Transaction in Own Shares

29th January 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 28th January 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:

107,089

45,308

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,231.0000

€25.7600

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,192.0000

€25.3800

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,207.7163

€25.5461

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 29,914,549 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 813,475,789 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

2,207.7163

107,089

Euronext Dublin

EUR

25.5461

45,308

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

768

2,203

LSE

08:19:03

647705

99

2,206

LSE

08:20:48

649837

539

2,206

LSE

08:20:48

649835

264

2,206

LSE

08:24:00

654113

300

2,206

LSE

08:24:00

654111

106

2,206

LSE

08:24:00

654109

654

2,201

LSE

08:27:39

659825

650

2,200

LSE

08:40:57

676679

635

2,199

LSE

08:42:55

678977

678

2,199

LSE

08:55:02

693741

655

2,200

LSE

09:00:10

699777

14

2,201

LSE

09:03:21

703023

682

2,201

LSE

09:04:50

704983

692

2,200

LSE

09:04:51

705035

702

2,200

LSE

09:09:19

709957

613

2,200

LSE

09:12:14

712354

293

2,200

LSE

09:22:03

720315

350

2,200

LSE

09:22:03

720313

24

2,201

LSE

09:23:37

721439

37

2,201

LSE

09:23:37

721441

586

2,201

LSE

09:24:51

722431

611

2,203

LSE

09:31:15

728466

673

2,203

LSE

09:32:55

730193

5

2,203

LSE

09:32:55

730191

246

2,207

LSE

09:40:01

738037

355

2,207

LSE

09:40:01

738035

604

2,209

LSE

09:43:11

741085

709

2,212

LSE

09:51:43

750660

646

2,214

LSE

09:52:48

751745

502

2,214

LSE

09:54:58

754191

99

2,214

LSE

09:54:58

754189

60

2,215

LSE

10:02:58

761650

103

2,215

LSE

10:02:58

761648

490

2,215

LSE

10:02:58

761646

97

2,216

LSE

10:10:18

766350

517

2,216

LSE

10:10:39

766600

1

2,216

LSE

10:10:39

766598

107

2,217

LSE

10:17:52

770526

149

2,217

LSE

10:17:52

770528

407

2,217

LSE

10:17:52

770524

142

2,215

LSE

10:22:22

773357

532

2,215

LSE

10:22:22

773355

661

2,216

LSE

10:26:24

775453

678

2,221

LSE

10:29:38

777454

56

2,221

LSE

10:29:38

777452

67

2,224

LSE

10:30:37

778032

384

2,224

LSE

10:30:37

778030

208

2,224

LSE

10:30:37

778028

230

2,227

LSE

10:35:27

780396

388

2,227

LSE

10:35:27

780398

367

2,225

LSE

10:35:46

780559

350

2,225

LSE

10:35:46

780555

250

2,229

LSE

10:38:00

781818

250

2,229

LSE

10:38:00

781816

245

2,231

LSE

10:40:32

783665

120

2,231

LSE

10:40:32

783659

169

2,231

LSE

10:40:32

783657

85

2,231

LSE

10:40:34

783676

619

2,231

LSE

10:43:04

785473

549

2,228

LSE

10:45:11

786951

184

2,228

LSE

10:45:11

786953

697

2,226

LSE

10:45:13

787010

8

2,226

LSE

10:45:14

787042

703

2,226

LSE

10:48:13

788896

593

2,226

LSE

10:49:41

789921

654

2,224

LSE

10:51:59

791837

653

2,220

LSE

11:02:05

799538

663

2,221

LSE

11:19:08

810583

700

2,222

LSE

11:26:16

815273

728

2,221

LSE

11:37:37

821437

8

2,221

LSE

11:37:37

821435

85

2,216

LSE

11:55:04

831948

600

2,216

LSE

11:55:04

831946

200

2,221

LSE

12:06:50

839631

521

2,221

LSE

12:06:50

839627

52

2,217

LSE

12:16:00

844725

557

2,217

LSE

12:16:00

844723

74

2,216

LSE

12:30:15

852658

369

2,216

LSE

12:30:15

852654

199

2,216

LSE

12:30:15

852656

626

2,215

LSE

12:45:06

862059

633

2,217

LSE

12:53:15

866956

603

2,212

LSE

13:00:37

872056

13

2,212

LSE

13:04:27

874234

617

2,212

LSE

13:04:27

874232

683

2,211

LSE

13:12:41

879356

675

2,210

LSE

13:25:19

888629

70

2,210

LSE

13:35:14

896098

736

2,210

LSE

13:35:14

896096

160

2,209

LSE

13:36:39

897093

199

2,209

LSE

13:36:39

897095

13

2,209

LSE

13:36:39

897097

326

2,209

LSE

13:36:41

897126

101

2,208

LSE

13:36:56

897357

100

2,208

LSE

13:36:56

897355

426

2,208

LSE

13:36:56

897353

450

2,207

LSE

13:41:04

900625

73

2,207

LSE

13:41:04

900623

146

2,207

LSE

13:41:04

900621

19

2,208

LSE

13:46:00

904051

668

2,208

LSE

13:46:00

904049

619

2,208

LSE

13:49:18

906223

637

2,207

LSE

13:49:53

906621

681

2,205

LSE

13:50:27

907593

710

2,203

LSE

13:54:49

910954

304

2,202

LSE

13:58:08

913554

417

2,202

LSE

13:58:08

913550

633

2,200

LSE

14:01:15

915880

670

2,197

LSE

14:02:33

917698

100

2,198

LSE

14:03:42

918727

277

2,198

LSE

14:04:16

919143

291

2,198

LSE

14:04:16

919145

761

2,195

LSE

14:05:59

920997

257

2,194

LSE

14:07:34

922392

463

2,194

LSE

14:07:34

922390

604

2,194

LSE

14:07:34

922388

556

2,195

LSE

14:07:34

922384

88

2,195

LSE

14:07:34

922382

593

2,195

LSE

14:07:34

922380

738

2,192

LSE

14:10:55

925310

544

2,194

LSE

14:13:53

927919

146

2,194

LSE

14:13:53

927917

190

2,194

LSE

14:13:53

927921

526

2,194

LSE

14:13:53

927923

107

2,195

LSE

14:15:14

929351

581

2,195

LSE

14:15:14

929349

608

2,195

LSE

14:15:53

929901

651

2,195

LSE

14:16:57

930826

640

2,197

LSE

14:18:15

931926

34

2,197

LSE

14:18:15

931924

632

2,198

LSE

14:21:13

934349

671

2,198

LSE

14:21:13

934351

701

2,200

LSE

14:24:02

936872

123

2,200

LSE

14:24:02

936870

516

2,200

LSE

14:24:02

936868

660

2,200

LSE

14:25:01

937731

647

2,200

LSE

14:25:01

937729

613

2,201

LSE

14:27:18

939460

250

2,200

LSE

14:27:28

939625

100

2,200

LSE

14:27:28

939623

16

2,200

LSE

14:27:28

939619

717

2,200

LSE

14:27:28

939621

45

2,199

LSE

14:27:47

939913

500

2,202

LSE

14:30:00

942302

20

2,202

LSE

14:30:00

942285

708

2,202

LSE

14:30:00

942283

172

2,202

LSE

14:30:00

942281

400

2,202

LSE

14:30:00

942239

59

2,202

LSE

14:30:00

942233

10

2,202

LSE

14:30:00

942229

21

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

945013

250

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

945009

250

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

945007

100

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

945005

117

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

945011

688

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

944997

621

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

944991

86

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

944989

17

2,202

LSE

14:30:01

944993

731

2,200

LSE

14:30:26

946770

182

2,201

LSE

14:32:08

950953

101

2,201

LSE

14:32:08

950951

101

2,201

LSE

14:32:08

950949

101

2,201

LSE

14:32:08

950947

101

2,201

LSE

14:32:08

950945

101

2,201

LSE

14:32:08

950943

38

2,201

LSE

14:32:08

950941

290

2,200

LSE

14:32:28

951614

313

2,200

LSE

14:32:28

951612

100

2,200

LSE

14:32:28

951608

77

2,200

LSE

14:32:28

951610

430

2,200

LSE

14:32:28

951606

291

2,200

LSE

14:32:28

951604

396

2,200

LSE

14:32:28

951602

34

2,199

LSE

14:34:08

954910

5

2,202

LSE

14:35:45

957920

729

2,202

LSE

14:35:45

957918

476

2,201

LSE

14:35:49

958076

160

2,201

LSE

14:35:49

958074

606

2,200

LSE

14:37:11

960549

126

2,200

LSE

14:37:11

960547

592

2,200

LSE

14:37:11

960545

299

2,202

LSE

14:39:51

965302

434

2,202

LSE

14:39:51

965300

689

2,202

LSE

14:39:51

965297

646

2,202

LSE

14:39:51

965292

23

2,202

LSE

14:39:51

965290

377

2,202

LSE

14:39:51

965288

300

2,202

LSE

14:39:51

965284

189

2,199

LSE

14:43:13

971879

470

2,199

LSE

14:43:13

971877

151

2,199

LSE

14:43:13

971858

132

2,199

LSE

14:43:13

971856

418

2,199

LSE

14:43:13

971860

717

2,199

LSE

14:43:13

971862

697

2,202

LSE

14:45:15

975466

268

2,202

LSE

14:45:15

975464

42

2,202

LSE

14:45:15

975462

369

2,202

LSE

14:45:15

975460

622

2,203

LSE

14:47:16

979373

635

2,203

LSE

14:47:16

979371

202

2,203

LSE

14:47:33

980020

199

2,204

LSE

14:49:53

984083

199

2,204

LSE

14:49:53

984081

282

2,204

LSE

14:49:53

984079

630

2,203

LSE

14:49:54

984162

548

2,203

LSE

14:49:54

984160

137

2,203

LSE

14:49:54

984158

551

2,202

LSE

14:50:00

984460

146

2,202

LSE

14:50:00

984458

200

2,206

LSE

14:54:21

992595

133

2,206

LSE

14:54:21

992590

147

2,206

LSE

14:54:21

992588

129

2,206

LSE

14:55:06

994008

250

2,206

LSE

14:55:06

993999

22

2,206

LSE

14:55:06

993994

299

2,206

LSE

14:55:06

993992

241

2,206

LSE

14:55:06

993990

359

2,206

LSE

14:55:06

993988

282

2,205

LSE

14:55:07

994088

350

2,205

LSE

14:55:07

994086

241

2,204

LSE

14:57:01

997114

149

2,204

LSE

14:57:01

997110

346

2,204

LSE

14:57:01

997112

524

2,207

LSE

14:59:53

1002633

207

2,207

LSE

14:59:53

1002631

25

2,208

LSE

15:02:26

1007810

183

2,208

LSE

15:02:26

1007808

199

2,208

LSE

15:02:26

1007806

85

2,208

LSE

15:02:26

1007804

602

2,208

LSE

15:02:37

1008087

251

2,208

LSE

15:02:37

1008085

103

2,208

LSE

15:03:34

1009790

223

2,208

LSE

15:03:56

1010389

216

2,208

LSE

15:03:56

1010387

190

2,208

LSE

15:03:56

1010385

4

2,208

LSE

15:03:56

1010382

101

2,208

LSE

15:04:13

1010992

221

2,208

LSE

15:04:13

1010990

250

2,208

LSE

15:04:13

1010988

100

2,208

LSE

15:04:13

1010986

218

2,209

LSE

15:06:20

1014854

330

2,209

LSE

15:06:20

1014852

100

2,209

LSE

15:06:20

1014850

110

2,209

LSE

15:06:20

1014846

520

2,209

LSE

15:06:20

1014844

28

2,209

LSE

15:08:12

1017477

36

2,209

LSE

15:08:20

1017704

31

2,209

LSE

15:08:27

1017857

329

2,210

LSE

15:10:17

1021164

400

2,210

LSE

15:10:17

1021162

100

2,209

LSE

15:11:34

1023075

250

2,209

LSE

15:11:34

1023073

126

2,209

LSE

15:11:34

1023067

599

2,209

LSE

15:11:34

1023069

259

2,208

LSE

15:12:37

1025138

9

2,208

LSE

15:12:37

1025136

239

2,208

LSE

15:12:37

1025131

210

2,208

LSE

15:12:37

1025128

5

2,208

LSE

15:12:37

1025124

129

2,207

LSE

15:13:55

1027567

600

2,207

LSE

15:13:55

1027565

234

2,207

LSE

15:13:57

1027656

399

2,207

LSE

15:13:57

1027654

337

2,206

LSE

15:14:59

1029884

132

2,206

LSE

15:14:59

1029882

10

2,206

LSE

15:15:15

1030345

135

2,206

LSE

15:15:15

1030343

250

2,211

LSE

15:21:51

1041188

250

2,211

LSE

15:21:51

1041186

1,912

2,211

LSE

15:22:03

1041564

250

2,211

LSE

15:22:03

1041562

364

2,211

LSE

15:22:03

1041566

250

2,211

LSE

15:22:03

1041568

387

2,211

LSE

15:25:16

1047447

145

2,211

LSE

15:25:16

1047445

131

2,211

LSE

15:25:16

1047440

757

2,212

LSE

15:27:33

1050852

445

2,212

LSE

15:27:33

1050848

181

2,212

LSE

15:27:33

1050846

124

2,213

LSE

15:29:02

1053233

287

2,213

LSE

15:29:02

1053231

100

2,213

LSE

15:29:02

1053225

100

2,213

LSE

15:29:02

1053221

44

2,213

LSE

15:29:02

1053217

100

2,213

LSE

15:29:02

1053219

613

2,213

LSE

15:29:07

1053510

635

2,214

LSE

15:30:06

1055063

322

2,215

LSE

15:33:29

1060235

698

2,215

LSE

15:33:43

1060541

265

2,215

LSE

15:33:43

1060539

32

2,215

LSE

15:33:43

1060537

145

2,215

LSE

15:35:09

1062990

559

2,215

LSE

15:35:09

1062992

307

2,214

LSE

15:36:54

1065494

409

2,214

LSE

15:36:54

1065492

12

2,214

LSE

15:36:55

1065617

195

2,214

LSE

15:36:55

1065615

506

2,214

LSE

15:37:17

1066203

291

2,214

LSE

15:37:17

1066201

265

2,214

LSE

15:37:17

1066191

82

2,214

LSE

15:37:20

1066302

140

2,214

LSE

15:37:20

1066300

730

2,215

LSE

15:39:18

1069271

188

2,214

LSE

15:39:52

1070328

547

2,214

LSE

15:39:52

1070326

658

2,216

LSE

15:41:58

1073866

250

2,218

LSE

15:42:53

1075491

100

2,218

LSE

15:42:53

1075489

250

2,218

LSE

15:42:53

1075487

172

2,218

LSE

15:42:53

1075485

200

2,218

LSE

15:42:53

1075483

300

2,218

LSE

15:43:53

1076789

418

2,218

LSE

15:43:53

1076787

250

2,218

LSE

15:43:53

1076785

250

2,218

LSE

15:43:53

1076791

2

2,218

LSE

15:43:53

1076793

250

2,218

LSE

15:43:53

1076783

422

2,218

LSE

15:45:03

1078573

145

2,218

LSE

15:45:03

1078569

250

2,218

LSE

15:45:03

1078567

250

2,218

LSE

15:45:03

1078565

51

2,218

LSE

15:45:03

1078563

100

2,218

LSE

15:45:03

1078571

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

170

25.51

ISE

08:24:00

654127

330

25.51

ISE

08:24:00

654125

499

25.50

ISE

08:24:59

655682

627

25.50

ISE

08:25:05

655899

528

25.45

ISE

08:26:47

658566

219

25.44

ISE

08:27:45

660012

348

25.44

ISE

08:28:03

660372

490

25.40

ISE

08:30:09

663315

53

25.40

ISE

08:30:09

663311

13

25.40

ISE

08:35:48

670732

431

25.40

ISE

08:35:49

670777

48

25.40

ISE

08:37:28

672755

558

25.40

ISE

08:38:14

673601

565

25.41

ISE

08:42:55

678993

250

25.40

ISE

08:47:58

685323

329

25.40

ISE

08:48:14

685604

543

25.41

ISE

08:55:04

693821

231

25.43

ISE

09:00:16

699890

423

25.42

ISE

09:01:03

700941

208

25.42

ISE

09:01:03

700929

461

25.42

ISE

09:01:03

700927

64

25.44

ISE

09:03:24

703065

434

25.44

ISE

09:03:24

703059

262

25.42

ISE

09:05:32

705692

565

25.41

ISE

09:06:25

706610

131

25.43

ISE

09:09:13

709719

449

25.43

ISE

09:09:14

709732

192

25.42

ISE

09:12:14

712369

375

25.42

ISE

09:12:14

712367

95

25.39

ISE

09:12:49

712837

379

25.38

ISE

09:13:17

713137

129

25.38

ISE

09:14:28

714083

519

25.38

ISE

09:14:28

714081

724

25.39

ISE

09:20:27

719176

564

25.40

ISE

09:22:03

720319

766

25.41

ISE

09:22:26

720610

90

25.40

ISE

09:23:37

721453

63

25.43

ISE

09:32:09

729395

337

25.43

ISE

09:32:09

729393

317

25.43

ISE

09:32:09

729391

564

25.42

ISE

09:32:56

730219

523

25.42

ISE

09:32:57

730260

545

25.48

ISE

09:43:53

741948

552

25.48

ISE

09:43:53

741946

1,210

25.50

ISE

09:46:50

744989

1,357

25.50

ISE

09:46:54

745029

540

25.55

ISE

09:57:15

757284

506

25.56

ISE

10:04:05

762432

477

25.56

ISE

10:04:05

762430

250

25.56

ISE

10:04:36

762735

250

25.56

ISE

10:05:10

763157

690

25.55

ISE

10:06:04

763758

533

25.56

ISE

10:10:18

766352

16

25.56

ISE

10:10:22

766402

625

25.56

ISE

10:10:22

766400

334

25.56

ISE

10:10:25

766442

256

25.56

ISE

10:10:25

766438

116

25.56

ISE

10:10:25

766436

96

25.59

ISE

10:17:52

770536

461

25.59

ISE

10:17:52

770534

102

25.58

ISE

10:21:32

772797

643

25.58

ISE

10:21:32

772795

103

25.57

ISE

10:22:52

773781

330

25.57

ISE

10:22:52

773779

37

25.57

ISE

10:22:52

773777

381

25.57

ISE

10:22:52

773769

451

25.57

ISE

10:22:53

773783

528

25.59

ISE

10:26:04

775317

682

25.58

ISE

10:28:06

776639

166

25.56

ISE

10:28:08

776675

682

25.68

ISE

10:30:37

778039

502

25.68

ISE

10:30:37

778037

524

25.71

ISE

10:35:27

780425

167

25.71

ISE

10:35:27

780423

499

25.71

ISE

10:35:27

780421

363

25.70

ISE

10:35:40

780516

230

25.70

ISE

10:35:46

780550

175

25.72

ISE

10:38:00

781832

250

25.73

ISE

10:38:10

781909

504

25.72

ISE

10:38:18

782031

353

25.72

ISE

10:38:18

782027

328

25.76

ISE

10:40:32

783663

26

25.76

ISE

10:40:34

783674

262

25.76

ISE

10:40:35

783682

238

25.76

ISE

10:40:35

783680

188

25.76

ISE

10:41:32

784337

354

25.76

ISE

10:41:32

784335

297

25.76

ISE

10:41:32

784333

93

25.76

ISE

10:42:10

784863

400

25.76

ISE

10:42:10

784861

43

25.76

ISE

10:42:10

784848

503

25.76

ISE

10:42:27

785065

506

25.75

ISE

10:42:31

785112

300

25.72

ISE

10:43:16

785625

343

25.72

ISE

10:44:57

786650

218

25.72

ISE

10:45:11

786967

515

25.71

ISE

10:46:37

787904

482

25.70

ISE

10:50:28

790608

125

25.69

ISE

10:51:57

791810

463

25.69

ISE

10:51:57

791808

542

25.66

ISE

10:52:15

791992

582

25.65

ISE

11:15:49

808777

274

25.63

ISE

11:20:18

811247

535

25.63

ISE

11:28:31

816559

319

25.59

ISE

11:35:32

820474

547

25.54

ISE

11:47:31

827483

543

25.60

ISE

12:06:50

839637

524

25.59

ISE

12:11:54

842539

250

25.57

ISE

12:22:40

848144

561

25.54

ISE

12:30:31

853219

8

25.54

ISE

12:30:41

853354

165

25.53

ISE

12:45:02

861890

333

25.53

ISE

12:45:02

861874

181

25.54

ISE

12:53:15

866970

250

25.54

ISE

12:53:15

866968

46

25.54

ISE

12:53:15

866964

40

25.51

ISE

12:59:15

871068

280

25.50

ISE

13:00:18

871881

308

25.50

ISE

13:00:19

871895

512

25.49

ISE

13:07:54

876265

565

25.48

ISE

13:18:29

883173

218

25.46

ISE

13:27:25

890093

242

25.49

ISE

13:30:31

892196

117

25.48

ISE

13:31:34

893135

91

25.49

ISE

13:31:34

893128

239

25.49

ISE

13:31:34

893126