Transaction in Own Shares

19th March 2015

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that on 18th March 2015, it transferred to participants in its employee share schemes 118,128 Ordinary Shares at prices between €16.58 and €21.5235 per Ordinary Share and at a price of £12.9574 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 2,847,329 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 815,718,522.

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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