Transaction in Own Shares

4th February 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 1st 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:

7,793

17,352

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,233.0000

€25.3900

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,211.0000

€25.1000

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,219.6462

€25.2757

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 30,499,500 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 812,890,838 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

2,219.6462

7,793

Euronext Dublin

EUR

25.2757

17,352

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

7

2,212

LSE

08:42:43

959324

68

2,213

LSE

08:43:42

961328

226

2,213

LSE

08:43:42

961326

380

2,213

LSE

08:43:42

961324

608

2,211

LSE

09:21:16

1028739

35

2,211

LSE

09:21:16

1028737

320

2,216

LSE

10:07:15

1105112

395

2,216

LSE

10:07:15

1105110

617

2,227

LSE

10:59:31

1151013

373

2,226

LSE

11:44:10

1184968

269

2,226

LSE

11:44:20

1185278

29

2,226

LSE

11:44:20

1185273

681

2,213

LSE

12:15:10

1207998

287

2,211

LSE

13:16:26

1249822

2

2,211

LSE

13:16:37

1249926

26

2,211

LSE

13:16:37

1249915

26

2,211

LSE

13:16:47

1249995

40

2,211

LSE

13:17:04

1250185

562

2,225

LSE

13:36:32

1267861

117

2,225

LSE

13:36:32

1267859

180

2,224

LSE

14:43:26

1341708

500

2,224

LSE

14:43:26

1341706

643

2,216

LSE

14:56:07

1362910

50

2,216

LSE

15:01:33

1377355

409

2,216

LSE

15:01:33

1377353

203

2,216

LSE

15:01:33

1377351

193

2,233

LSE

15:19:48

1408961

547

2,233

LSE

15:19:48

1408959

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

531

25.29

ISE

08:30:17

935165

577

25.33

ISE

08:43:42

961330

83

25.34

ISE

08:54:49

980813

568

25.32

ISE

08:56:09

982986

540

25.33

ISE

09:16:09

1020005

530

25.25

ISE

09:32:40

1047880

563

25.20

ISE

09:48:58

1080457

5

25.20

ISE

09:52:34

1086560

25

25.18

ISE

10:01:36

1100396

282

25.25

ISE

10:07:19

1105168

576

25.25

ISE

10:07:19

1105166

53

25.25

ISE

10:11:34

1109069

439

25.25

ISE

10:11:34

1109066

540

25.24

ISE

10:32:20

1126673

514

25.22

ISE

10:42:19

1135649

293

25.27

ISE

10:50:50

1143024

16

25.27

ISE

10:50:50

1143022

299

25.27

ISE

10:50:50

1143026

293

25.27

ISE

10:51:29

1143930

90

25.27

ISE

10:51:29

1143928

95

25.32

ISE

10:54:06

1146646

56

25.32

ISE

10:54:06

1146644

70

25.32

ISE

10:54:07

1146650

227

25.32

ISE

10:54:07

1146648

195

25.32

ISE

10:54:14

1146727

267

25.31

ISE

10:54:48

1147115

316

25.31

ISE

10:54:48

1147112

86

25.34

ISE

10:57:08

1149117

31

25.34

ISE

10:57:08

1149115

307

25.34

ISE

10:59:47

1151325

367

25.34

ISE

11:00:03

1151664

375

25.35

ISE

11:08:57

1158052

234

25.35

ISE

11:08:57

1158050

41

25.39

ISE

11:24:33

1169831

262

25.39

ISE

11:24:41

1169934

160

25.39

ISE

11:24:42

1169956

36

25.39

ISE

11:25:08

1170307

492

25.37

ISE

11:41:43

1183183

45

25.37

ISE

11:41:43

1183181

19

25.37

ISE

11:41:45

1183190

254

25.28

ISE

11:50:34

1189825

249

25.28

ISE

11:50:37

1189861

582

25.27

ISE

12:10:49

1205138

22

25.27

ISE

12:10:49

1205136

224

25.19

ISE

12:31:22

1218790

333

25.19

ISE

12:31:22

1218783

13

25.19

ISE

12:31:22

1218781

59

25.11

ISE

12:48:39

1229767

531

25.11

ISE

12:48:39

1229765

366

25.10

ISE

13:00:00

1237954

84

25.10

ISE

13:00:00

1237946

151

25.10

ISE

13:00:00

1237944

113

25.10

ISE

13:00:16

1238161

388

25.17

ISE

13:11:30

1246001

515

25.16

ISE

13:13:30

1247436

568

25.31

ISE

13:30:15

1261253

19

25.34

ISE

13:33:30

1264359

549

25.34

ISE

13:33:30

1264357

647

25.35

ISE

13:36:32

1267863

576

25.34

ISE

13:36:38

1267960

154

25.32

ISE

13:39:18

1270158

332

25.32

ISE

13:39:23

1270259

125

25.32

ISE

13:39:28

1270330