Transaction in Own Shares

4th October 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 3rd October 2018 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:

4,255

57,054

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,525.0000

€28.4900

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,517.0000

€28.2000

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,520.5699

€28.3557

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 2 Programme announced on 29th August 2018.

Following settlement of the above transactions CRH will hold 17,273,735 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 826,116,603 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

2,520.5699

4,255

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.3557

57,054

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

458

2,525

LSE

09:49:18

544966

668

2,525

LSE

09:49:48

545493

223

2,525

LSE

09:49:48

545491

670

2,517

LSE

10:08:40

564744

766

2,517

LSE

10:10:00

566183

69

2,519

LSE

10:16:19

572289

62

2,519

LSE

10:16:56

572869

56

2,519

LSE

10:17:45

573802

57

2,519

LSE

10:18:41

574600

59

2,519

LSE

10:19:29

575396

438

2,519

LSE

10:20:12

576103

500

2,521

LSE

11:01:14

617336

119

2,521

LSE

11:01:22

617445

110

2,521

LSE

11:01:22

617443

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

720

28.27

ISE

08:26:00

449255

70

28.27

ISE

08:26:00

449253

135

28.26

ISE

08:26:14

449633

659

28.26

ISE

08:26:14

449631

41

28.23

ISE

08:31:04

455230

292

28.23

ISE

08:31:06

455294

404

28.23

ISE

08:31:06

455292

57

28.20

ISE

08:35:34

460356

417

28.20

ISE

08:35:34

460358

590

28.20

ISE

08:35:34

460354

150

28.22

ISE

08:40:03

465235

86

28.22

ISE

08:40:16

465509

147

28.22

ISE

08:40:26

465742

400

28.22

ISE

08:40:26

465738

214

28.25

ISE

08:43:26

469354

535

28.25

ISE

08:43:26

469352

500

28.27

ISE

08:49:58

478110

256

28.27

ISE

08:49:58

478108

110

28.28

ISE

08:52:11

481291

341

28.29

ISE

08:54:11

483756

448

28.29

ISE

08:54:11

483754

1,152

28.29

ISE

08:54:11

483752

690

28.29

ISE

08:57:07

487626

56

28.29

ISE

08:57:07

487624

374

28.30

ISE

08:59:39

491756

681

28.30

ISE

09:00:01

492391

310

28.30

ISE

09:00:01

492389

724

28.29

ISE

09:00:09

492521

129

28.32

ISE

09:09:31

502962

641

28.32

ISE

09:09:31

502956

184

28.32

ISE

09:16:38

509817

1,524

28.33

ISE

09:17:23

510673

500

28.35

ISE

09:19:30

512623

710

28.35

ISE

09:19:30

512616

710

28.36

ISE

09:22:26

515647

11

28.36

ISE

09:22:34

515772

720

28.38

ISE

09:28:28

521769

715

28.38

ISE

09:28:28

521767

754

28.37

ISE

09:31:07

524446

650

28.40

ISE

09:36:32

530142

128

28.40

ISE

09:37:41

531324

100

28.40

ISE

09:37:41

531322

250

28.40

ISE

09:37:41

531320

214

28.40

ISE

09:37:41

531318

250

28.41

ISE

09:48:29

543823

15

28.41

ISE

09:48:29

543815

32

28.41

ISE

09:48:29

543813

65

28.41

ISE

09:48:29

543811

400

28.41

ISE

09:48:29

543809

188

28.41

ISE

09:48:29

543807

404

28.41

ISE

09:48:36

543961

286

28.40

ISE

09:49:17

544950

79

28.40

ISE

09:49:17

544948

676

28.40

ISE

09:49:17

544945

732

28.40

ISE

09:49:17

544943

373

28.40

ISE

09:49:18

544968

250

28.39

ISE

09:51:53

547774

250

28.39

ISE

09:51:53

547772

175

28.39

ISE

09:52:48

548698

154

28.36

ISE

10:06:33

561925

254

28.36

ISE

10:06:33

561923

394

28.36

ISE

10:06:33

561921

79

28.34

ISE

10:12:43

569053

42

28.34

ISE

10:12:43

569051

277

28.34

ISE

10:12:43

569049

50

28.34

ISE

10:12:43

569047

250

28.34

ISE

10:12:43

569045

121

28.35

ISE

10:14:31

570519

642

28.35

ISE

10:14:47

570772

32

28.35

ISE

10:15:21

571369

708

28.35

ISE

10:15:21

571367

77

28.33

ISE

10:20:32

576419

193

28.33

ISE

10:20:33

576423

461

28.33

ISE

10:20:33

576421

765

28.28

ISE

10:25:21

581562

143

28.27

ISE

10:29:11

585509

783

28.27

ISE

10:29:11

585507

543

28.27

ISE

10:29:11

585505

128

28.30

ISE

10:33:50

590440

672

28.30

ISE

10:33:51

590479

667

28.30

ISE

10:33:51

590477

443

28.30

ISE

10:34:55

591671

300

28.30

ISE

10:34:55

591669

788

28.30

ISE

10:36:05

592871

443

28.30

ISE

10:38:01

595573

323

28.30

ISE

10:38:01

595571

229

28.31

ISE

10:45:44

602749

223

28.31

ISE

10:45:44

602743

14

28.32

ISE

10:51:50

608978

737

28.32

ISE

10:51:50

608976

704

28.32

ISE

10:51:50

608970

68

28.32

ISE

10:51:50

608968

250

28.35

ISE

10:54:10

611061

250

28.35

ISE

10:54:24

611207

250

28.35

ISE

10:54:43

611547

250

28.35

ISE

10:54:43

611545

530

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

612002

214

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611993

180

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611991

389

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611989

144

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611987

389

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611985

310

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611983

737

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611981

646

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611979

39

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611977

295

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611973

646

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611971

494

28.34

ISE

10:55:22

611975

250

28.38

ISE

11:05:23

619986

686

28.38

ISE

11:05:23

619963

129

28.38

ISE

11:05:42

620188

359

28.39

ISE

11:06:21

620742

297

28.39

ISE

11:06:21

620740

897

28.38

ISE

11:07:34

621569

147

28.38

ISE

11:10:18

623553

6

28.40

ISE

11:11:45

625329

330

28.40

ISE

11:11:45

625327

580

28.44

ISE

11:12:55

626381

154

28.44

ISE

11:13:01

626464

1,190

28.45

ISE

11:13:46

627137

62

28.45

ISE

11:15:25

628301

432

28.45

ISE

11:15:25

628299

163

28.45

ISE

11:15:25

628297

61

28.45

ISE

11:15:25

628295

649

28.45

ISE

11:15:25

628293

685

28.44

ISE

11:19:06

630552

591

28.43

ISE

11:20:25

631326

202

28.43

ISE

11:20:25

631324

508

28.43

ISE

11:20:25

631315

205

28.43

ISE

11:20:27

631343

63

28.47

ISE

11:26:14

634909

416

28.47

ISE

11:26:14

634907

316

28.47

ISE

11:26:14

634905

477

28.45

ISE

11:33:11

638818

230

28.45

ISE

11:33:19

638988

101

28.48

ISE

11:42:02

644379

654

28.48

ISE

11:42:02

644376

429

28.49

ISE

11:42:02

644372

359

28.49

ISE

11:42:02

644374

777

28.44

ISE

11:48:33

648238

19

28.44

ISE

11:48:33

648236

708

28.41

ISE

11:57:19

653377

516

28.46

ISE

12:03:00

657738

163

28.46

ISE

12:03:00

657736

7

28.46

ISE

12:22:11

669021

43

28.46

ISE

12:22:11

669019

661

28.46

ISE

12:22:11

669023

696

28.46

ISE

12:22:11

669017

185

28.45

ISE

12:24:23

670146

178

28.45

ISE

12:24:24

670158

150

28.45

ISE

12:24:25

670162

120

28.45

ISE

12:24:25

670160

20

28.45

ISE

12:24:30

670196

199

28.39

ISE

12:29:37

673101

590

28.39

ISE

12:29:38

673104