Transaction in Own Shares

17th May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 16th 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

16 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

144,421

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,713.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,677.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,692.0500

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 1,698,523 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 841,691,815 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

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

2,692.0535

144,421

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

393

2,677

LSE

08:05:48

637101

507

2,678

LSE

08:06:27

638454

357

2,680

LSE

08:06:27

638450

372

2,678

LSE

08:06:52

639136

364

2,682

LSE

08:08:24

642184

720

2,688

LSE

08:09:35

644645

353

2,688

LSE

08:10:11

645928

461

2,689

LSE

08:10:11

645926

937

2,696

LSE

08:13:18

652714

375

2,696

LSE

08:13:18

652712

11

2,696

LSE

08:13:18

652710

566

2,694

LSE

08:13:37

653299

293

2,694

LSE

08:13:37

653297

1,047

2,695

LSE

08:13:37

653295

26

2,693

LSE

08:15:39

657342

92

2,693

LSE

08:15:39

657340

651

2,693

LSE

08:15:39

657338

29

2,693

LSE

08:15:39

657336

707

2,693

LSE

08:15:39

657334

9

2,698

LSE

08:20:45

666459

398

2,698

LSE

08:20:45

666457

516

2,699

LSE

08:20:45

666455

119

2,699

LSE

08:20:45

666453

368

2,698

LSE

08:21:34

668087

178

2,698

LSE

08:21:34

668085

291

2,698

LSE

08:21:34

668083

695

2,697

LSE

08:22:18

669442

759

2,695

LSE

08:23:15

671126

70

2,695

LSE

08:23:50

672284

371

2,695

LSE

08:24:48

674033

581

2,695

LSE

08:24:48

674031

399

2,701

LSE

08:30:44

685377

569

2,701

LSE

08:30:44

685375

864

2,700

LSE

08:31:48

687565

787

2,699

LSE

08:32:55

689834

641

2,702

LSE

08:39:45

705306

102

2,702

LSE

08:41:46

709879

23

2,702

LSE

08:42:03

710612

609

2,706

LSE

08:48:03

723234

509

2,706

LSE

08:48:03

723232

388

2,706

LSE

08:49:33

726720

889

2,706

LSE

08:49:33

726718

163

2,707

LSE

08:52:45

735256

656

2,707

LSE

08:52:45

735258

675

2,708

LSE

08:57:54

747512

100

2,708

LSE

08:57:54

747508

1,000

2,709

LSE

09:01:12

756431

441

2,710

LSE

09:01:12

756423

694

2,710

LSE

09:01:12

756421

486

2,709

LSE

09:01:22

756714

1

2,709

LSE

09:01:22

756712

367

2,710

LSE

09:04:48

762205

417

2,710

LSE

09:04:48

762203

750

2,708

LSE

09:05:35

763501

410

2,709

LSE

09:10:00

772073

341

2,713

LSE

09:12:20

775941

350

2,713

LSE

09:14:04

778623

63

2,713

LSE

09:14:30

779281

386

2,713

LSE

09:14:30

779283

445

2,712

LSE

09:14:33

779360

428

2,712

LSE

09:15:57

781828

436

2,712

LSE

09:16:34

783083

107

2,711

LSE

09:17:26

784719

338

2,711

LSE

09:17:26

784717

60

2,710

LSE

09:17:29

784828

416

2,710

LSE

09:17:29

784826

249

2,709

LSE

09:18:51

787093

42

2,708

LSE

09:19:51

788938

193

2,709

LSE

09:19:51

788935

385

2,709

LSE

09:19:51

788933

383

2,708

LSE

09:19:55

789011

456

2,707

LSE

09:23:30

795043

415

2,706

LSE

09:25:02

797155

67

2,705

LSE

09:27:45

801633

341

2,705

LSE

09:27:45

801628

80

2,706

LSE

09:30:14

805727

257

2,706

LSE

09:30:14

805725

420

2,705

LSE

09:30:20

805885

26

2,704

LSE

09:31:13

807385

173

2,704

LSE

09:31:21

807640

204

2,704

LSE

09:31:21

807638

243

2,704

LSE

09:32:34

809456

200

2,704

LSE

09:32:34

809454

380

2,704

LSE

09:32:34

809452

432

2,703

LSE

09:33:08

810254

453

2,702

LSE

09:33:41

810993

435

2,704

LSE

09:37:39

817076

92

2,703

LSE

09:40:01

820887

100

2,703

LSE

09:40:01

820885

250

2,703

LSE

09:40:01

820883

454

2,703

LSE

09:40:01

820880

398

2,702

LSE

09:40:05

821034

396

2,704

LSE

09:43:50

827100

403

2,703

LSE

09:44:03

827395

419

2,702

LSE

09:45:03

829110

340

2,702

LSE

09:46:16

830987

349

2,701

LSE

09:47:16

832534

383

2,702

LSE

09:53:55

845150

388

2,701

LSE

09:54:33

846231

264

2,700

LSE

09:55:14

847152

99

2,700

LSE

09:55:14

847150

343

2,702

LSE

09:57:30

850442

397

2,700

LSE

10:01:05

857119

375

2,700

LSE

10:02:34

859163

313

2,699

LSE

10:07:54

869101

65

2,699

LSE

10:07:54

869099

392

2,698

LSE

10:11:33

874770

358

2,698

LSE

10:14:12

879426

37

2,698

LSE

10:14:12

879424

390

2,697

LSE

10:14:26

879720

373

2,698

LSE

10:20:15

888795

147

2,697

LSE

10:23:16

894262

200

2,697

LSE

10:23:16

894260

373

2,696

LSE

10:24:48

896667

409

2,697

LSE

10:24:48

896659

353

2,695

LSE

10:24:54

896958

397

2,693

LSE

10:27:02

899798

352

2,696

LSE

10:30:48

905016

340

2,696

LSE

10:34:37

909859

366

2,695

LSE

10:35:03

910478

410

2,696

LSE

10:40:14

918759

355

2,695

LSE

10:40:17

918801

32

2,693

LSE

10:44:26

925350

355

2,693

LSE

10:44:26

925348

387

2,693

LSE

10:47:45

930366

89

2,692

LSE

10:47:59

930733

266

2,692

LSE

10:47:59

930731

338

2,690

LSE

10:49:45

933816

350

2,688

LSE

10:51:52

937509

322

2,686

LSE

10:53:37

939783

10

2,686

LSE

10:53:37

939781

338

2,686

LSE

10:57:10

944812

383

2,685

LSE

10:57:24

945098

333

2,690

LSE

11:01:01

949549

66

2,690

LSE

11:04:28

953280

125

2,690

LSE

11:04:28

953278

220

2,690

LSE

11:04:28

953276

275

2,690

LSE

11:04:28

953266

91

2,690

LSE

11:04:28

953264

398

2,689

LSE

11:04:37

953596

371

2,688

LSE

11:09:59

958223

221

2,688

LSE

11:09:59

958221

150

2,688

LSE

11:09:59

958219

256

2,688

LSE

11:13:27

962233

125

2,688

LSE

11:13:27

962209

343

2,687

LSE

11:15:05

964281

365

2,686

LSE

11:15:33

964647

347

2,686

LSE

11:17:56

966960

403

2,685

LSE

11:22:22

971072

363

2,688

LSE

11:28:56

977628

148

2,685

LSE

11:29:44

978434

340

2,686

LSE

11:29:44

978350

218

2,685

LSE

11:32:25

981157

16

2,689

LSE

11:37:58

987014

200

2,689

LSE

11:37:58

987012

125

2,689

LSE

11:37:58

987010

50

2,689

LSE

11:37:58

987008

355

2,689

LSE

11:37:58

987006

357

2,688

LSE

11:40:41

989783

48

2,686

LSE

11:41:08

990184

4

2,686

LSE

11:42:29

991259

398

2,687

LSE

11:44:07

992935

326

2,686

LSE

11:45:32

994993

369

2,686

LSE

11:45:33

995014

102

2,686

LSE

11:45:33

995012

384

2,685

LSE

11:46:13

995633

188

2,684

LSE

11:46:14

995643

14

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996535

36

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996533

121

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996531

14

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996529

71

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996525

50

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996527

36

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996523

172

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996521

50

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996519

2

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996517

170

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996515

50

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996513

188

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996511

377

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996507

191

2,684

LSE

11:47:09

996505

27

2,684

LSE

11:47:10

996551

50

2,684

LSE

11:47:10

996549

36

2,684

LSE

11:47:10

996547

14

2,684

LSE

11:47:10

996539

36

2,684

LSE

11:47:10

996537

282

2,688

LSE

11:58:24

1007330

75

2,688

LSE

11:58:24

1007328

125

2,689

LSE

12:02:28

1011839

372

2,689

LSE

12:02:28

1011837

68

2,689

LSE

12:02:28

1011835

391

2,688

LSE

12:03:19

1013263

55

2,688

LSE

12:03:19

1013261

220

2,688

LSE

12:03:19

1013259

181

2,688

LSE

12:03:19

1013257

336

2,688

LSE

12:03:19

1013255

97

2,688

LSE

12:03:19

1013210

388

2,687

LSE

12:03:26

1013388

299

2,688

LSE

12:05:49

1015837

25

2,689

LSE

12:05:49

1015834

189

2,689

LSE

12:05:49

1015832

203

2,689

LSE

12:05:49

1015830

91

2,688

LSE

12:05:52

1015889

303

2,688

LSE

12:06:36

1016581

64

2,688

LSE

12:06:36

1016579

237

2,688

LSE

12:08:02

1018199

98

2,688

LSE

12:08:02

1018197

14

2,688

LSE

12:08:02

1018201

16

2,687

LSE

12:08:56

1019001

35

2,687

LSE

12:08:56

1018999

366

2,689

LSE

12:11:46

1022450

396

2,687

LSE

12:14:34

1025331

392

2,688

LSE

12:14:34

1025329

141

2,687

LSE

12:15:38

1026611

384

2,689

LSE

12:22:08

1033792

280

2,688

LSE

12:22:09

1033827

117

2,688

LSE

12:22:09

1033825

353

2,687

LSE

12:23:03

1034950

392

2,687

LSE

12:23:03

1034948

281

2,686

LSE

12:23:33

1035537

86

2,686

LSE

12:23:33

1035539

354

2,686

LSE

12:26:42

1038755

403

2,686

LSE

12:27:14

1039285

337

2,685

LSE

12:27:24

1039485

389

2,684

LSE

12:27:25

1039489

100

2,684

LSE

12:27:26

1039502

100

2,684

LSE

12:27:26

1039498

171

2,684

LSE

12:27:37

1039630

22

2,683

LSE

12:28:47

1040901

90

2,683

LSE

12:29:05

1041136

355

2,683

LSE

12:29:05

1041134

200

2,683

LSE

12:29:24

1041491

14

2,683

LSE

12:29:24

1041493

125

2,683

LSE

12:29:24

1041489

272

2,683

LSE

12:29:24

1041460

395

2,683

LSE

12:31:52

1044614

316

2,682

LSE

12:34:07

1046608

1

2,682

LSE

12:34:07

1046606

15

2,682

LSE

12:34:11

1046690

283

2,682

LSE

12:38:37

1051950

63

2,682

LSE

12:38:37

1051948

412

2,684

LSE

12:42:20

1056462

103

2,683

LSE

12:44:59

1059666

200

2,683

LSE

12:44:59

1059664

125

2,683

LSE

12:44:59

1059662

58

2,684

LSE

12:44:59

1059660

328

2,684

LSE

12:44:59

1059658

270

2,683

LSE

12:47:07

1062493

179

2,683

LSE

12:47:07

1062491

299

2,683

LSE

12:50:31

1066859

89

2,683

LSE

12:50:31

1066857

300

2,682

LSE

12:50:41

1067271

70

2,682

LSE

12:50:41

1067269

389

2,683

LSE

12:52:44

1069423

122

2,684

LSE

12:54:28

1071480

293

2,684

LSE

12:54:28

1071478

390

2,683

LSE

12:59:42

1078790

74

2,682

LSE

13:00:04

1079268

357

2,682

LSE

13:00:04

1079266

368

2,684

LSE

13:08:21

1088836

109

2,683

LSE

13:09:35

1090115

150

2,683

LSE

13:09:35

1090113

31

2,683

LSE

13:09:53

1090393

125

2,683

LSE

13:09:53

1090391

281

2,683

LSE

13:09:53

1090389

33

2,683

LSE

13:09:53

1090365

331

2,683

LSE

13:09:53

1090369

2

2,683

LSE

13:09:53

1090367

157

2,683

LSE

13:09:53

1090357

456

2,686

LSE

13:12:42

1093436

422

2,685

LSE

13:14:19

1095241

52

2,684

LSE

13:15:43

1096812

115

2,684

LSE

13:15:43

1096810

300

2,684

LSE

13:15:43

1096808

397

2,686

LSE

13:24:07

1107533

310

2,685

LSE

13:26:02

1109716

127

2,685

LSE

13:26:02

1109714

414

2,685

LSE

13:26:23

1110072

405

2,685

LSE

13:26:23

1110034

441

2,684

LSE

13:28:11

1112177

397

2,685

LSE

13:31:17

1116232

411

2,684

LSE

13:32:25

1117788

407

2,683

LSE

13:32:33

1117934

424

2,686

LSE

13:36:07

1122934

44

2,688

LSE

13:47:35

1138570

353

2,688

LSE

13:47:35

1138568

465

2,690

LSE

13:54:03

1146901

476

2,689

LSE

13:54:30

1147562

391

2,690

LSE

14:00:56

1157200

11

2,690

LSE

14:00:56

1157198

249

2,690

LSE

14:00:56

1157196

150

2,690

LSE

14:00:56

1157194

406

2,690

LSE

14:03:18

1160923

395

2,689

LSE

14:03:45

1161689

93

2,689

LSE

14:03:45

1161687

353

2,690

LSE

14:05:46

1165098

445

2,690

LSE

14:08:41

1169649

298

2,690

LSE

14:13:56

1176747

73

2,690

LSE

14:13:56

1176745

474

2,691

LSE

14:17:35

1182932

76

2,690

LSE

14:17:46

1183224

299

2,690

LSE

14:17:46

1183222

333

2,690

LSE

14:17:46

1183220

15

2,690

LSE

14:17:46

1183218

482

2,689

LSE

14:22:06

1190410

501

2,688

LSE

14:26:44

1198193

326

2,689

LSE

14:29:13

1202818

304

2,689

LSE

14:29:13

1202816

200

2,688

LSE

14:30:25

1207203

100

2,688

LSE

14:30:25

1207205

250

2,688

LSE

14:30:25

1207207

44

2,688

LSE

14:30:25

1207209

552

2,688

LSE

14:30:25

1207199

267

2,687

LSE

14:30:29

1207429

212

2,687

LSE

14:30:29

1207427

136

2,690

LSE

14:32:17

1212426

250

2,690

LSE

14:32:17

1212424

179

2,690

LSE

14:32:17

1212414

187

2,690

LSE

14:32:17

1212412

117

2,689

LSE

14:33:53

1216899

150

2,690

LSE

14:33:53

1216897

224

2,690

LSE

14:33:53

1216895

369

2,690

LSE

14:33:53

1216893

486

2,688

LSE

14:33:59

1217120

400

2,687

LSE

14:37:32

1224818

483

2,687

LSE

14:37:32

1224816

250

2,688

LSE

14:39:20

1229251

123

2,688

LSE

14:39:20

1229249

210

2,688

LSE

14:39:20

1229247

605

2,687

LSE

14:43:34

1238701

552

2,691

LSE

14:49:40

1253013

499

2,691

LSE

14:49:40

1253011

200

2,691

LSE

14:49:40

1253009

250

2,691

LSE

14:49:40

1253007

200

2,691

LSE

14:49:40

1253005

250

2,691

LSE

14:49:40

1253003

614

2,691

LSE

14:50:27

1254847

182

2,690

LSE

14:50:29

1254948

357

2,690

LSE

14:50:29

1254946

207

2,690

LSE

14:50:29

1254944

356

2,691

LSE

14:52:52

1260230

444

2,690

LSE

14:54:24

1263588

363

2,690

LSE

14:54:24

1263586

95

2,690

LSE

14:55:24

1266413

310

2,690

LSE

14:55:24

1266411

100

2,690

LSE

14:55:24

1266409

250

2,690

LSE

14:55:24

1266407

707

2,690

LSE

14:55:24

1266404

573

2,690

LSE

14:56:41

1270291

100

2,690

LSE

14:56:41

1270289

508

2,689

LSE

14:56:49

1270638

188

2,689

LSE

14:56:49

1270636

369

2,689

LSE

14:57:59

1273447

347

2,689

LSE

14:57:59

1273445

367

2,689

LSE

14:59:10

1276325

157

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296605

273

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296603

250

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296601

100

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296577

16

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296540

300

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296536

80

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296534

565

2,690

LSE

15:07:05

1296532

786

2,689

LSE

15:09:21

1303175

381

2,689

LSE

15:10:33

1305852

380

2,689

LSE

15:10:33

1305850

672

2,689

LSE

15:13:44

1313361

779

2,689

LSE

15:17:33

1322238

55

2,689

LSE

15:18:58

1325392

331

2,689

LSE

15:18:58

1325394

552

2,689

LSE

15:18:58

1325390

796

2,688

LSE

15:21:09

1330834

646

2,688

LSE

15:21:10

1330970

178

2,688

LSE

15:21:28

1331500

583

2,689

LSE

15:23:38

1336195

106

2,689

LSE

15:23:38

1336193

704

2,689

LSE

15:24:21

1338548

727

2,689

LSE

15:26:11

1343452

267

2,689

LSE

15:27:51

1346906

295

2,689

LSE

15:27:51

1346904

183

2,689

LSE

15:27:51

1346902

375

2,689

LSE

15:32:46

1360189

370

2,689

LSE

15:32:46

1360191

25

2,689

LSE

15:32:46

1360187

168

2,690

LSE

15:35:54

1368309

276

2,690

LSE

15:35:54

1368305

547

2,690

LSE

15:35:54

1368303

206

2,690

LSE

15:35:54

1368307

341

2,690

LSE

15:40:23

1381319

1,243

2,690

LSE

15:40:23

1381317

200

2,690

LSE

15:42:21

1386900

195

2,690

LSE

15:42:21

1386898

200

2,690

LSE

15:42:21

1386896

100

2,690

LSE

15:42:21

1386894

250

2,690

LSE

15:42:21

1386892

1,233

2,689

LSE

15:42:34

1387612

200

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387796

195

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387794

250

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387792

185

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387782

410

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387784

97

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387786

390

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387790

551

2,689

LSE

15:42:40

1387788

368

2,690

LSE

15:48:34

1401602

290

2,690

LSE

15:48:34

1401600

143

2,690

LSE

15:48:34

1401598

383

2,690

LSE

15:48:34

1401596

163

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410489

8

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410491

617

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410495

200

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410493

250

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410497

100

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410487

250

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410485

200

2,691

LSE

15:52:20

1410483

491

2,690

LSE

15:53:05

1412289

912

2,690

LSE

15:53:05

1412287

1

2,690

LSE

15:53:05

1412285

1,094

2,689

LSE

15:54:01

1414492

88

2,690

LSE

15:58:30

1425539

250

2,690

LSE

15:58:30

1425537

200

2,690

LSE

15:58:30

1425535

189

2,690

LSE

15:58:30

1425533

389

2,689

LSE

15:59:04

1426975

382

2,689

LSE

15:59:04

1426973

739

2,689

LSE

15:59:04

1426971

324

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431986

9

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431984

397

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431982

250

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431980

200

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431972

234

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431974

79

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431976

740

2,689

LSE

16:00:10

1431978

585

2,688

LSE

16:01:33

1438438

342

2,688

LSE

16:01:33

1438436

360

2,688

LSE

16:03:37

1443984

822

2,688

LSE

16:03:37

1443982

1,050

2,689

LSE

16:04:58

1448024

635

2,689

LSE

16:06:27

1452921

397

2,689

LSE

16:06:27

1452919

668

2,689

LSE

16:07:25

1455315

391

2,689

LSE

16:10:13

1464267

700

2,689

LSE

16:10:13

1464265

412

2,689

LSE

16:10:13

1464269

178

2,689

LSE

16:11:14

1467227

341

2,689

LSE

16:11:14

1467225

91

2,689

LSE

16:11:14

1467223

509

2,689

LSE

16:11:14

1467221

488

2,689

LSE

16:14:07

1477889

468

2,689

LSE

16:16:44

1486928

433

2,689

LSE

16:16:44

1486926

100

2,690

LSE

16:17:13

1488640

250

2,690

LSE

16:17:13

1488638

113

2,689

LSE

16:17:25

1489198

289

2,689

LSE

16:17:25

1489194

200

2,689

LSE

16:17:25

1489192

240

2,689

LSE

16:17:25