSE

08:42:33

699917

282

2,664

LSE

08:42:33

699915

506

2,663

LSE

08:42:58

700699

111

2,663

LSE

08:44:09

703087

258

2,663

LSE

08:44:09

703067

377

2,663

LSE

08:44:19

703438

22

2,663

LSE

08:44:19

703436

333

2,663

LSE

08:44:19

703434

200

2,664

LSE

08:47:14

709183

266

2,664

LSE

08:47:14

709185

378

2,664

LSE

08:47:14

709187

348

2,664

LSE

08:47:14

709173

651

2,664

LSE

08:47:14

709171

651

2,664

LSE

08:47:45

710676

100

2,663

LSE

08:49:28

713993

256

2,663

LSE

08:49:28

713991

200

2,663

LSE

08:49:28

713989

655

2,663

LSE

08:49:28

713985

22

2,663

LSE

08:49:28

713983

483

2,662

LSE

08:50:34

716449

53

2,662

LSE

08:50:34

716447

399

2,664

LSE

08:56:02

728051

181

2,665

LSE

08:57:57

732721

150

2,665

LSE

08:57:57

732719

49

2,665

LSE

08:57:57

732717

38

2,664

LSE

08:58:10

733265

495

2,664

LSE

08:58:10

733263

29

2,663

LSE

08:58:16

733595

483

2,663

LSE

08:58:16

733593

397

2,663

LSE

09:00:34

740277

367

2,663

LSE

09:00:34

740275

329

2,663

LSE

09:03:30

745489

126

2,663

LSE

09:03:43

745892

283

2,663

LSE

09:03:43

745890

447

2,663

LSE

09:03:43

745888

250

2,663

LSE

09:04:31

747004

568

2,663

LSE

09:04:31

747000

81

2,663

LSE

09:04:31

746998

356

2,662

LSE

09:05:41

749264

118

2,662

LSE

09:05:41

749262

314

2,662

LSE

09:05:41

749260

83

2,662

LSE

09:05:41

749258

20

2,662

LSE

09:05:41

749254

276

2,663

LSE

09:07:46

753071

300

2,663

LSE

09:07:46

753069

84

2,663

LSE

09:07:46

753067

83

2,663

LSE

09:07:46

753065

400

2,662

LSE

09:08:11

755709

403

2,662

LSE

09:08:11

755711

677

2,664

LSE

09:12:21

763795

103

2,661

LSE

09:13:23

765492

782

2,663

LSE

09:13:23

765459

342

2,666

LSE

09:17:33

772637

558

2,666

LSE

09:17:33

772635

7

2,664

LSE

09:18:14

773948

900

2,664

LSE

09:18:14

773944

627

2,668

LSE

09:19:31

776236

888

2,667

LSE

09:19:36

776350

797

2,667

LSE

09:22:32

782460

305

2,669

LSE

09:23:39

784374

274

2,669

LSE

09:23:39

784372

373

2,670

LSE

09:25:34

787667

372

2,670

LSE

09:25:34

787661

41

2,670

LSE

09:25:34

787665

70

2,670

LSE

09:25:34

787663

363

2,672

LSE

09:30:36

796286

381

2,672

LSE

09:30:36

796288

587

2,671

LSE

09:30:58

796937

150

2,671

LSE

09:30:58

796935

574

2,670

LSE

09:34:21

803096

780

2,671

LSE

09:37:59

809577

550

2,670

LSE

09:38:16

810085

159

2,670

LSE

09:38:16

810083

618

2,669

LSE

09:38:40

810813

322

2,668

LSE

09:39:10

811661

219

2,668

LSE

09:39:10

811663

319

2,668

LSE

09:40:54

815038

50

2,668

LSE

09:40:54

815036

429

2,666

LSE

09:45:30

824432

150

2,666

LSE

09:45:30

824430

517

2,667

LSE

09:45:30

824421

510

2,665

LSE

09:46:08

825816

482

2,666

LSE

09:50:03

833118

508

2,665

LSE

09:50:10

833447

530

2,666

LSE

09:52:50

837707

462

2,665

LSE

09:53:26

838557

7

2,665

LSE

09:53:26

838555

67

2,665

LSE

09:53:26

838553

332

2,667

LSE

09:57:48

847147

372

2,667

LSE

09:57:48

847145

492

2,666

LSE

09:58:34

848462

80

2,666

LSE

10:01:04

852877

70

2,666

LSE

10:01:04

852875

230

2,666

LSE

10:01:04

852871

200

2,666

LSE

10:01:04

852869

272

2,666

LSE

10:01:04

852867

99

2,666

LSE

10:01:04

852863

73

2,666

LSE

10:01:04

852861

83

2,666

LSE

10:02:29

855143

298

2,666

LSE

10:02:29

855141

240

2,666

LSE

10:06:07

863301

125

2,666

LSE

10:06:07

863299

150

2,666

LSE

10:06:07

863303

384

2,666

LSE

10:06:07

863296

125

2,665

LSE

10:07:15

865254

215

2,665

LSE

10:07:15

865242

200

2,665

LSE

10:07:15

865236

161

2,665

LSE

10:07:15

865223

200

2,665

LSE

10:07:15

865220

125

2,665

LSE

10:07:15

865218

465

2,665

LSE

10:07:15

865197

220

2,664

LSE

10:13:08

874804

175

2,664

LSE

10:13:08

874802

410

2,664

LSE

10:17:36

882931

200

2,665

LSE

10:19:55

887135

408

2,665

LSE

10:19:55

887115

339

2,665

LSE

10:21:21

889325

393

2,665

LSE

10:22:30

891230

399

2,667

LSE

10:28:11

900933

497

2,666

LSE

10:29:22

903346

355

2,670

LSE

10:32:45

908839

96

2,670

LSE

10:32:45

908837

339

2,670

LSE

10:32:45

908833

462

2,669

LSE

10:32:50

908907

50

2,668

LSE

10:33:28

909883

230

2,668

LSE

10:33:28

909881

97

2,668

LSE

10:33:28

909879

50

2,668

LSE

10:33:28

909877

399

2,668

LSE

10:36:25

916036

428

2,667

LSE

10:37:27

918095

405

2,668

LSE

10:42:09

928214

488

2,668

LSE

10:43:00

930217

37

2,667

LSE

10:44:40

933500

187

2,667

LSE

10:44:40

933498

250

2,667

LSE

10:44:40

933496

418

2,666

LSE

10:45:11

934812

408

2,667

LSE

10:52:35

952386

455

2,666

LSE

10:52:57

953544

338

2,665

LSE

10:53:33

955600

95

2,665

LSE

10:53:33

955598

346

2,665

LSE

10:54:51

958070

33

2,665

LSE

10:54:51

958068

402

2,665

LSE

10:57:24

963943

439

2,664

LSE

10:58:36

966242

395

2,665

LSE

11:02:14

970446

394

2,664

LSE

11:02:25

970638

147

2,663

LSE

11:02:49

971029

264

2,663

LSE

11:02:49

971027

143

2,663

LSE

11:05:54

973755

214

2,663

LSE

11:05:54

973753

150

2,663

LSE

11:07:19

975184

187

2,663

LSE

11:07:19

975182

76

2,663

LSE

11:07:22

975198

369

2,663

LSE

11:07:22

975200

182

2,664

LSE

11:15:37

982858

188

2,664

LSE

11:15:37

982856

22

2,664

LSE

11:15:37

982854

388

2,663

LSE

11:15:41

982938

367

2,664

LSE

11:19:46

986469

368

2,664

LSE

11:22:42

989433

427

2,663

LSE

11:24:04

990999

105

2,662

LSE

11:24:53

991910

175

2,662

LSE

11:24:53

991908

131

2,662

LSE

11:24:53

991906

67

2,661

LSE

11:27:34

994335

285

2,661

LSE

11:27:34

994333

47

2,661

LSE

11:27:34

994326

200

2,661

LSE

11:27:34

994324

125

2,661

LSE

11:27:34

994322

331

2,661

LSE

11:27:34

994310

67

2,662

LSE

11:33:32

999604

188

2,662

LSE

11:33:32

999606

125

2,662

LSE

11:33:32

999608

430

2,662

LSE

11:37:49

1003054

15

2,663

LSE

11:41:11

1006279

125

2,663

LSE

11:41:11

1006277

240

2,663

LSE

11:41:11

1006275

293

2,663

LSE

11:41:11

1006273

150

2,663

LSE

11:41:11

1006271

434

2,663

LSE

11:41:11

1006267

43

2,662

LSE

11:42:37

1007331

366

2,662

LSE

11:42:53

1007616

67

2,663

LSE

11:46:06

1010160

328

2,663

LSE

11:46:06

1010158

318

2,661

LSE

11:48:57

1012363

53

2,661

LSE

11:48:57

1012361

369

2,663

LSE

11:54:25

1017057

50

2,664

LSE

12:02:51

1025559

339

2,664

LSE

12:02:51

1025561

93

2,663

LSE

12:03:11

1025822

150

2,663

LSE

12:03:11

1025820

235

2,663

LSE

12:03:11

1025818

200

2,663

LSE

12:05:13

1027778

354

2,663

LSE

12:05:13

1027772

173

2,665

LSE

12:10:27

1032225

208

2,665

LSE

12:10:27

1032223

314

2,665

LSE

12:11:55

1033462

265

2,665

LSE

12:11:55

1033441

98

2,665

LSE

12:11:55

1033439

275

2,665

LSE

12:12:29

1034066

63

2,665

LSE

12:13:47

1035614

432

2,665

LSE

12:13:47

1035612

399

2,667

LSE

12:16:42

1038250

466

2,666

LSE

12:17:08

1038516

186

2,664

LSE

12:18:33

1040003

150

2,664

LSE

12:18:33

1040001

125

2,664

LSE

12:18:33

1039936

402

2,665

LSE

12:18:33

1039908

46

2,665

LSE

12:18:33

1039910

420

2,668

LSE

12:22:27

1043675

50

2,668

LSE

12:23:25

1044505

84

2,668

LSE

12:23:25

1044503

70

2,668

LSE

12:23:26

1044517

187

2,668

LSE

12:23:26

1044515

104

2,669

LSE

12:27:00

1047730

172

2,669

LSE

12:27:00

1047728

104

2,669

LSE

12:27:00

1047726

400

2,668

LSE

12:27:37

1048166

222

2,667

LSE

12:27:53

1048429

150

2,667

LSE

12:27:53

1048427

364

2,667

LSE

12:29:38

1050001

211

2,667

LSE

12:32:07

1052322

153

2,667

LSE

12:32:07

1052328

389

2,666

LSE

12:33:55

1053999

358

2,665

LSE

12:36:23

1056287

207

2,664

LSE

12:36:42

1056797

184

2,664

LSE

12:36:42

1056795

378

2,663

LSE

12:38:41

1058598

382

2,662

LSE

12:38:45

1058701

245

2,661

LSE

12:41:09

1060904

425

2,662

LSE

12:47:12

1066732

354

2,663

LSE

12:47:12

1066729

36

2,663

LSE

12:47:12

1066727

252

2,662

LSE

12:48:24

1067826

150

2,662

LSE

12:48:24

1067824

366

2,662

LSE

12:50:34

1069770

393

2,664

LSE

12:55:48

1074665

218

2,664

LSE

12:56:53

1075884

175

2,664

LSE

12:56:53

1075886

448

2,663

LSE

12:58:20

1077543

200

2,664

LSE

13:00:01

1079359

250

2,664

LSE

13:00:01

1079357

19

2,664

LSE

13:00:01

1079361

363

2,664

LSE

13:00:01

1079351

179

2,665

LSE

13:02:47

1082250

203

2,665

LSE

13:02:47

1082248

386

2,665

LSE

13:03:28

1082912

200

2,665

LSE

13:05:29

1084935

33

2,665

LSE

13:06:57

1086276

329

2,665

LSE

13:06:57

1086274

130

2,665

LSE

13:06:57

1086272

61

2,665

LSE

13:06:57

1086270

405

2,665

LSE

13:09:47

1088816

159

2,664

LSE

13:11:29

1090672

259

2,664

LSE

13:11:29

1090670

90

2,663

LSE

13:16:02

1096152

141

2,663

LSE

13:16:02

1096149

150

2,663

LSE

13:16:02

1096147

355

2,663

LSE

13:17:10

1097168

260

2,663

LSE

13:18:28

1098341

151

2,663

LSE

13:18:28

1098343

308

2,662

LSE

13:18:43

1098521

291

2,662

LSE

13:18:46

1098566

84

2,662

LSE

13:18:46

1098564

83

2,662

LSE

13:18:48

1098591

334

2,662

LSE

13:20:43

1100540

180

2,662

LSE

13:24:59

1104954

186

2,662

LSE

13:24:59

1104952

365

2,662

LSE

13:27:39

1107408

383

2,662

LSE

13:29:13

1108989

10

2,662

LSE

13:29:13

1108987

486

2,663

LSE

13:35:27

1115910

100

2,662

LSE

13:36:23

1117066

27

2,662

LSE

13:36:24

1117083

187

2,662

LSE

13:36:24

1117081

188

2,662

LSE

13:36:24

1117079

457

2,663

LSE

13:41:35

1122193

479

2,662

LSE

13:45:58

1126785

354

2,663

LSE

13:48:00

1128899

190

2,663

LSE

13:51:00

1132162

200

2,663

LSE

13:51:00

1132160

534

2,663

LSE

13:51:00

1132157

158

2,663

LSE

13:51:11

1132468

35

2,663

LSE

13:51:43

1133000

150

2,663

LSE

13:51:43

1132998

269

2,663

LSE

13:51:43

1132996

721

2,669

LSE

14:04:25

1147377

980

2,668

LSE

14:04:26

1147391

119

2,669

LSE

14:04:26

1147385

306

2,669

LSE

14:04:26

1147383

391

2,669

LSE

14:04:26

1147381

451

2,669

LSE

14:04:26

1147379

684

2,668

LSE

14:04:45

1147802

825

2,667

LSE

14:04:58

1148045

707

2,666

LSE

14:05:03

1148148

150

2,665

LSE

14:05:29

1148636

87

2,665

LSE

14:05:29

1148634

303

2,665

LSE

14:05:49

1148944

100

2,665

LSE

14:05:49

1148942

312

2,665

LSE

14:05:49

1148940

336

2,665

LSE

14:05:52

1148984

381

2,664

LSE

14:06:07

1149300

144

2,664

LSE

14:06:07

1149297

36

2,663

LSE

14:06:18

1149467

200

2,663

LSE

14:06:32

1149746

250

2,663

LSE

14:06:43

1149994

48

2,663

LSE

14:06:47

1150052

408

2,663

LSE

14:06:47

1150050

414

2,663

LSE

14:06:49

1150099

479

2,663

LSE

14:06:57

1150212

446

2,662

LSE

14:07:11

1150476

374

2,663

LSE

14:10:09

1153931

433

2,664

LSE

14:14:16

1158804

135

2,664

LSE

14:17:08

1162372

277

2,664

LSE

14:17:08

1162370

484

2,663

LSE

14:17:51

1163316

524

2,662

LSE

14:20:32

1167086

342

2,663

LSE

14:20:32

1167080

474

2,661

LSE

14:21:26

1168541

242

2,661

LSE

14:23:53

1172198

183

2,661

LSE

14:23:53

1172196

286

2,661

LSE

14:23:55

1172223

205

2,661

LSE

14:24:00

1172308

82

2,661

LSE

14:24:00

1172306

114

2,661

LSE

14:25:24

1174190

226

2,661

LSE

14:25:24

1174188

249

2,661

LSE

14:28:40

1179177

111

2,661

LSE

14:28:40

1179167

241

2,661

LSE

14:28:40

1179165

341

2,663

LSE

14:30:29

1184548

42

2,662

LSE

14:30:39

1184946

47

2,662

LSE

14:30:39

1184944

296

2,666

LSE

14:32:16

1188751

73

2,666

LSE

14:32:16

1188749

8

2,666

LSE

14:32:16

1188747

490

2,666

LSE

14:32:16

1188745

838

2,665

LSE

14:32:18

1188809

300

2,664

LSE

14:32:44

1189890

409

2,664

LSE

14:32:44

1189892

428

2,667

LSE

14:34:19

1193344

359

2,667

LSE

14:34:19

1193342

831

2,666

LSE

14:34:22

1193456

300

2,667

LSE

14:34:46

1194518

274

2,667

LSE

14:34:49

1194569

177

2,667

LSE

14:34:49

1194567

94

2,667

LSE

14:34:51

1194672

392

2,667

LSE

14:34:51

1194670

150

2,667

LSE

14:35:10

1195398

232

2,667

LSE

14:35:13

1195465

268

2,667

LSE

14:35:13

1195463

377

2,667

LSE

14:35:37

1196369

37

2,667

LSE

14:35:37

1196367

88

2,667

LSE

14:35:37

1196365

212

2,666

LSE

14:36:22

1198243

188

2,666

LSE

14:36:22

1198241

58

2,666

LSE

14:36:22

1198239

47

2,666

LSE

14:36:22

1198237

112

2,668

LSE

14:37:43

1200873

300

2,668

LSE

14:37:43

1200871

389

2,668

LSE

14:37:43

1200875

260

2,668

LSE

14:38:47

1202911

402

2,668

LSE

14:40:22

1206020

162

2,668

LSE

14:40:22

1206018

107

2,668

LSE

14:40:22

1206016

344

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219672

145

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219670

224

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219662

397

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219660

332

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219658

258

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219664

32

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219668

152

2,668

LSE

14:47:20

1219666

408

2,668

LSE

14:48:32

1222781

1,021

2,668

LSE

14:48:32

1222779

175

2,672

LSE

14:50:59

1228655

83

2,672

LSE

14:50:59

1228653

104

2,672

LSE

14:50:59

1228651

530

2,672

LSE

14:50:59

1228649

299

2,672

LSE

14:50:59

1228647

78

2,672

LSE

14:50:59

1228657

276

2,672

LSE

14:50:59

1228645

1,307

2,672

LSE

14:53:42

1235089

333

2,672

LSE

14:53:42

1235091

863

2,672

LSE

14:54:00

1235767

200

2,673

LSE

14:58:54

1247294

321

2,673

LSE

14:58:54

1247292

1,689

2,673

LSE

15:00:10

1250596

200

2,675

LSE

15:02:57

1256822

200

2,677

LSE

15:03:40

1258372

200

2,678

LSE

15:04:11

1259674

439

2,678

LSE

15:04:11

1259663

21

2,678

LSE

15:04:11

1259661

250

2,679

LSE

15:04:29

1260250

200

2,679

LSE

15:04:29

1260248

200

2,679

LSE

15:04:42

1260598

200

2,679

LSE

15:04:42

1260596

200

2,679

LSE

15:04:55

1261156

164

2,679

LSE

15:05:02

1261402

190

2,679

LSE

15:05:02

1261400

240

2,679

LSE

15:06:09

1263713

200

2,679

LSE

15:06:09

1263715

200

2,679

LSE

15:06:11

1263777

180

2,679

LSE

15:06:11

1263775

480

2,679

LSE

15:06:11

1263773

1,086

2,678

LSE

15:06:42

1264686

735

2,678

LSE

15:06:42

1264684

96

2,678

LSE

15:12:09

1275362

200

2,678

LSE

15:12:09

1275358

8

2,678

LSE

15:12:09

1275356

76

2,678

LSE

15:12:09

1275360

737

2,678

LSE

15:12:26

1276140

649

2,678

LSE

15:12:26

1276138

286

2,678

LSE

15:12:26

1276136

1,749

2,679

LSE

15:13:54

1278907

250

2,679

LSE

15:14:32

1280470

2,136

2,679

LSE

15:14:32

1280468

151

2,678

LSE

15:14:44

1280872

187

2,678

LSE

15:14:44

1280866

60

2,678

LSE

15:14:44

1280864

75

2,678

LSE

15:14:44

1280862

208