Transaction in Own Shares

14th May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 11th May 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

11 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

170,000

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,732.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,700.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,710.4800

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 1,206,520 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 842,183,818 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

Neil Colgan

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

2,710.4821

170,000

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

489

2,732

LSE

08:06:04

603063

194

2,732

LSE

08:06:32

604445

268

2,732

LSE

08:06:32

604443

454

2,730

LSE

08:07:27

606899

377

2,729

LSE

08:07:55

607890

382

2,728

LSE

08:08:25

608904

301

2,728

LSE

08:08:25

608902

157

2,728

LSE

08:08:25

608900

258

2,727

LSE

08:09:11

610547

396

2,727

LSE

08:09:11

610545

30

2,727

LSE

08:10:07

612571

114

2,727

LSE

08:10:07

612569

197

2,723

LSE

08:11:34

615783

144

2,723

LSE

08:11:34

615781

292

2,722

LSE

08:14:52

622678

34

2,722

LSE

08:14:52

622676

200

2,720

LSE

08:15:15

623472

147

2,720

LSE

08:15:15

623474

398

2,718

LSE

08:17:11

627562

336

2,719

LSE

08:20:24

634111

60

2,718

LSE

08:21:28

636212

406

2,718

LSE

08:21:28

636210

352

2,720

LSE

08:23:39

640656

20

2,720

LSE

08:23:39

640654

430

2,719

LSE

08:23:44

640895

380

2,719

LSE

08:25:09

643941

19

2,718

LSE

08:26:34

646362

50

2,718

LSE

08:27:04

647100

324

2,718

LSE

08:27:04

647098

352

2,717

LSE

08:27:44

647917

76

2,716

LSE

08:28:07

648742

324

2,716

LSE

08:28:07

648740

19

2,717

LSE

08:30:54

653346

358

2,717

LSE

08:30:54

653344

362

2,719

LSE

08:35:21

662042

81

2,718

LSE

08:35:57

663165

116

2,718

LSE

08:35:57

663169

289

2,718

LSE

08:35:57

663167

393

2,717

LSE

08:37:13

665306

40

2,717

LSE

08:37:13

665304

143

2,716

LSE

08:38:09

667144

241

2,716

LSE

08:38:09

667142

361

2,715

LSE

08:39:13

669137

189

2,714

LSE

08:39:18

669273

177

2,714

LSE

08:39:18

669271

200

2,714

LSE

08:40:16

671202

134

2,714

LSE

08:40:17

671240

83

2,712

LSE

08:41:28

673520

57

2,712

LSE

08:41:35

673777

225

2,712

LSE

08:41:35

673775

368

2,709

LSE

08:42:40

676067

346

2,710

LSE

08:44:31

680985

325

2,710

LSE

08:47:29

687250

344

2,709

LSE

08:47:34

687483

283

2,711

LSE

08:49:32

691361

90

2,711

LSE

08:49:32

691359

200

2,710

LSE

08:51:21

695448

100

2,710

LSE

08:51:21

695446

372

2,710

LSE

08:51:21

695434

399

2,710

LSE

08:52:51

699048

372

2,710

LSE

08:55:36

705079

128

2,710

LSE

08:56:43

707801

61

2,710

LSE

08:56:43

707799

175

2,710

LSE

08:56:43

707797

350

2,709

LSE

08:57:32

709673

1

2,710

LSE

08:59:17

713927

323

2,710

LSE

08:59:17

713924

89

2,710

LSE

09:00:31

716512

217

2,711

LSE

09:00:31

716510

159

2,711

LSE

09:00:31

716508

392

2,712

LSE

09:03:48

723202

10

2,711

LSE

09:04:09

723850

326

2,711

LSE

09:04:09

723848

10

2,711

LSE

09:04:09

723846

378

2,712

LSE

09:09:16

734601

397

2,713

LSE

09:11:47

738726

383

2,715

LSE

09:16:02

745047

110

2,714

LSE

09:18:54

749625

113

2,714

LSE

09:18:54

749623

165

2,714

LSE

09:18:54

749621

325

2,714

LSE

09:21:44

753732

164

2,714

LSE

09:21:44

753724

200

2,714

LSE

09:21:44

753722

316

2,714

LSE

09:26:32

763036

150

2,714

LSE

09:26:32

763024

97

2,714

LSE

09:26:32

763026

95

2,714

LSE

09:26:32

763022

263

2,714

LSE

09:27:10

764336

65

2,714

LSE

09:27:10

764334

40

2,714

LSE

09:27:10

764332

75

2,716

LSE

09:29:59

769537

300

2,716

LSE

09:29:59

769535

159

2,716

LSE

09:29:59

769533

214

2,716

LSE

09:29:59

769531

399

2,714

LSE

09:30:02

769661

383

2,715

LSE

09:32:42

775202

326

2,715

LSE

09:32:42

775199

167

2,715

LSE

09:33:30

776910

230

2,715

LSE

09:33:30

776908

378

2,714

LSE

09:33:41

777322

4

2,713

LSE

09:38:53

788436

354

2,713

LSE

09:38:53

788434

248

2,714

LSE

09:47:01

803748

117

2,714

LSE

09:47:01

803746

337

2,713

LSE

09:47:30

804551

225

2,713

LSE

09:49:51

809104

150

2,713

LSE

09:49:51

809102

268

2,713

LSE

09:53:03

813638

75

2,713

LSE

09:53:14

814120

320

2,713

LSE

09:53:14

814118

385

2,713

LSE

09:53:14

814116

128

2,713

LSE

09:53:14

814114

296

2,713

LSE

09:57:11

819233

40

2,713

LSE

09:57:11

819231

265

2,713

LSE

09:57:11

819229

109

2,713

LSE

09:57:11

819227

10

2,713

LSE

09:59:39

823475

350

2,713

LSE

09:59:39

823473

11

2,712

LSE

10:00:26

825096

250

2,712

LSE

10:00:26

825094

75

2,712

LSE

10:00:26

825092

249

2,712

LSE

10:00:26

825087

131

2,712

LSE

10:00:26

825085

269

2,714

LSE

10:05:13

835352

87

2,714

LSE

10:05:13

835354

341

2,714

LSE

10:06:58

838046

99

2,713

LSE

10:08:22

840186

243

2,713

LSE

10:08:22

840184

78

2,713

LSE

10:08:22

840182

114

2,712

LSE

10:08:58

840882

284

2,712

LSE

10:08:58

840880

33

2,714

LSE

10:14:02

848360

377

2,714

LSE

10:14:02

848362

318

2,713

LSE

10:15:19

849899

79

2,713

LSE

10:15:19

849901

121

2,712

LSE

10:21:11

857798

274

2,712

LSE

10:21:11

857796

305

2,712

LSE

10:22:10

859087

150

2,712

LSE

10:22:10

859085

399

2,711

LSE

10:22:11

859129

363

2,710

LSE

10:22:27

859705

155

2,709

LSE

10:22:57

860240

240

2,709

LSE

10:22:57

860238

19

2,707

LSE

10:25:00

863002

356

2,707

LSE

10:25:00

863004

55

2,708

LSE

10:27:56

867336

310

2,708

LSE

10:27:56

867334

46

2,708

LSE

10:27:56

867332

191

2,708

LSE

10:27:56

867330

150

2,708

LSE

10:27:56

867328

361

2,709

LSE

10:31:28

871446

34

2,709

LSE

10:31:28

871444

359

2,708

LSE

10:33:43

874299

66

2,712

LSE

10:37:32

879036

387

2,712

LSE

10:37:32

879034

233

2,711

LSE

10:37:58

879493

228

2,711

LSE

10:37:58

879491

329

2,710

LSE

10:40:40

883115

30

2,710

LSE

10:40:40

883101

252

2,710

LSE

10:40:40

883099

125

2,710

LSE

10:40:40

883097

348

2,710

LSE

10:40:40

883091

72

2,710

LSE

10:40:40

883089

73

2,709

LSE

10:41:16

884092

243

2,709

LSE

10:41:16

884090

16

2,709

LSE

10:41:16

884088

369

2,711

LSE

10:44:18

887647

162

2,711

LSE

10:47:08

891349

125

2,711

LSE

10:47:08

891342

212

2,711

LSE

10:47:08

891340

180

2,711

LSE

10:47:08

891338

85

2,710

LSE

10:47:41

892015

254

2,710

LSE

10:47:41

892013

327

2,710

LSE

10:47:41

892009

12

2,710

LSE

10:47:41

892007

173

2,711

LSE

10:49:34

894628

210

2,711

LSE

10:49:34

894626

30

2,709

LSE

10:49:47

895028

414

2,710

LSE

10:51:07

896934

400

2,711

LSE

10:51:07

896932

343

2,711

LSE

10:54:34

901656

75

2,711

LSE

10:54:34

901658

34

2,710

LSE

10:55:14

902283

150

2,711

LSE

10:57:29

905411

352

2,711

LSE

10:58:21

906471

315

2,711

LSE

10:58:21

906469

22

2,710

LSE

10:59:55

908673

45

2,710

LSE

11:00:09

908954

432

2,710

LSE

11:00:09

908952

97

2,709

LSE

11:02:20

910835

3

2,709

LSE

11:02:28

910967

402

2,709

LSE

11:02:28

910969

15

2,709

LSE

11:02:28

910971

81

2,708

LSE

11:09:27

916730

437

2,708

LSE

11:09:27

916728

434

2,709

LSE

11:13:56

920287

246

2,712

LSE

11:20:56

926943

200

2,712

LSE

11:20:56

926941

447

2,712

LSE

11:21:53

927812

444

2,711

LSE

11:22:34

928369

87

2,711

LSE

11:22:34

928371

446

2,712

LSE

11:27:44

932607

60

2,712

LSE

11:27:44

932605

139

2,711

LSE

11:28:24

933149

145

2,711

LSE

11:28:24

933147

2

2,711

LSE

11:30:14

934586

390

2,711

LSE

11:30:14

934584

270

2,711

LSE

11:30:14

934582

45

2,711

LSE

11:30:48

935064

377

2,711

LSE

11:30:48

935062

50

2,711

LSE

11:30:48

935059

200

2,710

LSE

11:34:42

938383

125

2,710

LSE

11:34:42

938381

532

2,710

LSE

11:34:42

938379

472

2,710

LSE

11:36:13

939766

533

2,710

LSE

11:41:56

944297

361

2,710

LSE

11:46:35

947755

130

2,710

LSE

11:46:35

947753

513

2,709

LSE

11:48:37

949386

396

2,712

LSE

11:57:42

956818

648

2,712

LSE

12:03:12

961973

167

2,712

LSE

12:03:12

961975

588

2,711

LSE

12:04:21

963032

72

2,711

LSE

12:04:51

963455

73

2,711

LSE

12:05:01

963567

418

2,712

LSE

12:06:53

965394

516

2,716

LSE

12:14:56

971723

200

2,716

LSE

12:14:56

971710

726

2,716

LSE

12:14:56

971708

521

2,717

LSE

12:17:26

973312

532

2,716

LSE

12:21:14

976183

331

2,717

LSE

12:21:14

976181

362

2,717

LSE

12:21:14

976179

450

2,715

LSE

12:22:15

976926

61

2,715

LSE

12:22:15

976924

226

2,715

LSE

12:25:39

979782

281

2,715

LSE

12:25:39

979780

430

2,715

LSE

12:27:38

981371

21

2,714

LSE

12:29:40

983090

477

2,714

LSE

12:29:40

983092

493

2,713

LSE

12:29:48

983214

277

2,715

LSE

12:33:20

985918

327

2,715

LSE

12:33:20

985916

77

2,715

LSE

12:33:20

985914

252

2,714

LSE

12:33:43

986225

81

2,714

LSE

12:33:43

986223

227

2,714

LSE

12:34:24

986832

220

2,714

LSE

12:34:24

986830

359

2,714

LSE

12:34:24

986781

12

2,714

LSE

12:34:24

986779

138

2,714

LSE

12:34:24

986777

27

2,715

LSE

12:39:25

991016

277

2,715

LSE

12:39:25

991014

123

2,715

LSE

12:39:25

991012

27

2,715

LSE

12:39:25

991010

381

2,715

LSE

12:39:25

991008

346

2,715

LSE

12:42:03

992973

239

2,715

LSE

12:42:03

992971

159

2,715

LSE

12:42:03

992969

373

2,715

LSE

12:44:25

994998

85

2,715

LSE

12:44:25

994996

249

2,715

LSE

12:44:25

994994

114

2,715

LSE

12:47:49

998188

264

2,715

LSE

12:47:49

998186

28

2,715

LSE

12:47:49

998184

310

2,715

LSE

12:47:49

998182

527

2,714

LSE

12:48:06

998460

297

2,715

LSE

12:55:36

1005205

68

2,715

LSE

12:55:36

1005209

100

2,715

LSE

12:55:36

1005207

34

2,715

LSE

12:57:38

1007061

370

2,715

LSE

12:57:38

1007059

483

2,714

LSE

13:00:30

1009422

382

2,713

LSE

13:03:48

1012546

379

2,713

LSE

13:03:48

1012544

85

2,713

LSE

13:03:48

1012542

373

2,712

LSE

13:06:39

1014859

412

2,713

LSE

13:11:13

1018832

493

2,712

LSE

13:11:30

1019073

380

2,713

LSE

13:24:37

1030211

292

2,713

LSE

13:24:37

1030209

238

2,713

LSE

13:24:37

1030207

141

2,712

LSE

13:25:28

1031095

380

2,712

LSE

13:25:28

1031093

255

2,711

LSE

13:28:03

1033798

266

2,711

LSE

13:28:03

1033796

143

2,712

LSE

13:28:03

1033790

386

2,712

LSE

13:28:03

1033794

399

2,712

LSE

13:28:03

1033792

387

2,711

LSE

13:32:21

1038187

311

2,711

LSE

13:32:21

1038185

75

2,711

LSE

13:32:21

1038183

344

2,711

LSE

13:32:21

1038181

363

2,710

LSE

13:33:02

1038787

235

2,710

LSE

13:33:02

1038785

421

2,709

LSE

13:33:56

1039647

167

2,709

LSE

13:33:56

1039645

314

2,708

LSE

13:37:17

1042733

241

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046375

403

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046373

68

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046371

47

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046369

235

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046367

262

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046365

70

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046359

125

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046355

190

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046357

339

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046346

307

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046344

42

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046342

423

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046340

65

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046338

189

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046336

169

2,709

LSE

13:41:05

1046334

168

2,709

LSE

13:44:37

1049722

800

2,713

LSE

13:50:08

1055200

263

2,713

LSE

13:50:08

1055202

342

2,713

LSE

13:50:08

1055204

162

2,713

LSE

13:50:08

1055206

206

2,713

LSE

13:50:08

1055208

377

2,710

LSE

13:50:38

1055767

106

2,710

LSE

13:50:38

1055765

863

2,710

LSE

13:50:38

1055763

399

2,710

LSE

13:52:30

1057651

921

2,710

LSE

13:52:30

1057649

523

2,709

LSE

13:52:40

1057832

215

2,709

LSE

13:53:31

1058600

238

2,709

LSE

13:53:31

1058598

125

2,709

LSE

13:53:31

1058596

297

2,709

LSE

13:53:31

1058578

209

2,709

LSE

13:53:31

1058582

350

2,709

LSE

13:53:31

1058580

365

2,708

LSE

13:53:40

1058859

162

2,708

LSE

13:54:02

1059221

178

2,708

LSE

13:54:52

1060130

18

2,708

LSE

13:54:52

1060122

382

2,708

LSE

13:54:52

1060124

8

2,708

LSE

13:54:52

1060126

28

2,708

LSE

13:54:52

1060120

229

2,708

LSE

13:55:15

1060681

296

2,708

LSE

13:55:15

1060679

65

2,708

LSE

13:55:15

1060677

118

2,708

LSE

13:55:15

1060675

38

2,708

LSE

13:55:15

1060673

220

2,708

LSE

13:55:15

1060671

16

2,708

LSE

13:57:11

1062524

162

2,708

LSE

13:57:11

1062526

209

2,708

LSE

13:57:11

1062528

13

2,708

LSE

13:57:11

1062530

308

2,708

LSE

13:57:11

1062522

356

2,708

LSE

13:59:32

1064998

553

2,708

LSE

13:59:32

1064996

412

2,707

LSE

13:59:42

1065194

129

2,707

LSE

13:59:42

1065192

30

2,707

LSE

14:00:13

1065738

433

2,711

LSE

14:05:37

1072035

180

2,711

LSE

14:05:37

1072033

364

2,711

LSE

14:05:37

1072037

382

2,711

LSE

14:05:37

1072039

161

2,709

LSE

14:07:02

1073299

423

2,709

LSE

14:07:02

1073297

134

2,709

LSE

14:07:02

1073295

546

2,708

LSE

14:07:57

1074300

82

2,708

LSE

14:07:57

1074298

345

2,708

LSE

14:07:57

1074296

140

2,707

LSE

14:08:11

1074626

64

2,707

LSE

14:08:28

1074991

253

2,707

LSE

14:08:28

1074989

117

2,707

LSE

14:09:44

1076245

241

2,707

LSE

14:09:44

1076243

50

2,707

LSE

14:09:44

1076241

79

2,707

LSE

14:09:44

1076239

302

2,706

LSE

14:10:15

1076740

217

2,706

LSE

14:10:15

1076738

210

2,706

LSE

14:10:43

1077169

19

2,707

LSE

14:13:02

1080086

483

2,707

LSE

14:13:02

1080088

345

2,707

LSE

14:13:02

1080090

508

2,706

LSE

14:13:38

1080635

242

2,705

LSE

14:13:45

1080756

9

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081736

200

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081732

250

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081734

29

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081713

200

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081711

250

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081709

356

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081691

254

2,705

LSE

14:14:22

1081689

392

2,704

LSE

14:15:55

1083334

388

2,706

LSE

14:18:21

1085852

364

2,706

LSE

14:18:21

1085850

202

2,705

LSE

14:18:24

1085904

243

2,705

LSE

14:18:24

1085902

384

2,704

LSE

14:20:30

1088496

23

2,704

LSE

14:20:30

1088494

395

2,704

LSE

14:21:10

1089251

393

2,703

LSE

14:22:12

1090449

260

2,703

LSE

14:22:12

1090447

145

2,703

LSE

14:22:12

1090445

315

2,706

LSE

14:26:00

1095229

107

2,706

LSE

14:26:00

1095227

124

2,705

LSE

14:26:27

1095748

377

2,707

LSE

14:29:25

1101572

335

2,707

LSE

14:29:25

1101570

37

2,707

LSE

14:29:25

1101568

248

2,709

LSE

14:31:39

1109591

91

2,709

LSE

14:31:39

1109589

380

2,709

LSE

14:31:39

1109587

250

2,708

LSE

14:31:57

1110328

142

2,708

LSE

14:31:57

1110326

544

2,708

LSE

14:31:57

1110324

497

2,707

LSE

14:31:59

1110380

107

2,707

LSE

14:34:54

1117651

367

2,707

LSE

14:34:54

1117649

489

2,707

LSE

14:36:50

1121171

377

2,707

LSE

14:36:50

1121173

95

2,706

LSE

14:38:24

1124348

448

2,706

LSE

14:38:24

1124346

561

2,705

LSE

14:38:32

1124737

111

2,705

LSE

14:39:13

1126227

331

2,705

LSE

14:39:13

1126225

285

2,705

LSE

14:39:13

1126223

147

2,706

LSE

14:41:54

1131532

100

2,706

LSE

14:41:54

1131530

200

2,706

LSE

14:41:54

1131528

362

2,706

LSE

14:41:54

1131521

89

2,706

LSE

14:41:54

1131523

330

2,706

LSE

14:41:54

1131517

256

2,706

LSE

14:41:54

1131519

328

2,709

LSE

14:49:38

1146648

827

2,709

LSE

14:49:38

1146646

361

2,708

LSE

14:50:12

1147962

494

2,708

LSE

14:50:12

1147960

436

2,708

LSE

14:50:12

1147958

847

2,709

LSE

14:52:20

1152198

356

2,709

LSE

14:52:20

1152200

394

2,710

LSE

14:56:08

1160192

395

2,710

LSE

14:56:08

1160190

319

2,710

LSE

14:56:08

1160188

520

2,710

LSE

14:56:08

1160186

979

2,709

LSE

14:56:29

1160791

369

2,708

LSE

14:57:51

1164027

838

2,708

LSE

14:57:51

1164025

400

2,709

LSE

14:59:30

1168348

384

2,708

LSE

14:59:50

1169416

338

2,708

LSE

14:59:50

1169414

587

2,708

LSE

14:59:50

1169412

467

2,708

LSE

15:02:36

1175433

373

2,708

LSE

15:02:36

1175431

515

2,708

LSE

15:02:36

1175429

392

2,707

LSE

15:04:01

1178249

131

2,707

LSE

15:04:01

1178243

396

2,707

LSE

15:04:01

1178247

810

2,707

LSE

15:04:01

1178245

265

2,706

LSE

15:04:41

1179538

308

2,706

LSE

15:06:26

1183268

567

2,706

LSE

15:06:26

1183266

386

2,706

LSE

15:06:26

1183263

685

2,706

LSE

15:06:26