Transaction in Own Shares

4th September 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 3rd September 2018 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:

96,299

112,607

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,596.0000

€28.8000

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,557.0000

€28.4300

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,581.3925

€28.6315

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 2 Programme announced on 29th August 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 12,032,464 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 831,357,874 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

Transaction Details

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

2,581.3925

96,299

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.6315

112,607

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

301

2,567

LSE

08:16:37

555604

296

2,567

LSE

08:16:37

555602

433

2,562

LSE

08:19:41

558645

253

2,562

LSE

08:19:43

558690

214

2,557

LSE

08:32:23

572010

511

2,557

LSE

08:32:23

572008

924

2,561

LSE

08:35:41

575433

712

2,566

LSE

08:38:44

578979

208

2,566

LSE

08:38:44

578977

433

2,566

LSE

08:38:44

578975

611

2,566

LSE

08:39:45

579940

665

2,563

LSE

08:43:40

584415

216

2,561

LSE

08:51:17

593126

454

2,561

LSE

08:51:45

593680

133

2,562

LSE

09:05:19

611904

250

2,562

LSE

09:05:19

611900

340

2,562

LSE

09:05:19

611902

616

2,562

LSE

09:05:19

611895

54

2,563

LSE

09:09:47

618276

237

2,563

LSE

09:09:47

618274

250

2,563

LSE

09:09:47

618270

294

2,563

LSE

09:13:30

621883

400

2,563

LSE

09:13:30

621881

200

2,564

LSE

09:18:09

626494

441

2,564

LSE

09:18:09

626496

179

2,566

LSE

09:21:34

629709

484

2,566

LSE

09:21:34

629707

271

2,572

LSE

09:29:25

637012

389

2,572

LSE

09:29:25

637010

729

2,571

LSE

09:29:50

637356

653

2,571

LSE

09:30:42

638553

654

2,572

LSE

09:31:54

639721

197

2,573

LSE

09:35:30

643181

516

2,573

LSE

09:35:30

643179

689

2,571

LSE

09:37:44

645365

96

2,572

LSE

09:39:32

646810

200

2,572

LSE

09:39:32

646808

400

2,572

LSE

09:39:32

646806

637

2,572

LSE

09:42:26

649622

87

2,572

LSE

09:42:26

649620

503

2,572

LSE

09:48:37

655817

179

2,572

LSE

09:48:37

655815

720

2,572

LSE

09:51:23

659053

190

2,569

LSE

09:57:33

664333

116

2,569

LSE

09:57:33

664331

100

2,569

LSE

09:57:33

664335

234

2,569

LSE

09:57:33

664337

115

2,571

LSE

10:03:15

669637

200

2,571

LSE

10:03:15

669635

322

2,571

LSE

10:03:15

669633

712

2,571

LSE

10:10:19

675886

380

2,571

LSE

10:16:15

680287

200

2,571

LSE

10:16:15

680289

54

2,571

LSE

10:16:15

680291

32

2,570

LSE

10:24:28

686407

611

2,570

LSE

10:24:28

686405

715

2,569

LSE

10:29:53

691116

675

2,569

LSE

10:34:38

696137

457

2,570

LSE

10:39:44

702422

148

2,570

LSE

10:39:44

702420

716

2,572

LSE

10:46:57

709957

300

2,572

LSE

10:52:29

716098

58

2,572

LSE

10:52:29

716096

340

2,572

LSE

10:52:29

716100

43

2,571

LSE

10:56:55

720915

570

2,571

LSE

10:56:55

720913

100

2,571

LSE

11:00:10

723744

426

2,571

LSE

11:00:10

723742

76

2,571

LSE

11:00:10

723746

699

2,575

LSE

11:04:50

726346

600

2,575

LSE

11:06:44

727396

101

2,575

LSE

11:06:44

727398

630

2,576

LSE

11:15:51

732683

372

2,575

LSE

11:16:35

733071

250

2,575

LSE

11:16:35

733069

4

2,575

LSE

11:16:35

733067

112

2,577

LSE

11:20:24

735336

200

2,577

LSE

11:20:24

735334

294

2,577

LSE

11:20:24

735332

185

2,575

LSE

11:21:25

736033

523

2,575

LSE

11:21:25

736035

164

2,578

LSE

11:27:33

739691

472

2,578

LSE

11:27:33

739689

696

2,578

LSE

11:35:23

744597

65

2,577

LSE

11:39:13

746933

200

2,577

LSE

11:39:13

746931

394

2,577

LSE

11:39:13

746929

6

2,578

LSE

11:41:32

748113

200

2,578

LSE

11:41:49

748279

194

2,578

LSE

11:41:49

748277

319

2,578

LSE

11:41:49

748281

553

2,578

LSE

11:43:20

749412

164

2,578

LSE

11:43:20

749410

652

2,579

LSE

11:48:28

752029

622

2,578

LSE

11:52:44

754588

378

2,578

LSE

11:54:46

755976

200

2,578

LSE

11:54:46

755974

108

2,578

LSE

11:54:46

755972

119

2,579

LSE

11:59:04

759140

542

2,579

LSE

11:59:04

759138

516

2,578

LSE

11:59:48

759656

81

2,578

LSE

11:59:48

759654

230

2,579

LSE

12:06:34

764245

45

2,579

LSE

12:06:34

764243

231

2,579

LSE

12:06:34

764241

43

2,579

LSE

12:06:34

764239

477

2,580

LSE

12:07:20

764733

168

2,580

LSE

12:07:20

764735

555

2,580

LSE

12:10:42

766586

141

2,580

LSE

12:10:42

766584

189

2,579

LSE

12:11:04

766815

64

2,579

LSE

12:11:04

766813

250

2,579

LSE

12:11:04

766811

125

2,579

LSE

12:11:04

766807

675

2,579

LSE

12:15:11

768975

657

2,583

LSE

12:23:59

774205

44

2,583

LSE

12:23:59

774203

751

2,583

LSE

12:25:31

775312

24

2,586

LSE

12:30:01

777624

200

2,586

LSE

12:30:01

777622

385

2,586

LSE

12:30:01

777620

658

2,585

LSE

12:30:25

777822

160

2,585

LSE

12:33:57

779620

423

2,585

LSE

12:33:57

779618

655

2,584

LSE

12:34:23

779894

496

2,584

LSE

12:40:55

783713

57

2,584

LSE

12:40:55

783711

46

2,584

LSE

12:40:55

783709

657

2,584

LSE

12:43:55

785610

603

2,585

LSE

12:49:26

788986

721

2,585

LSE

12:51:52

790558

400

2,585

LSE

12:52:42

791130

218

2,585

LSE

12:52:42

791128

312

2,590

LSE

12:54:42

792330

46

2,590

LSE

12:54:42

792328

250

2,590

LSE

12:54:42

792332

36

2,590

LSE

12:54:42

792334

575

2,589

LSE

12:55:19

792651

142

2,589

LSE

12:55:19

792649

694

2,587

LSE

12:59:24

794792

725

2,594

LSE

13:02:30

796692

622

2,590

LSE

13:04:35

798177

618

2,596

LSE

13:07:01

799545

490

2,595

LSE

13:07:51

799917

106

2,595

LSE

13:07:51

799919

96

2,594

LSE

13:09:54

800986

125

2,594

LSE

13:09:54

800984

200

2,594

LSE

13:09:54

800982

300

2,594

LSE

13:09:54

800980

719

2,593

LSE

13:14:52

803682

604

2,591

LSE

13:18:49

805779

136

2,590

LSE

13:25:32

809980

499

2,590

LSE

13:25:32

809978

146

2,588

LSE

13:27:02

810956

125

2,588

LSE

13:27:02

810952

360

2,588

LSE

13:27:02

810954

658

2,589

LSE

13:31:24

814084

636

2,587

LSE

13:33:09

815466

531

2,585

LSE

13:38:41

819294

82

2,585

LSE

13:38:41

819292

609

2,585

LSE

13:40:00

820039

143

2,585

LSE

13:46:00

824426

167

2,585

LSE

13:46:00

824428

360

2,585

LSE

13:46:00

824430

583

2,583

LSE

13:46:55

825124

596

2,583

LSE

13:53:28

829307

546

2,583

LSE

13:54:29

829869

169

2,583

LSE

13:54:29

829867

275

2,583

LSE

13:58:13

832598

200

2,583

LSE

13:58:13

832596

125

2,583

LSE

13:58:13

832594

51

2,583

LSE

13:58:13

832592

344

2,583

LSE

14:02:27

835997

84

2,583

LSE

14:02:27

835995

166

2,583

LSE

14:02:27

835993

105

2,583

LSE

14:02:27

835991

693

2,584

LSE

14:04:56

837730

611

2,581

LSE

14:08:22

840173

665

2,578

LSE

14:11:25

842800

222

2,582

LSE

14:16:44

846989

425

2,582

LSE

14:16:44

846991

134

2,580

LSE

14:19:01

848793

620

2,581

LSE

14:20:16

849864

25

2,580

LSE

14:23:47

852994

166

2,580

LSE

14:23:47

852992

167

2,580

LSE

14:23:47

852990

166

2,580

LSE

14:23:47

852988

89

2,580

LSE

14:23:47

852986

631

2,579

LSE

14:27:56

856220

73

2,580

LSE

14:30:53

859134

166

2,580

LSE

14:30:53

859132

453

2,580

LSE

14:30:53

859130

500

2,582

LSE

14:32:42

861011

136

2,582

LSE

14:32:42

861009

203

2,581

LSE

14:32:49

861205

4

2,581

LSE

14:32:49

861203

636

2,581

LSE

14:32:49

861201

622

2,580

LSE

14:33:16

861523

711

2,579

LSE

14:34:48

862685

660

2,583

LSE

14:38:11

865742

413

2,588

LSE

14:43:46

870550

226

2,588

LSE

14:43:46

870548

250

2,588

LSE

14:43:46

870546

963

2,589

LSE

14:45:38

872167

343

2,589

LSE

14:47:45

874343

125

2,589

LSE

14:47:45

874341

188

2,589

LSE

14:47:45

874339

854

2,588

LSE

14:48:37

874969

624

2,587

LSE

14:49:17

875495

54

2,587

LSE

14:49:38

875789

529

2,587

LSE

14:50:08

876188

627

2,590

LSE

14:52:28

878737

47

2,590

LSE

14:52:28

878735

600

2,590

LSE

14:53:56

880343

93

2,590

LSE

14:53:56

880345

31

2,590

LSE

14:53:56

880341

654

2,590

LSE

14:59:14

884966

427

2,590

LSE

15:03:20

888797

241

2,590

LSE

15:03:20

888795

64

2,590

LSE

15:03:20

888793

605

2,590

LSE

15:03:20

888791

102

2,595

LSE

15:07:14

892656

117

2,595

LSE

15:07:20

892821

100

2,595

LSE

15:07:20

892819

250

2,595

LSE

15:07:20

892817

250

2,595

LSE

15:07:20

892815

454

2,595

LSE

15:07:20

892809

95

2,595

LSE

15:07:20

892811

717

2,595

LSE

15:11:01

896710

209

2,596

LSE

15:13:37

899210

466

2,596

LSE

15:13:37

899212

86

2,596

LSE

15:14:38

900381

250

2,596

LSE

15:14:38

900379

250

2,596

LSE

15:14:38

900377

687

2,596

LSE

15:14:38

900362

719

2,594

LSE

15:18:11

903802

607

2,593

LSE

15:19:11

904896

485

2,593

LSE

15:20:55

907035

167

2,593

LSE

15:20:55

907033

29

2,593

LSE

15:20:55

907031

640

2,594

LSE

15:28:47

915688

499

2,594

LSE

15:32:00

919516

119

2,594

LSE

15:32:00

919518

370

2,594

LSE

15:33:35

921569

125

2,594

LSE

15:33:35

921567

125

2,594

LSE

15:33:35

921565

86

2,594

LSE

15:33:35

921563

682

2,595

LSE

15:37:34

926010

10

2,595

LSE

15:37:34

926008

499

2,595

LSE

15:39:21

927995

154

2,595

LSE

15:39:21

927997

299

2,595

LSE

15:41:07

929924

417

2,595

LSE

15:41:37

930500

125

2,593

LSE

15:42:07

931199

229

2,593

LSE

15:42:07

931197

331

2,593

LSE

15:43:01

932209

447

2,592

LSE

15:45:24

934804

166

2,592

LSE

15:45:24

934802

5

2,591

LSE

15:47:00

936545

314

2,591

LSE

15:47:34

937056

703

2,590

LSE

15:48:21

937886

231

2,591

LSE

15:48:21

937881

41

2,591

LSE

15:48:21

937879

438

2,590

LSE

15:49:12

938910

146

2,590

LSE

15:49:12

938908

123

2,592

LSE

15:51:41

941563

565

2,592

LSE

15:51:41

941559

645

2,591

LSE

15:52:45

942712

337

2,590

LSE

15:54:02

944148

292

2,590

LSE

15:54:02

944146

260

2,590

LSE

15:56:22

946725

69

2,590

LSE

15:56:22

946723

119

2,590

LSE

15:56:22

946721

264

2,590

LSE

15:56:22

946719

405

2,589

LSE

15:57:06

947445

100

2,589

LSE

15:57:06

947443

102

2,589

LSE

15:57:06

947441

539

2,588

LSE

15:58:03

948330

94

2,588

LSE

15:58:14

948511

184

2,586

LSE

15:59:38

950376

167

2,588

LSE

16:02:12

955425

156

2,588

LSE

16:02:12

955423

208

2,588

LSE

16:02:34

955752

160

2,588

LSE

16:03:24

956536

408

2,588

LSE

16:04:53

957835

684

2,588

LSE

16:05:13

958800

203

2,588

LSE

16:05:13

958798

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

534

28.56

ISE

08:17:06

555986

592

28.55

ISE

08:18:39

557612

510

28.50

ISE

08:19:43

558697

875

28.51

ISE

08:19:52

558870

556

28.50

ISE

08:20:25

559598

503

28.50

ISE

08:20:25

559596

100

28.47

ISE

08:24:40

563516

478

28.47

ISE

08:24:53

563732

258

28.43

ISE

08:26:15

565181

319

28.43

ISE

08:26:15

565179

223

28.46

ISE

08:28:12

567645

349

28.46

ISE

08:28:12

567643

555

28.45

ISE

08:29:52

569265

568

28.44

ISE

08:30:10

569651

565

28.44

ISE

08:30:10

569649

616

28.44

ISE

08:32:23

572023

94

28.44

ISE

08:32:23

572021

882

28.45

ISE

08:32:23

572012

559

28.48

ISE

08:34:30

574132

243

28.48

ISE

08:34:41

574391

945

28.53

ISE

08:37:19

577290

215

28.55

ISE

08:41:12

581722

431

28.55

ISE

08:41:12

581724

601

28.54

ISE

08:41:33

582204

63

28.54

ISE

08:41:33

582187

513

28.54

ISE

08:41:33

582182

551

28.54

ISE

08:42:52

583642

500

28.52

ISE

08:47:10

588406

578

28.52

ISE

08:50:02

591537

521

28.50

ISE

08:52:37

594916

397

28.45

ISE

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