Transaction in Own Shares

28th January 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 25th January 2019 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:

4,680

18,966

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,196.0000

€25.6500

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,180.0000

€25.1800

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,189.7126

€25.4023

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 4 Programme announced on 28th December 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 29,762,152 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 813,628,186 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

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

2,189.7126

4,680

Euronext Dublin

EUR

25.4023

18,966

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

673

2,180

LSE

08:14:59

725577

605

2,180

LSE

08:17:57

730325

615

2,190

LSE

08:31:07

750213

102

2,190

LSE

08:31:07

750211

32

2,196

LSE

08:43:56

767095

250

2,196

LSE

08:43:56

767093

360

2,196

LSE

08:43:56

767091

664

2,193

LSE

08:47:22

771510

25

2,193

LSE

08:47:22

771508

652

2,192

LSE

08:57:30

783952

44

2,196

LSE

09:04:30

793589

658

2,196

LSE

09:04:30

793587

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

514

25.18

ISE

08:09:53

718046

50

25.18

ISE

08:09:53

718044

150

25.23

ISE

08:12:43

721966

337

25.23

ISE

08:12:43

721964

323

25.22

ISE

08:14:42

724990

62

25.22

ISE

08:14:59

725585

445

25.22

ISE

08:14:59

725583

161

25.22

ISE

08:14:59

725581

598

25.20

ISE

08:17:58

730358

404

25.24

ISE

08:22:25

738319

138

25.24

ISE

08:22:25

738317

514

25.30

ISE

08:30:11

749033

515

25.34

ISE

08:34:32

754806

230

25.34

ISE

08:34:32

754804

495

25.34

ISE

08:34:32

754802

309

25.34

ISE

08:34:32

754800

64

25.30

ISE

08:37:27

759167

74

25.32

ISE

08:40:53

763466

200

25.32

ISE

08:40:53

763464

200

25.32

ISE

08:40:53

763460

49

25.32

ISE

08:40:53

763455

606

25.37

ISE

08:45:48

769506

511

25.35

ISE

08:53:51

779391

240

25.34

ISE

08:54:08

779781

305

25.34

ISE

08:54:08

779778

554

25.40

ISE

09:07:44

798853

514

25.40

ISE

09:07:44

798851

592

25.36

ISE

09:10:19

802149

486

25.34

ISE

09:14:00

807530

584

25.40

ISE

09:20:23

815090

595

25.39

ISE

09:20:24

815183

235

25.38

ISE

09:27:53

822472

292

25.38

ISE

09:27:54

822492

44

25.42

ISE

09:32:06

827178

100

25.42

ISE

09:32:35

827701

167

25.42

ISE

09:32:44

827849

215

25.42

ISE

09:32:49

827966

551

25.42

ISE

09:39:48

836466

31

25.47

ISE

09:45:51

843609

462

25.47

ISE

09:46:05

843953

554

25.47

ISE

09:46:06

843968

93

25.47

ISE

09:46:06

843966

181

25.56

ISE

09:49:54

848375

353

25.56

ISE

09:49:54

848373

161

25.50

ISE

09:56:48

856584

200

25.50

ISE

09:56:49

856617

57

25.50

ISE

09:56:50

856650

482

25.50

ISE

09:56:50

856648

215

25.50

ISE

09:56:50

856646

574

25.53

ISE

10:05:19

863866

54

25.50

ISE

10:07:29

865455

200

25.50

ISE

10:07:29

865453

234

25.50

ISE

10:07:29

865451

404

25.54

ISE

10:16:23

871503

109

25.54

ISE

10:16:23

871501

540

25.59

ISE

10:36:45

886194

555

25.62

ISE

10:49:16

895123

441

25.62

ISE

10:55:45

900105

87

25.62

ISE

10:55:45

900103

556

25.65

ISE

10:59:47

903513