Transaction in Own Shares

5th February 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4th February 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 Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

35,675

16,778

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,268.0000

€25.8500

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,234.0000

€25.5100

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,249.9595

€25.6647

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 30,551,953 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 812,838,385 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

2,249.9595

35,675

Euronext Dublin

EUR

25.6647

16,778

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

693

2,234

LSE

08:10:55

420475

552

2,241

LSE

08:23:59

435842

92

2,241

LSE

08:23:59

435840

93

2,234

LSE

08:44:43

455108

600

2,234

LSE

08:44:43

455106

505

2,242

LSE

09:08:07

480870

245

2,242

LSE

09:08:53

481975

660

2,252

LSE

09:34:52

512146

109

2,257

LSE

10:03:25

546728

560

2,257

LSE

10:03:25

546708

74

2,260

LSE

10:27:53

562905

280

2,260

LSE

10:27:53

562903

285

2,260

LSE

10:27:53

562901

615

2,268

LSE

10:51:23

575782

250

2,244

LSE

15:57:04

823232

372

2,244

LSE

15:57:04

823234

150

2,243

LSE

15:57:10

823375

614

2,243

LSE

15:57:23

823708

142

2,243

LSE

15:57:23

823706

100

2,247

LSE

15:58:19

824697

249

2,247

LSE

15:58:19

824695

250

2,247

LSE

15:58:19

824693

22

2,246

LSE

15:58:23

824749

279

2,247

LSE

15:58:23

824747

250

2,247

LSE

15:58:23

824745

849

2,247

LSE

15:58:24

824751

731

2,248

LSE

15:59:05

825643

361

2,248

LSE

15:59:10

825748

643

2,248

LSE

15:59:10

825746

619

2,248

LSE

15:59:10

825744

250

2,248

LSE

15:59:10

825750

125

2,248

LSE

15:59:10

825752

200

2,247

LSE

15:59:11

825786

430

2,247

LSE

15:59:15

825886

709

2,247

LSE

15:59:27

826129

250

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829368

2,036

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829364

250

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829366

250

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829372

268

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829370

711

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829374

264

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829376

632

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829360

898

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829358

806

2,249

LSE

16:01:47

829356

103

2,249

LSE

16:02:03

829647

73

2,249

LSE

16:02:03

829644

450

2,249

LSE

16:02:03

829642

100

2,249

LSE

16:02:08

829730

100

2,250

LSE

16:02:26

830082

250

2,250

LSE

16:02:27

830092

279

2,251

LSE

16:02:45

830542

25

2,251

LSE

16:02:45

830540

2

2,251

LSE

16:02:45

830538

200

2,252

LSE

16:03:41

831768

49

2,252

LSE

16:03:41

831766

113

2,253

LSE

16:03:51

831965

199

2,253

LSE

16:03:51

831963

428

2,253

LSE

16:03:51

831945

339

2,254

LSE

16:04:17

832460

250

2,254

LSE

16:04:17

832449

327

2,254

LSE

16:04:17

832447

199

2,254

LSE

16:04:17

832445

382

2,254

LSE

16:04:17

832443

729

2,254

LSE

16:04:30

832695

125

2,254

LSE

16:04:30

832697

100

2,254

LSE

16:04:30

832693

250

2,254

LSE

16:04:30

832691

347

2,254

LSE

16:04:30

832689

250

2,254

LSE

16:04:30

832687

118

2,254

LSE

16:04:30

832685

24

2,254

LSE

16:05:14

833709

125

2,254

LSE

16:05:14

833707

529

2,254

LSE

16:05:14

833705

730

2,254

LSE

16:05:14

833673

8

2,253

LSE

16:05:30

834407

94

2,253

LSE

16:05:30

834405

33

2,253

LSE

16:05:31

834422

413

2,253

LSE

16:05:33

834482

668

2,253

LSE

16:05:33

834480

750

2,253

LSE

16:05:47

834720

335

2,252

LSE

16:06:02

835163

332

2,252

LSE

16:06:02

835161

27

2,252

LSE

16:06:08

835288

331

2,252

LSE

16:06:15

835490

730

2,252

LSE

16:06:15

835492

122

2,252

LSE

16:06:35

835852

135

2,252

LSE

16:07:02

836449

473

2,252

LSE

16:07:02

836447

34

2,252

LSE

16:07:02

836445

451

2,252

LSE

16:07:02

836443

13

2,252

LSE

16:07:50

837441

381

2,252

LSE

16:08:06

837782

66

2,252

LSE

16:08:10

837889

22

2,252

LSE

16:08:45

838544

43

2,252

LSE

16:08:53

838663

60

2,252

LSE

16:09:06

839103

242

2,252

LSE

16:09:07

839116

128

2,252

LSE

16:09:07

839114

144

2,252

LSE

16:09:07

839112

31

2,252

LSE

16:09:09

839134

25

2,252

LSE

16:09:27

839425

368

2,252

LSE

16:09:34

839542

296

2,252

LSE

16:09:34

839534

624

2,252

LSE

16:09:48

839813

655

2,252

LSE

16:09:48

839811

247

2,252

LSE

16:09:48

839809

9

2,251

LSE

16:11:00

841659

250

2,251

LSE

16:11:00

841657

125

2,251

LSE

16:11:00

841655

216

2,251

LSE

16:11:00

841653

250

2,251

LSE

16:11:00

841651

26

2,251

LSE

16:11:00

841649

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

508

25.56

ISE

08:09:01

417920

311

25.56

ISE

08:09:18

418172

252

25.56

ISE

08:09:21

418229

341

25.51

ISE

08:13:58

423903

341

25.51

ISE

08:13:58

423899

146

25.51

ISE

08:13:59

423911

523

25.60

ISE

08:17:56

428785

41

25.60

ISE

08:17:59

428824

500

25.59

ISE

08:18:45

429689

338

25.59

ISE

08:19:56

430761

162

25.59

ISE

08:19:56

430759

338

25.59

ISE

08:19:56

430757

308

25.58

ISE

08:20:13

431312

216

25.58

ISE

08:20:14

431331

54

25.58

ISE

08:20:44

432014

327

25.68

ISE

08:31:43

443316

164

25.68

ISE

08:32:52

444389

414

25.68

ISE

08:32:52

444387

111

25.68

ISE

08:32:53

444402

563

25.68

ISE

08:32:53

444400

408

25.59

ISE

08:39:11

449936

102

25.59

ISE

08:39:11

449934

67

25.55

ISE

08:42:48

453398

483

25.55

ISE

08:43:09

453709

560

25.58

ISE

08:51:17

461587

488

25.58

ISE

09:04:51

476694

592

25.58

ISE

09:04:51

476692

133

25.58

ISE

09:10:33

483816

348

25.58

ISE

09:10:48

484084

641

25.71

ISE

09:29:50

506514

598

25.70

ISE

09:29:50

506512

18

25.67

ISE

09:31:04

507594

490

25.67

ISE

09:31:05

507599

88

25.67

ISE

09:31:06

507610

571

25.68

ISE

09:43:24

525065

47

25.76

ISE

10:03:25

546714

513

25.76

ISE

10:03:25

546712

463

25.76

ISE

10:03:25

546710

124

25.74

ISE

10:06:05

548871

365

25.74

ISE

10:06:05

548869

11

25.74

ISE

10:22:47

559766

60

25.74

ISE

10:22:47

559764

459

25.74

ISE

10:22:47

559762

185

25.74

ISE

10:22:48

559776

352

25.74

ISE

10:22:48

559774

595

25.81

ISE

10:46:27

572908

599

25.81

ISE

10:46:27

572906

485

25.80

ISE

10:46:35

573079

492

25.85

ISE

10:51:23

575784

483

25.82

ISE

10:52:35

576572