Transaction in Own Shares

24th November 2021

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ('CRH') announces that on 23rd November 2021 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares (the 'ordinary shares') on Euronext Dublin from CRH's broker UBS. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

2,314

Highest price paid per share:

€44.0900

Lowest price paid per share:

€43.8900

Volume weighted average price paid:

€43.9932

The purchases form part of CRH's intention to buy back ordinary shares of up to $300 million in the period to 23rd December 2021 following its announcement on 30th September 2021 and were effected by CRH's broker as part of the Programme announced on 30th September 2021.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 22,260,161 of its ordinary shares in treasury which represents 2.8% of the issued ordinary share capital of CRH. Ordinary shares held in treasury do not have any voting rights. Following settlement, CRH will have 772,880,177 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (also in force in the UK, from time to time, including, where relevant, pursuant to the UK's Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), a detailed breakdown of individual trades made on 23rd November 2021 by UBS 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 Europe SE

Intermediary code:

5299007QVIQ7IO64NX37

Time zone:

GMT

Currency:

EUR

Date of Transactions:

23/11/2021

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

EUR

43.9932

2,314

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Currency

Trade Time

Trading Venue

MatchID

439

43.89

EUR

08:08:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1612151

250

43.89

EUR

08:08:47

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1612149

530

44.02

EUR

08:09:13

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1613001

19

44.00

EUR

08:10:37

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1616244

527

44.00

EUR

08:10:37

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1616242

549

44.09

EUR

08:12:01

Euronext Dublin (XMSM)

1618917