Transaction in Own Shares

3rd October 2013

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 2nd October 2013, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 35,921 Ordinary Shares at prices of €15.0674 and €15.0854 per Ordinary Share and at prices of £13.13 and £14.4903 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 6,285,368 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 729,547,240.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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