Transaction in Own Shares

21st March 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 20th 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:

35,858

28,163

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,400.0000

€27.9000

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,377.0000

€27.6700

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,386.6865

€27.8110

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 33,424,634 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 809,965,704 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

2,386.6865

35,858

Euronext Dublin

EUR

27.8110

28,163

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

654

2,377

LSE

08:18:00

877567

416

2,379

LSE

08:27:45

888843

279

2,379

LSE

08:27:45

888841

659

2,386

LSE

08:47:03

912311

590

2,386

LSE

09:13:23

944155

438

2,387

LSE

09:34:52

971630

170

2,387

LSE

09:34:52

971628

134

2,386

LSE

10:03:33

1009873

538

2,386

LSE

10:03:33

1009871

69

2,388

LSE

10:33:51

1027627

550

2,388

LSE

10:33:51

1027625

608

2,383

LSE

10:55:53

1041226

597

2,385

LSE

11:08:56

1049618

708

2,383

LSE

11:23:02

1060164

665

2,390

LSE

11:58:41

1080174

581

2,395

LSE

12:11:59

1086962

257

2,400

LSE

12:33:48

1100436

356

2,400

LSE

12:33:48

1100434

641

2,397

LSE

13:02:17

1117712

108

2,397

LSE

13:25:24

1131915

545

2,397

LSE

13:25:24

1131913

191

2,391

LSE

13:33:51

1144782

456

2,391

LSE

13:33:51

1144780

145

2,392

LSE

13:47:57

1163474

503

2,392

LSE

13:47:57

1163476

291

2,391

LSE

13:53:04

1169675

349

2,391

LSE

13:53:04

1169673

509

2,387

LSE

13:58:04

1175558

119

2,387

LSE

13:58:04

1175556

581

2,384

LSE

14:04:00

1183496

604

2,385

LSE

14:09:01

1189899

306

2,383

LSE

14:11:32

1192764

289

2,383

LSE

14:11:32

1192762

131

2,378

LSE

14:17:12

1200101

553

2,378

LSE

14:17:12

1200099

290

2,378

LSE

14:29:48

1216194

100

2,378

LSE

14:29:48

1216192

81

2,378

LSE

14:29:48

1216196

171

2,378

LSE

14:29:48

1216198

586

2,378

LSE

14:29:48

1216189

594

2,380

LSE

14:37:02

1227636

100

2,380

LSE

14:37:02

1227634

547

2,379

LSE

14:37:11

1227817

22

2,379

LSE

14:37:18

1227926

273

2,381

LSE

14:44:28

1237301

301

2,381

LSE

14:44:28

1237299

593

2,383

LSE

14:53:12

1248531

615

2,384

LSE

14:57:23

1253863

296

2,382

LSE

14:59:32

1256693

325

2,382

LSE

14:59:32

1256695

602

2,383

LSE

14:59:32

1256688

663

2,386

LSE

15:07:03

1267997

327

2,385

LSE

15:07:15

1268208

278

2,385

LSE

15:07:15

1268206

598

2,386

LSE

15:10:34

1271903

586

2,385

LSE

15:13:06

1274803

355

2,385

LSE

15:17:08

1279475

300

2,385

LSE

15:17:08

1279473

100

2,388

LSE

15:24:12

1288129

67

2,388

LSE

15:24:12

1288127

250

2,388

LSE

15:24:12

1288131

206

2,388

LSE

15:24:12

1288133

453

2,387

LSE

15:24:12

1288125

100

2,387

LSE

15:24:12

1288123

100

2,387

LSE

15:24:12

1288121

56

2,389

LSE

15:29:35

1295164

100

2,389

LSE

15:29:35

1295162

51

2,389

LSE

15:29:35

1295160

169

2,391

LSE

15:31:35

1297491

426

2,391

LSE

15:31:35

1297489

237

2,390

LSE

15:31:53

1297934

424

2,390

LSE

15:31:53

1297932

705

2,390

LSE

15:37:23

1304653

608

2,390

LSE

15:38:21

1305537

57

2,388

LSE

15:40:24

1307863

162

2,388

LSE

15:40:40

1308204

407

2,388

LSE

15:40:40

1308206

684

2,387

LSE

15:46:43

1316744

246

2,386

LSE

15:48:09

1318250

100

2,386

LSE

15:48:09

1318248

200

2,386

LSE

15:48:09

1318246

100

2,386

LSE

15:48:09

1318244

148

2,385

LSE

15:52:14

1322656

434

2,385

LSE

15:52:14

1322654

144

2,383

LSE

15:53:50

1324253

430

2,383

LSE

15:53:50

1324251

657

2,385

LSE

15:58:00

1329376

133

2,384

LSE

15:59:28

1331185

546

2,384

LSE

15:59:28

1331187

187

2,389

LSE

16:05:39

1340109

410

2,389

LSE

16:05:39

1340107

711

2,390

LSE

16:07:58

1343575

669

2,393

LSE

16:09:29

1345871

658

2,393

LSE

16:09:53

1346266

167

2,394

LSE

16:13:03

1350756

486

2,394

LSE

16:13:03

1350754

778

2,392

LSE

16:14:55

1353452

35

2,392

LSE

16:14:55

1353450

32

2,392

LSE

16:14:55

1353448

32

2,392

LSE

16:14:55

1353446

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

58

27.67

ISE

08:15:15

874358

348

27.69

ISE

08:18:21

878039

568

27.71

ISE

08:19:59

879821

559

27.74

ISE

08:23:56

884562

94

27.75

ISE

08:29:54

891408

641

27.80

ISE

08:34:08

897039

74

27.79

ISE

08:35:59

899408

624

27.80

ISE

08:39:20

902952

407

27.79

ISE

08:39:55

903671

228

27.79

ISE

08:39:55

903673

645

27.81

ISE

08:47:04

912316

557

27.84

ISE

08:50:46

917718

110

27.84

ISE

08:53:20

920436

400

27.83

ISE

09:00:20

928243

155

27.83

ISE

09:00:20

928241

400

27.83

ISE

09:00:20

928239

58

27.83

ISE

09:00:20

928237

645

27.84

ISE

09:17:28

948423

634

27.83

ISE

09:18:00

949200

524

27.84

ISE

09:24:56

957990

527

27.83

ISE

09:30:46

966090

24

27.82

ISE

09:34:52

971634

536

27.82

ISE

09:34:52

971632

531

27.81

ISE

09:43:01

984022

567

27.80

ISE

09:51:32

995549

595

27.79

ISE

09:54:03

998978

605

27.80

ISE

10:04:17

1010331

35

27.80

ISE

10:04:17

1010329

575

27.81

ISE

10:17:04

1018371

646

27.80

ISE

10:17:55

1018806

229

27.81

ISE

10:26:26

1023595

160

27.81

ISE

10:27:45

1024240

521

27.83

ISE

10:33:35

1027473

173

27.81

ISE

10:33:51

1027629

289

27.81

ISE

10:44:57

1034216

345

27.81

ISE

10:44:57

1034214

571

27.79

ISE

10:47:25

1035803

513

27.79

ISE

10:57:32

1042107

15

27.79

ISE

10:57:32

1042109

110

27.75

ISE

11:01:24

1044325

234

27.83

ISE

11:08:56

1049628

250

27.84

ISE

11:08:56

1049624

91

27.83

ISE

11:08:56

1049622

323

27.83

ISE

11:08:56

1049620

374

27.82

ISE

11:16:44

1056407

244

27.82

ISE

11:16:44

1056405

510

27.79

ISE

11:23:01

1060155

128

27.79

ISE

11:23:02

1060166

583

27.76

ISE

11:36:21

1067834

564

27.79

ISE

11:43:02

1071672

523

27.82

ISE

11:56:44

1079076

100

27.87

ISE

12:08:52

1085226

188

27.87

ISE

12:08:52

1085224

500

27.87

ISE

12:09:44

1085722

595

27.86

ISE

12:10:19

1086044

529

27.87

ISE

12:16:43

1089759

563

27.86

ISE

12:21:09

1091908

58

27.86

ISE

12:21:16

1092004

200

27.90

ISE

12:38:58

1102938

407

27.90

ISE

12:38:58

1102936

565

27.90

ISE

12:46:05

1106848

405

27.85

ISE

12:53:13

1111026

221

27.85

ISE

12:53:13

1111024

132

27.77

ISE

12:59:19

1115716

552

27.78

ISE

13:02:17

1117714

534

27.85

ISE

13:12:48

1124065

554

27.83

ISE

13:20:12

1128391

636

27.81

ISE

13:25:24

1131917

572

27.79

ISE

13:30:01

1137564

4

27.76

ISE

13:33:01

1143200

4

27.76

ISE

13:33:01

1143198

15

27.76

ISE

13:33:14

1143829

513

27.76

ISE

13:33:51

1144801

649

27.76

ISE

13:38:41

1151411

547

27.74

ISE

13:46:18

1161493