Transaction in Own Shares

18th June 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 15th June 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

15th June 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

150,305

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,861.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,828.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,839.1300

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 4,434,786 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 838,955,552 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

2,839.1254

150,305

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

395

2,854

LSE

10:09:22

781204

250

2,853

LSE

10:15:54

792152

103

2,853

LSE

10:15:54

792150

89

2,853

LSE

10:15:54

792148

63

2,853

LSE

10:15:54

792146

2,000

2,853

LSE

10:15:54

792144

1,876

2,853

LSE

10:15:54

792142

247

2,853

LSE

10:16:10

793037

239

2,853

LSE

10:16:21

793453

44

2,853

LSE

10:16:21

793451

140

2,853

LSE

10:16:29

793737

351

2,853

LSE

10:16:29

793735

107

2,853

LSE

10:16:29

793733

173

2,853

LSE

10:16:29

793731

262

2,852

LSE

10:16:35

793896

410

2,852

LSE

10:16:35

793894

17

2,851

LSE

10:16:37

793929

95

2,851

LSE

10:16:37

793927

376

2,851

LSE

10:16:37

793925

260

2,850

LSE

10:16:51

794376

86

2,850

LSE

10:16:51

794374

355

2,850

LSE

10:17:15

794994

108

2,850

LSE

10:17:15

794992

315

2,849

LSE

10:17:36

795475

133

2,849

LSE

10:17:36

795473

352

2,850

LSE

10:18:36

796926

26

2,850

LSE

10:18:36

796924

128

2,850

LSE

10:20:15

798957

200

2,850

LSE

10:20:15

798954

125

2,850

LSE

10:20:15

798952

396

2,850

LSE

10:20:15

798944

245

2,849

LSE

10:23:01

802666

39

2,849

LSE

10:23:02

802689

352

2,850

LSE

10:23:42

803584

167

2,853

LSE

10:26:45

811125

107

2,853

LSE

10:26:45

811123

363

2,855

LSE

10:28:11

812894

331

2,855

LSE

10:28:11

812883

26

2,857

LSE

10:29:35

815002

302

2,857

LSE

10:29:35

815000

23

2,856

LSE

10:30:32

816668

132

2,856

LSE

10:30:32

816664

167

2,856

LSE

10:30:32

816666

309

2,856

LSE

10:34:00

823548

38

2,856

LSE

10:35:06

826620

239

2,856

LSE

10:35:06

826618

299

2,855

LSE

10:35:14

827094

192

2,854

LSE

10:39:04

833590

133

2,854

LSE

10:39:04

833588

334

2,859

LSE

10:43:58

841358

318

2,858

LSE

10:44:28

841953

215

2,861

LSE

10:52:28

859325

283

2,861

LSE

10:52:28

859320

29

2,861

LSE

10:52:28

859317

148

2,861

LSE

10:52:29

859495

11

2,861

LSE

10:52:31

859616

148

2,861

LSE

10:52:59

860897

5

2,861

LSE

10:53:14

861881

149

2,861

LSE

10:53:14

861879

96

2,861

LSE

10:53:53

863617

222

2,861

LSE

10:53:53

863615

288

2,860

LSE

10:55:25

867520

292

2,857

LSE

10:58:44

876615

319

2,856

LSE

11:00:03

879658

290

2,851

LSE

11:04:18

884601

149

2,852

LSE

11:07:34

888104

140

2,852

LSE

11:08:34

889149

72

2,851

LSE

11:08:48

889459

10

2,851

LSE

11:09:13

889913

100

2,851

LSE

11:09:13

889911

100

2,851

LSE

11:09:13

889909

103

2,852

LSE

11:12:51

893799

174

2,852

LSE

11:12:57

893924

46

2,852

LSE

11:12:57

893922

121

2,852

LSE

11:17:35

899182

188

2,852

LSE

11:17:35

899180

10

2,852

LSE

11:17:35

899178

132

2,851

LSE

11:18:31

900179

100

2,851

LSE

11:18:31

900177

100

2,851

LSE

11:18:31

900175

329

2,846

LSE

11:21:05

903272

112

2,844

LSE

11:25:31

909004

204

2,844

LSE

11:25:41

909300

31

2,842

LSE

11:28:05

913708

36

2,842

LSE

11:28:05

913706

255

2,842

LSE

11:28:05

913704

37

2,839

LSE

11:30:31

916307

300

2,839

LSE

11:30:31

916305

177

2,841

LSE

11:35:33

922037

100

2,841

LSE

11:35:33

922035

42

2,840

LSE

11:37:18

923631

88

2,840

LSE

11:38:55

925009

100

2,840

LSE

11:38:55

925007

100

2,840

LSE

11:38:55

925004

275

2,839

LSE

11:39:29

925572

140

2,842

LSE

11:44:15

930391

166

2,842

LSE

11:44:15

930389

314

2,841

LSE

11:47:03

932982

201

2,841

LSE

11:51:08

936771

76

2,841

LSE

11:51:08

936768

100

2,841

LSE

11:51:08

936766

17

2,841

LSE

11:51:08

936764

83

2,841

LSE

11:51:08

936762

200

2,841

LSE

11:51:08

936760

100

2,841

LSE

11:53:27

939024

33

2,841

LSE

11:53:27

939022

100

2,841

LSE

11:53:27

939026

307

2,841

LSE

11:54:04

939689

65

2,841

LSE

11:54:04

939687

56

2,841

LSE

11:54:30

940086

129

2,841

LSE

11:54:30

940084

151

2,841

LSE

11:54:30

940082

4

2,841

LSE

11:54:30

940080

210

2,841

LSE

11:59:13

944885

100

2,841

LSE

11:59:13

944887

358

2,841

LSE

11:59:13

944889

51

2,841

LSE

12:02:55

948489

100

2,841

LSE

12:02:55

948487

104

2,841

LSE

12:02:55

948485

196

2,841

LSE

12:02:55

948483

133

2,841

LSE

12:02:55

948481

76

2,841

LSE

12:02:55

948479

240

2,840

LSE

12:03:25

948979

85

2,840

LSE

12:04:04

949579

364

2,840

LSE

12:04:04

949577

336

2,840

LSE

12:05:08

950784

350

2,840

LSE

12:05:08

950782

344

2,839

LSE

12:05:10

951062

91

2,840

LSE

12:07:02

952837

245

2,840

LSE

12:07:02

952835

288

2,840

LSE

12:10:22

956119

296

2,840

LSE

12:10:22

956117

176

2,841

LSE

12:12:30

957805

151

2,841

LSE

12:12:30

957803

76

2,841

LSE

12:12:30

957801

230

2,841

LSE

12:12:30

957799

100

2,840

LSE

12:14:49

960000

100

2,840

LSE

12:14:49

960002

319

2,840

LSE

12:15:30

960613

135

2,840

LSE

12:15:30

960611

281

2,840

LSE

12:18:53

963438

306

2,840

LSE

12:18:53

963436

330

2,839

LSE

12:20:12

964679

7

2,839

LSE

12:20:12

964677

193

2,839

LSE

12:20:12

964675

107

2,839

LSE

12:20:12

964673

10

2,841

LSE

12:24:16

968222

290

2,841

LSE

12:24:16

968220

100

2,841

LSE

12:24:16

968224

187

2,841

LSE

12:24:16

968226

111

2,840

LSE

12:24:55

968660

42

2,840

LSE

12:26:35

969937

173

2,840

LSE

12:26:35

969935

309

2,841

LSE

12:30:24

973280

210

2,841

LSE

12:30:24

973278

70

2,841

LSE

12:30:24

973276

71

2,843

LSE

12:32:30

975138

273

2,843

LSE

12:32:30

975134

40

2,843

LSE

12:32:30

975132

241

2,843

LSE

12:32:30

975136

306

2,842

LSE

12:32:51

975396

286

2,844

LSE

12:34:34

976653

339

2,844

LSE

12:35:39

977774

323

2,844

LSE

12:35:39

977772

229

2,846

LSE

12:42:57

984158

293

2,846

LSE

12:42:57

984160

98

2,846

LSE

12:42:57

984156

308

2,847

LSE

12:48:21

989124

138

2,846

LSE

12:48:35

989405

159

2,846

LSE

12:49:02

989870

4

2,846

LSE

12:49:03

989910

331

2,846

LSE

12:49:23

990189

291

2,846

LSE

12:49:23

990187

135

2,846

LSE

12:50:38

991501

336

2,846

LSE

12:50:38

991499

88

2,846

LSE

12:52:15

993212

133

2,846

LSE

12:52:15

993210

285

2,846

LSE

12:52:15

993216

299

2,846

LSE

12:52:15

993214

96

2,846

LSE

12:54:44

995355

133

2,846

LSE

12:55:04

995716

217

2,846

LSE

12:59:21

999693

125

2,846

LSE

12:59:21

999691

27

2,846

LSE

12:59:22

999745

269

2,846

LSE

12:59:22

999747

57

2,846

LSE

12:59:22

999728

27

2,846

LSE

12:59:22

999726

33

2,846

LSE

12:59:30

999818

330

2,846

LSE

13:00:30

1000957

327

2,846

LSE

13:00:30

1000959

305

2,845

LSE

13:00:54

1001379

136

2,845

LSE

13:01:53

1002428

319

2,845

LSE

13:02:46

1003389

163

2,845

LSE

13:02:46

1003387

303

2,844

LSE

13:04:24

1005145

334

2,843

LSE

13:05:39

1006596

306

2,843

LSE

13:05:39

1006594

312

2,841

LSE

13:06:57

1007971

299

2,841

LSE

13:10:31

1011430

67

2,841

LSE

13:10:31

1011434

251

2,841

LSE

13:10:31

1011432

90

2,839

LSE

13:12:28

1013460

196

2,839

LSE

13:12:28

1013458

15

2,839

LSE

13:12:28

1013456

325

2,839

LSE

13:12:28

1013454

53

2,840

LSE

13:16:18

1017583

247

2,840

LSE

13:16:18

1017581

339

2,840

LSE

13:16:18

1017579

100

2,839

LSE

13:16:19

1017609

100

2,839

LSE

13:16:19

1017607

97

2,839

LSE

13:16:21

1017662

228

2,839

LSE

13:19:42

1021850

59

2,839

LSE

13:19:42

1021848

300

2,839

LSE

13:19:42

1021846

67

2,840

LSE

13:21:48

1024138

320

2,840

LSE

13:22:55

1025285

128

2,840

LSE

13:22:55

1025283

122

2,840

LSE

13:22:55

1025281

328

2,839

LSE

13:25:30

1028349

131

2,839

LSE

13:25:43

1028584

200

2,839

LSE

13:25:43

1028582

277

2,839

LSE

13:26:23

1029511

45

2,839

LSE

13:26:23

1029513

59

2,837

LSE

13:29:08

1032879

283

2,837

LSE

13:29:39

1033665

234

2,837

LSE

13:29:39

1033663

282

2,836

LSE

13:31:13

1036404

277

2,836

LSE

13:31:13

1036402

312

2,835

LSE

13:32:23

1038185

289

2,835

LSE

13:32:23

1038178

96

2,836

LSE

13:34:04

1040196

200

2,836

LSE

13:34:04

1040194

289

2,836

LSE

13:34:04

1040182

41

2,836

LSE

13:34:04

1040184

82

2,836

LSE

13:34:04

1040186

314

2,836

LSE

13:34:04

1040188

314

2,835

LSE

13:34:14

1040607

312

2,835

LSE

13:34:14

1040603

61

2,835

LSE

13:34:14

1040601

299

2,834

LSE

13:34:18

1040742

58

2,834

LSE

13:36:11

1043797

312

2,834

LSE

13:36:11

1043799

276

2,834

LSE

13:36:11

1043795

241

2,836

LSE

13:38:58

1046953

133

2,836

LSE

13:38:58

1046951

71

2,836

LSE

13:38:58

1046949

199

2,836

LSE

13:38:58

1046947

166

2,836

LSE

13:38:58

1046945

100

2,836

LSE

13:38:58

1046943

44

2,836

LSE

13:38:58

1046941

304

2,838

LSE

13:40:21

1049034

287

2,838

LSE

13:40:21

1049030

340

2,838

LSE

13:40:21

1049032

320

2,837

LSE

13:40:31

1049251

281

2,837

LSE

13:42:00

1050762

31

2,837

LSE

13:42:00

1050760

58

2,837

LSE

13:42:00

1050758

270

2,837

LSE

13:42:00

1050756

29

2,837

LSE

13:42:00

1050754

293

2,837

LSE

13:42:00

1050752

321

2,836

LSE

13:44:33

1053502

190

2,836

LSE

13:45:17

1054724

90

2,836

LSE

13:45:17

1054728

291

2,836

LSE

13:45:17

1054726

329

2,836

LSE

13:45:17

1054722

336

2,835

LSE

13:47:20

1057471

51

2,835

LSE

13:47:20

1057469

325

2,835

LSE

13:47:20

1057467

260

2,835

LSE

13:47:20

1057465

285

2,835

LSE

13:48:01

1058246

23

2,834

LSE

13:50:17

1060998

331

2,834

LSE

13:51:18

1062163

335

2,834

LSE

13:51:18

1062161

285

2,834

LSE

13:51:18

1062159

266

2,834

LSE

13:52:46

1064183

172

2,834

LSE

13:52:46

1064177

52

2,834

LSE

13:52:46

1064173

263

2,834

LSE

13:52:46

1064175

152

2,834

LSE

13:52:46

1064179

40

2,834

LSE

13:52:46

1064181

111

2,833

LSE

13:53:17

1064867

64

2,834

LSE

13:54:36

1066229

97

2,834

LSE

13:54:37

1066233

114

2,834

LSE

13:54:37

1066231

288

2,834

LSE

13:54:42

1066318

319

2,834

LSE

13:54:42

1066316

192

2,834

LSE

13:54:42

1066314

97

2,834

LSE

13:54:42

1066312

43

2,834

LSE

13:54:42

1066308

54

2,834

LSE

13:54:42

1066310

319

2,834

LSE

13:55:03

1066707

108

2,834

LSE

13:55:44

1067588

186

2,834

LSE

13:55:55

1067759

37

2,834

LSE

13:55:55

1067757

295

2,836

LSE

13:59:03

1072707

100

2,836

LSE

13:59:03

1072705

25

2,836

LSE

13:59:03

1072703

159

2,836

LSE

13:59:03

1072709

1

2,836

LSE

13:59:03

1072711

275

2,836

LSE

13:59:03

1072701

309

2,835

LSE

14:00:21

1074945

154

2,835

LSE

14:00:21

1074943

145

2,835

LSE

14:00:21

1074941

277

2,835

LSE

14:00:21

1074939

3

2,835

LSE

14:00:21

1074937

308

2,836

LSE

14:02:13

1077376

308

2,836

LSE

14:02:13

1077374

183

2,836

LSE

14:02:13

1077378

117

2,836

LSE

14:02:13

1077380

200

2,836

LSE

14:03:26

1079203

95

2,836

LSE

14:03:26

1079201

303

2,836

LSE

14:03:26

1079199

56

2,836

LSE

14:03:26

1079197

248

2,836

LSE

14:03:26

1079195

326

2,836

LSE

14:04:27

1080365

315

2,836

LSE

14:04:27

1080367

282

2,836

LSE

14:05:43

1081891

316

2,837

LSE

14:06:42

1082953

148

2,837

LSE

14:06:42

1082951

49

2,837

LSE

14:06:42

1082949

115

2,837

LSE

14:06:42

1082947

295

2,837

LSE

14:06:42

1082945

221

2,837

LSE

14:07:18

1083575

95

2,837

LSE

14:07:18

1083573

311

2,839

LSE

14:10:42

1088033

35

2,839

LSE

14:10:42

1088031

176

2,839

LSE

14:10:42

1088035

151

2,839

LSE

14:10:42

1088037

262

2,839

LSE

14:10:42

1088029

318

2,838

LSE

14:11:35

1089314

116

2,840

LSE

14:14:43

1093444

128

2,840

LSE

14:14:51

1093583

163

2,840

LSE

14:14:51

1093581

77

2,840

LSE

14:14:51

1093579

240

2,840

LSE

14:14:51

1093577

293

2,840

LSE

14:14:51

1093575

133

2,839

LSE

14:16:44

1096012

207

2,839

LSE

14:16:44

1096010

154

2,839

LSE

14:16:44

1096008

304

2,839

LSE

14:16:44

1096014

205

2,839

LSE

14:16:44

1096016

356

2,841

LSE

14:22:09

1103086

343

2,841

LSE

14:22:09

1103084

286

2,841

LSE

14:22:09

1103082

87

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113885

312

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113887

79

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113889

21

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113891

100

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113893

2

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113895

256

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113897

300

2,840

LSE

14:27:22

1113883

3

2,840

LSE

14:29:37

1118233

36

2,840

LSE

14:29:55

1118761

23

2,840

LSE

14:29:55

1118763

100

2,840

LSE

14:29:55

1118759

76

2,840

LSE

14:29:55

1118757

57

2,840

LSE

14:29:55

1118755

38

2,840

LSE

14:29:55

1118753

198

2,840

LSE

14:29:55

1118751

304

2,840

LSE

14:30:05

1120539

407

2,840

LSE

14:30:05

1120537

332

2,840

LSE

14:30:05

1120535

38

2,840

LSE

14:30:05

1120533

111

2,840

LSE

14:30:05

1120531

51

2,839

LSE

14:31:45

1125485

449

2,839

LSE

14:31:45

1125483

428

2,839

LSE

14:31:45

1125491

200

2,839

LSE

14:31:45

1125487

141

2,839

LSE

14:31:45

1125489

326

2,838

LSE

14:31:51

1125789

374

2,838

LSE

14:31:51

1125787

196

2,838

LSE

14:31:59

1126221

250

2,838

LSE

14:31:59

1126219

61

2,838

LSE

14:31:59

1126188

243

2,838

LSE

14:31:59

1126185

339

2,838

LSE

14:31:59

1126183

468

2,838

LSE

14:31:59

1126181

154

2,838

LSE

14:31:59

1126179

323

2,838

LSE

14:34:25

1131827

293

2,838

LSE

14:34:25

1131825

376

2,838

LSE

14:34:25

1131821

51

2,838

LSE

14:34:25

1131823

67

2,837

LSE

14:35:18

1134002

20

2,837

LSE

14:35:18

1134004

77

2,837

LSE

14:35:18

1134000

215

2,837

LSE

14:35:18

1133998

117

2,837

LSE

14:35:18

1133996

334

2,837

LSE

14:35:18

1133994

452

2,837

LSE

14:35:18

1133992

181

2,836

LSE

14:36:06

1135656

442

2,836

LSE

14:36:06

1135652

260

2,836

LSE

14:36:06

1135654

227

2,836

LSE

14:36:06

1135658

139

2,836

LSE

14:36:06

1135660

343

2,835

LSE

14:36:59

1137569

61

2,835

LSE

14:36:59

1137565

439

2,835

LSE

14:36:59

1137563

376

2,835

LSE

14:36:59

1137567

100

2,834

LSE

14:37:30

1138547

195

2,834

LSE

14:37:52

1139365

136

2,834

LSE

14:37:52

1139363

432

2,834

LSE

14:37:52

1139367

303

2,834

LSE

14:37:52

1139369

5

2,834

LSE

14:37:52

1139361

335

2,836

LSE

14:39:50

1143621

315

2,836

LSE

14:39:50

1143619

305

2,836

LSE

14:39:50

1143617

309

2,836

LSE

14:40:34

1145248

470

2,836

LSE

14:40:34

1145246

466

2,836

LSE

14:40:34

1145211

286

2,836

LSE

14:40:34

1145199

338

2,836

LSE

14:40:34

1145197

324

2,836

LSE

14:40:34

1145195

405

2,836

LSE

14:42:16

1148757

82

2,836

LSE

14:42:16

1148753

7

2,836

LSE

14:42:16

1148755

288

2,836

LSE

14:42:16

1148747

23

2,836

LSE

14:42:16

1148741

277

2,836

LSE

14:42:16

1148737

308

2,842

LSE

14:48:23

1161881

296

2,842

LSE

14:48:23

1161883

340

2,842

LSE

14:48:23

1161877

282

2,842

LSE

14:48:23

1161879

201

2,841

LSE

14:48:27

1161989

29

2,841

LSE

14:48:27

1161987

369

2,841

LSE

14:48:27

1161985

335

2,844

LSE

14:53:18

1172373

333

2,844

LSE

14:53:18

1172371

305

2,844

LSE

14:53:18

1172369

310

2,844

LSE

14:53:18

1172367

317

2,844

LSE

14:53:18

1172365

469

2,844

LSE

14:54:51

1175357

22

2,844

LSE

14:54:51

1175355

516

2,844

LSE

14:54:51

1175359

431

2,844

LSE

14:54:51

1175353

100

2,845

LSE

14:55:56

1177627

296

2,845

LSE

14:58:41

1182928

331

2,845

LSE

14:58:41

1182926

329

2,845

LSE

14:58:41

1182922

307

2,845

LSE

14:58:41

1182920

114

2,845

LSE

14:58:41

1182918

235

2,845

LSE

14:58:41

1182916

463

2,845

LSE

14:58:41

1182924

516

2,844

LSE

15:00:37

1187740

140

2,844

LSE

15:00:37

1187738

686

2,844

LSE

15:00:37

1187736

36

2,844

LSE

15:00:37

1187734

400

2,844

LSE

15:00:37

1187732

49

2,843

LSE

15:02:00

1190736

425

2,843

LSE

15:02:00

1190734

344

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190708

153

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190706

302

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190704

273

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190702

16

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190694

319

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190692

27

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190700

64

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190696

225

2,844

LSE

15:02:00

1190698

187

2,843

LSE

15:02:01

1190770

402

2,843

LSE

15:02:01

1190772

436

2,843

LSE

15:02:01

1190764

279

2,843

LSE

15:02:01

1190762

332

2,843

LSE

15:02:01

1190754

394

2,843

LSE

15:02:31

1191721

302

2,843

LSE

15:02:31

1191713

7