Transaction in Own Shares

11th December 2014

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 10th December 2014 it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 17,595 Ordinary Shares at prices between €11.18 and €18.7463 per Ordinary Share and at prices between £11.19 and £12.9574 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 3,796,703 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 740,729,233.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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