Transaction in Own Shares

16th July 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 13th July 2018 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange from CRH's broker UBS Limited. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Date of purchase

13 July 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

120,000

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,709.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,687.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,698.5200

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 1 Programme announced on 2nd May 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 9,085,220 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 834,305,118 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

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Volume Weighted Average Price (GBp)

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

2,698.5161

120,000

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

435

2,707

LSE

08:14:08

493963

116

2,706

LSE

08:14:30

494609

384

2,707

LSE

08:15:31

496655

252

2,709

LSE

08:52:36

557873

388

2,709

LSE

08:52:36

557871

252

2,709

LSE

08:52:36

557869

21

2,709

LSE

08:52:36

557865

397

2,709

LSE

08:52:36

557863

351

2,709

LSE

08:52:36

557861

299

2,709

LSE

08:52:36

557859

542

2,708

LSE

08:53:03

558945

247

2,709

LSE

09:15:58

595704

196

2,709

LSE

09:15:59

595716

254

2,709

LSE

09:15:59

595712

8

2,709

LSE

09:16:29

596271

337

2,709

LSE

09:16:29

596273

375

2,709

LSE

09:16:29

596275

334

2,709

LSE

09:16:29

596277

256

2,708

LSE

09:16:30

596292

113

2,708

LSE

09:16:30

596288

226

2,708

LSE

09:16:46

596642

215

2,708

LSE

09:16:56

596824

510

2,708

LSE

09:16:56

596822

133

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596988

57

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596986

250

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596984

250

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596982

50

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596968

150

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596966

495

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596964

135

2,708

LSE

09:17:00

596962

179

2,707

LSE

09:17:01

597123

256

2,707

LSE

09:17:01

597121

256

2,707

LSE

09:17:01

597113

389

2,709

LSE

09:21:42

603185

337

2,709

LSE

09:21:42

603183

141

2,709

LSE

09:21:42

603181

132

2,709

LSE

09:26:33

609456

369

2,709

LSE

09:26:33

609454

90

2,709

LSE

09:27:43

611050

254

2,709

LSE

09:27:43

611048

39

2,709

LSE

09:28:03

611408

295

2,709

LSE

09:28:03

611406

243

2,709

LSE

09:28:53

612524

75

2,709

LSE

09:28:53

612522

35

2,708

LSE

09:29:09

612944

173

2,708

LSE

09:29:10

612970

264

2,708

LSE

09:29:10

612960

275

2,708

LSE

09:29:13

613051

80

2,708

LSE

09:29:45

613735

143

2,708

LSE

09:29:45

613733

107

2,708

LSE

09:30:30

614955

218

2,708

LSE

09:30:30

614953

255

2,708

LSE

09:30:30

614951

471

2,707

LSE

09:30:32

615089

211

2,707

LSE

09:30:42

615366

186

2,707

LSE

09:30:45

615420

253

2,707

LSE

09:30:45

615418

324

2,707

LSE

09:30:57

615703

174

2,707

LSE

09:30:57

615701

404

2,706

LSE

09:32:28

617725

417

2,706

LSE

09:32:33

617879

368

2,705

LSE

09:33:19

618934

66

2,705

LSE

09:33:19

618932

360

2,706

LSE

09:35:46

622117

51

2,706

LSE

09:35:46

622115

411

2,705

LSE

09:35:55

622289

418

2,704

LSE

09:36:24

622989

101

2,705

LSE

09:38:14

625577

250

2,705

LSE

09:38:14

625575

384

2,705

LSE

09:38:14

625573

158

2,704

LSE

09:38:19

625723

202

2,704

LSE

09:38:19

625721

244

2,704

LSE

09:38:50

626262

69

2,704

LSE

09:38:50

626256

3

2,704

LSE

09:45:46

635072

233

2,704

LSE

09:45:46

635070

150

2,704

LSE

09:45:46

635068

49

2,704

LSE

09:45:46

635065

329

2,704

LSE

09:45:46

635063

324

2,704

LSE

09:48:59

639311

85

2,704

LSE

09:49:01

639444

260

2,704

LSE

09:49:14

639716

158

2,703

LSE

09:49:35

640136

182

2,703

LSE

09:49:35

640134

20

2,701

LSE

09:52:54

644760

333

2,701

LSE

09:52:54

644758

38

2,701

LSE

09:52:54

644756

302

2,701

LSE

09:52:54

644754

369

2,701

LSE

09:56:04

648925

168

2,702

LSE

09:58:50

652244

153

2,702

LSE

09:58:50

652242

331

2,701

LSE

10:01:14

655423

5

2,700

LSE

10:01:41

656045

357

2,700

LSE

10:01:41

656043

370

2,700

LSE

10:02:19

656863

326

2,698

LSE

10:02:40

657289

250

2,698

LSE

10:03:41

658429

25

2,698

LSE

10:03:41

658427

160

2,698

LSE

10:03:41

658431

374

2,698

LSE

10:03:41

658425

90

2,697

LSE

10:04:20

659693

293

2,697

LSE

10:04:20

659691

335

2,697

LSE

10:06:49

662624

174

2,696

LSE

10:07:01

662908

252

2,696

LSE

10:07:07

663035

70

2,695

LSE

10:07:30

663587

364

2,695

LSE

10:07:30

663585

399

2,694

LSE

10:07:50

664075

153

2,693

LSE

10:07:51

664082

370

2,694

LSE

10:09:06

665579

47

2,701

LSE

10:18:17

678290

342

2,701

LSE

10:18:17

678288

383

2,702

LSE

10:20:44

681635

239

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686478

112

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686476

155

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686461

215

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686459

71

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686452

142

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686450

125

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686448

71

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686446

179

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686425

240

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686421

81

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686402

250

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686400

125

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686397

402

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686391

57

2,701

LSE

10:24:20

686393

358

2,700

LSE

10:24:21

686609

330

2,699

LSE

10:24:49

687222

378

2,700

LSE

10:28:05

691804

322

2,700

LSE

10:32:45

698520

52

2,700

LSE

10:32:45

698518

357

2,700

LSE

10:34:28

701323

340

2,699

LSE

10:36:24

705060

347

2,698

LSE

10:36:25

705497

328

2,697

LSE

10:36:40

706144

373

2,697

LSE

10:40:15

712183

17

2,698

LSE

10:41:55

715544

333

2,698

LSE

10:41:55

715542

2

2,698

LSE

10:41:55

715540

316

2,697

LSE

10:41:56

715564

383

2,698

LSE

10:44:59

720641

317

2,698

LSE

10:48:26

727076

32

2,699

LSE

10:53:11

735285

323

2,699

LSE

10:53:11

735283

367

2,698

LSE

10:53:18

735516

53

2,697

LSE

10:53:21

735742

331

2,697

LSE

10:54:57

738697

199

2,696

LSE

10:55:19

739469

211

2,696

LSE

10:55:32

739823

378

2,696

LSE

10:55:32

739821

349

2,699

LSE

10:59:52

747445

191

2,698

LSE

11:00:11

747792

231

2,698

LSE

11:00:11

747790

371

2,697

LSE

11:06:22

753410

437

2,696

LSE

11:07:19

754095

378

2,695

LSE

11:07:23

754136

350

2,695

LSE

11:10:09

756058

367

2,698

LSE

11:16:21

761195

331

2,698

LSE

11:17:37

761897

189

2,697

LSE

11:20:56

764062

226

2,697

LSE

11:20:56

764060

48

2,698

LSE

11:23:59

766104

180

2,698

LSE

11:24:49

766613

166

2,698

LSE

11:24:49

766611

141

2,697

LSE

11:25:09

766872

265

2,697

LSE

11:28:58

769509

337

2,697

LSE

11:32:19

772335

96

2,697

LSE

11:32:19

772333

147

2,696

LSE

11:32:54

772822

238

2,696

LSE

11:32:54

772820

343

2,696

LSE

11:32:54

772813

46

2,696

LSE

11:32:54

772811

331

2,696

LSE

11:36:12

775252

326

2,696

LSE

11:38:37

777232

61

2,696

LSE

11:38:37

777230

349

2,695

LSE

11:38:53

777428

114

2,694

LSE

11:39:34

778014

60

2,694

LSE

11:40:09

778503

166

2,694

LSE

11:40:40

778815

60

2,693

LSE

11:42:43

780508

306

2,693

LSE

11:44:52

781900

320

2,693

LSE

11:45:54

782636

49

2,693

LSE

11:46:20

782820

163

2,693

LSE

11:46:20

782818

161

2,693

LSE

11:46:20

782816

336

2,696

LSE

11:51:05

786890

357

2,695

LSE

11:51:21

787278

282

2,695

LSE

11:51:56

787828

71

2,695

LSE

11:52:27

788196

98

2,695

LSE

11:52:27

788194

292

2,695

LSE

11:52:57

788509

310

2,695

LSE

11:55:37

790765

322

2,694

LSE

11:56:02

790999

6

2,692

LSE

11:57:15

791922

149

2,692

LSE

11:57:30

792063

152

2,692

LSE

11:57:41

792261

21

2,692

LSE

11:57:50

792357

202

2,692

LSE

11:58:07

792545

161

2,692

LSE

11:58:07

792543

338

2,691

LSE

12:02:21

796089

364

2,690

LSE

12:02:45

796748

379

2,687

LSE

12:03:16

797272

63

2,690

LSE

12:06:53

799843

333

2,692

LSE

12:10:48

803080

39

2,692

LSE

12:10:48

803078

20

2,692

LSE

12:15:15

806677

341

2,692

LSE

12:15:15

806675

30

2,692

LSE

12:15:15

806671

125

2,692

LSE

12:17:53

808347

36

2,692

LSE

12:17:53

808351

250

2,692

LSE

12:17:53

808349

318

2,692

LSE

12:17:53

808339

336

2,691

LSE

12:17:58

808496

329

2,690

LSE

12:19:07

809220

293

2,693

LSE

12:22:37

811940

75

2,693

LSE

12:22:37

811938

333

2,694

LSE

12:31:24

818346

393

2,693

LSE

12:31:55

818718

326

2,692

LSE

12:33:30

819766

75

2,694

LSE

12:38:45

823831

310

2,694

LSE

12:38:45

823829

272

2,693

LSE

12:39:10

824228

67

2,693

LSE

12:39:10

824226

15

2,693

LSE

12:39:11

824235

307

2,693

LSE

12:39:11

824233

317

2,693

LSE

12:44:21

828082

4

2,693

LSE

12:47:48

830589

166

2,694

LSE

12:49:17

831820

167

2,694

LSE

12:49:17

831818

38

2,694

LSE

12:49:17

831822

372

2,694

LSE

12:55:17

836740

72

2,695

LSE

12:57:13

838356

252

2,695

LSE

12:57:13

838354

40

2,695

LSE

12:57:13

838352

250

2,695

LSE

12:57:13

838346

125

2,695

LSE

12:57:13

838344

345

2,695

LSE

12:57:13

838337

358

2,697

LSE

13:00:48

841817

78

2,696

LSE

13:03:15

843556

289

2,696

LSE

13:03:15

843554

367

2,695

LSE

13:03:29

843858

58

2,693

LSE

13:09:39

848121

50

2,693

LSE

13:09:39

848123

125

2,693

LSE

13:09:39

848127

125

2,693

LSE

13:09:39

848125

331

2,693

LSE

13:09:39

848119

349

2,690

LSE

13:12:56

850668

32

2,690

LSE

13:12:56

850666

271

2,691

LSE

13:15:01

852333

108

2,691

LSE

13:15:01

852331

70

2,692

LSE

13:19:31

856162

312

2,692

LSE

13:19:31

856159

250

2,692

LSE

13:19:31

856146

68

2,692

LSE

13:19:31

856144

67

2,692

LSE

13:19:31

856142

334

2,691

LSE

13:21:23

858176

368

2,690

LSE

13:25:42

861689

372

2,690

LSE

13:28:07

863515

215

2,689

LSE

13:29:07

864380

32

2,689

LSE

13:29:29

864642

100

2,689

LSE

13:29:29

864644

6

2,688

LSE

13:29:30

864667

128

2,688

LSE

13:29:33

864728

180

2,688

LSE

13:29:33

864726

24

2,688

LSE

13:29:48

864901

403

2,691

LSE

13:34:25

869388

125

2,690

LSE

13:36:27

871253

285

2,690

LSE

13:36:27

871255

247

2,690

LSE

13:36:27

871229

133

2,690

LSE

13:36:27

871227

371

2,691

LSE

13:40:35

874819

242

2,694

LSE

13:44:17

878244

150

2,694

LSE

13:44:17

878242

11

2,694

LSE

13:45:00

878779

419

2,694

LSE

13:45:00

878777

335

2,695

LSE

13:49:00

881955

260

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882106

172

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882104

421

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882102

335

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882100

351

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882098

250

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882096

125

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882094

96

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882088

250

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882086

260

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882084

64

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882090

50

2,695

LSE

13:49:07

882092

380

2,696

LSE

13:54:52

886770

250

2,695

LSE

13:55:11

887000

125

2,695

LSE

13:55:11

886998

397

2,695

LSE

13:55:11

886996

377

2,694

LSE

13:56:08

887991

132

2,694

LSE

13:57:39

889279

247

2,694

LSE

13:57:39

889277

320

2,693

LSE

13:59:49

890937

57

2,693

LSE

13:59:49

890935

137

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891450

242

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891448

27

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891446

250

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891444

64

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891442

186

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891437

223

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891435

399

2,693

LSE

14:00:11

891430

5

2,694

LSE

14:05:22

895980

366

2,694

LSE

14:05:22

895978

65

2,694

LSE

14:07:41

898096

261

2,694

LSE

14:07:41

898098

363

2,695

LSE

14:12:00

901382

399

2,694

LSE

14:16:03

904762

342

2,696

LSE

14:27:35

915096

188

2,695

LSE

14:30:16

919003

150

2,695

LSE

14:30:16

919001

125

2,695

LSE

14:30:16

918999

200

2,695

LSE

14:30:16

918997

316

2,695

LSE

14:30:37

919750

53

2,697

LSE

14:35:33

926743

429

2,697

LSE

14:36:07

927371

102

2,697

LSE

14:36:07

927360

253

2,697

LSE

14:36:07

927353

86

2,697

LSE

14:36:07

927351

340

2,697

LSE

14:36:07

927349

260

2,699

LSE

14:39:00

931505

198

2,699

LSE

14:39:00

931507

268

2,699

LSE

14:39:00

931509

39

2,699

LSE

14:39:00

931511

64

2,699

LSE

14:39:00

931513

754

2,698

LSE

14:39:03

931599

727

2,697

LSE

14:39:12

931827

497

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934864

101

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934852

280

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934850

250

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934848

282

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934840

415

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934835

51

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934833

15

2,697

LSE

14:41:37

934831

448

2,696

LSE

14:41:39

935120

208

2,696

LSE

14:43:17

937426

167

2,696

LSE

14:43:17

937428

366

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937872

210

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937870

239

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937868

202

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937866

430

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937864

250

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937862

100

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937860

67

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937858

559

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937856

250

2,696

LSE

14:43:37

937854

268

2,695

LSE

14:44:09

938615

75

2,695

LSE

14:44:09

938613

334

2,695

LSE

14:45:15

940120

290

2,694

LSE

14:45:41

941180

39

2,694

LSE

14:45:41

941182

133

2,694

LSE

14:45:41

941162

250

2,694

LSE

14:45:41

941160

263

2,696

LSE

14:48:19

945113

214

2,696

LSE

14:49:44

946865

149

2,696

LSE

14:49:44

946863

107

2,696

LSE

14:49:44

946861

358

2,696

LSE

14:50:50

948632

413

2,695

LSE

14:51:37

949710

50

2,695

LSE

14:52:51

951626

367

2,695

LSE

14:52:51

951624

367

2,695

LSE

14:52:51

951612

370

2,694

LSE

14:53:51

953005

53

2,694

LSE

14:54:53

954751

244

2,694

LSE

14:55:36

955910

103

2,694

LSE

14:55:53

956437

100

2,694

LSE

14:55:53

956434

197

2,694

LSE

14:55:53

956432

19

2,694

LSE

14:55:53

956429

108

2,693

LSE

14:56:15

957108

406

2,695

LSE

14:59:59

962866

80

2,694

LSE

15:00:04

963172

410

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966872

490

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966870

91

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966868

250

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966866

200

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966864

250

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966862

100

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966860

298

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966858

250

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966856

79

2,696

LSE

15:02:17

966854

125

2,695

LSE

15:02:26

967069

268

2,695

LSE

15:02:26

967071

337

2,697

LSE

15:06:53

974088

286

2,698

LSE

15:08:35

976959

95

2,698

LSE

15:08:35

976961

398

2,698

LSE

15:10:22

980064

109

2,700

LSE

15:13:35

984697

100

2,700

LSE

15:13:35

984695

250

2,700

LSE

15:13:35

984693

342

2,700

LSE

15:13:35

984688

105

2,700

LSE

15:16:04

987920

466

2,700

LSE

15:16:04

987918

130

2,700

LSE

15:18:14

991113

386

2,700

LSE

15:18:29

991472

74

2,700

LSE

15:18:29

991470

111

2,700

LSE

15:18:29

991468

279

2,700

LSE

15:20:33

994569

136

2,700

LSE

15:20:33

994571

330

2,700

LSE

15:20:33

994567

86

2,700

LSE

15:20:33

994565

340

2,700

LSE

15:22:02

996575

273

2,700

LSE

15:22:02

996573

407

2,700

LSE

15:22:42

997471

351

2,700

LSE

15:23:56

999382

433

2,700

LSE

15:23:56

999380

32

2,700

LSE

15:27:50

1005899

333

2,700

LSE

15:27:50

1005895

21

2,700

LSE

15:27:50

1005893

347

2,700

LSE

15:27:50

1005897

132

2,700

LSE

15:28:29

1006982

313

2,700

LSE

15:28:57

1007639

298

2,700

LSE

15:28:57

1007637

41

2,700

LSE

15:28:57

1007635

219

2,700

LSE

15:28:57

1007633

328

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014281

220

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014279

208

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014277

294

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014275

335

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014273

250

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014263

250

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014265

250

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014267

61

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014269

100

2,700

LSE

15:32:57

1014271

347

2,699

LSE

15:33:06

1014658

331

2,699

LSE

15:33:06

1014656

48

2,699

LSE

15:33:06

1014654

479

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015667

280

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015665

336

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015663

226

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015643

250

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015645

91

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015647

141

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015651

402

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015649

33

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015655

250

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015653

208

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015657

262

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015659

250

2,699

LSE

15:33:47

1015661

344

2,700

LSE

15:38:37

1023644

250

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028874

93

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028872

141

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028870

1,148

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028868

138

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028866

85

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028864

305

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028862

237

2,701

LSE

15:41:17

1028860

85

2,701