Transaction in Own Shares

21st March 2013

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 20th March 2013, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 70,605 Ordinary Shares at prices between €11.8573 and €15.0854 per Ordinary Share and at prices of £8.1694 and £12.9574 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 6,701,016 Ordinary Shares in

Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 727,120,427.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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