Transaction in Own Shares

15th May 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 14th 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

14 May 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

209,881

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

2,708.0000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

2,665.0000

Volume weighted average price paid (GBp):

2,682.0200

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 1,416,401 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 841,973,937 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

2,682.0250

209,881

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

146

2,705

LSE

08:04:46

570499

32

2,705

LSE

08:04:46

570497

301

2,705

LSE

08:04:46

570495

87

2,703

LSE

08:07:10

574713

336

2,703

LSE

08:07:10

574711

9

2,703

LSE

08:07:10

574699

157

2,702

LSE

08:07:12

574742

237

2,702

LSE

08:07:12

574740

437

2,706

LSE

08:19:01

592998

200

2,707

LSE

08:19:01

592961

117

2,707

LSE

08:19:01

592965

150

2,707

LSE

08:19:01

592963

15

2,707

LSE

08:19:01

592949

438

2,707

LSE

08:19:01

592943

97

2,705

LSE

08:20:12

594876

200

2,705

LSE

08:20:12

594874

100

2,705

LSE

08:20:12

594872

206

2,705

LSE

08:20:12

594868

243

2,705

LSE

08:20:12

594866

376

2,705

LSE

08:20:52

596006

391

2,706

LSE

08:23:05

599665

348

2,705

LSE

08:23:52

600875

350

2,703

LSE

08:23:53

600905

238

2,704

LSE

08:29:02

609467

150

2,704

LSE

08:29:02

609465

131

2,705

LSE

08:31:28

613877

364

2,705

LSE

08:33:32

616952

404

2,705

LSE

08:33:32

616931

331

2,705

LSE

08:33:32

616919

205

2,705

LSE

08:33:32

616915

50

2,705

LSE

08:33:32

616909

413

2,704

LSE

08:37:02

623002

389

2,705

LSE

08:37:02

623000

390

2,703

LSE

08:37:43

624091

300

2,701

LSE

08:37:55

624421

362

2,701

LSE

08:38:15

624915

78

2,701

LSE

08:38:15

624913

51

2,699

LSE

08:39:24

626866

305

2,701

LSE

08:42:25

631712

17

2,701

LSE

08:43:27

633511

382

2,701

LSE

08:43:27

633509

34

2,701

LSE

08:43:27

633507

205

2,699

LSE

08:45:06

636549

150

2,699

LSE

08:45:06

636547

131

2,699

LSE

08:47:28

640802

98

2,700

LSE

08:52:12

648549

240

2,700

LSE

08:52:12

648547

83

2,701

LSE

08:55:02

654162

272

2,701

LSE

08:55:02

654146

132

2,701

LSE

08:55:02

654138

396

2,702

LSE

09:00:27

666622

231

2,704

LSE

09:02:37

669561

108

2,704

LSE

09:02:37

669559

446

2,703

LSE

09:03:11

670287

366

2,703

LSE

09:06:02

675330

6

2,703

LSE

09:06:02

675328

481

2,701

LSE

09:08:51

681164

250

2,702

LSE

09:08:51

681155

67

2,702

LSE

09:08:51

681147

385

2,702

LSE

09:08:51

681145

1

2,702

LSE

09:14:19

689047

220

2,702

LSE

09:14:19

689045

250

2,702

LSE

09:14:19

689043

216

2,702

LSE

09:14:19

689041

219

2,702

LSE

09:14:19

689039

480

2,700

LSE

09:16:05

691549

54

2,699

LSE

09:16:22

692050

418

2,703

LSE

09:21:01

698574

117

2,702

LSE

09:21:17

698720

240

2,702

LSE

09:21:17

698718

134

2,702

LSE

09:21:17

698716

260

2,702

LSE

09:21:17

698714

124

2,702

LSE

09:21:17

698712

421

2,702

LSE

09:24:33

703648

320

2,700

LSE

09:26:33

706172

36

2,700

LSE

09:26:33

706170

125

2,700

LSE

09:26:33

706157

291

2,701

LSE

09:26:33

706154

200

2,701

LSE

09:26:33

706152

263

2,700

LSE

09:27:25

707302

118

2,700

LSE

09:27:25

707304

3

2,699

LSE

09:30:29

711191

281

2,700

LSE

09:30:29

711188

129

2,700

LSE

09:30:29

711186

477

2,699

LSE

09:31:15

712277

62

2,699

LSE

09:31:44

712955

120

2,699

LSE

09:31:44

712946

371

2,699

LSE

09:31:44

712932

13

2,699

LSE

09:31:44

712930

108

2,699

LSE

09:31:44

712928

216

2,699

LSE

09:31:44

712896

211

2,698

LSE

09:32:00

713328

271

2,698

LSE

09:34:22

716178

3

2,698

LSE

09:34:22

716180

391

2,698

LSE

09:34:22

716182

170

2,697

LSE

09:35:28

717550

273

2,697

LSE

09:35:28

717548

204

2,697

LSE

09:35:28

717546

250

2,697

LSE

09:35:28

717542

370

2,697

LSE

09:35:28

717538

74

2,697

LSE

09:35:28

717536

419

2,696

LSE

09:35:33

717740

250

2,698

LSE

09:39:40

723043

338

2,698

LSE

09:39:40

723040

72

2,697

LSE

09:40:01

723542

436

2,697

LSE

09:40:01

723538

150

2,697

LSE

09:40:17

724094

109

2,697

LSE

09:40:17

724092

275

2,697

LSE

09:40:17

724090

37

2,696

LSE

09:43:03

727605

200

2,696

LSE

09:43:03

727603

250

2,696

LSE

09:43:03

727601

64

2,696

LSE

09:43:03

727592

256

2,696

LSE

09:43:03

727590

185

2,696

LSE

09:43:03

727588

170

2,694

LSE

09:45:09

730774

210

2,694

LSE

09:45:09

730772

200

2,694

LSE

09:45:11

730832

250

2,694

LSE

09:45:11

730830

122

2,694

LSE

09:45:11

730813

237

2,694

LSE

09:45:11

730818

121

2,694

LSE

09:45:11

730815

440

2,694

LSE

09:52:30

740596

416

2,696

LSE

09:56:34

745101

89

2,696

LSE

09:56:34

745099

399

2,697

LSE

10:00:04

749835

473

2,697

LSE

10:00:04

749833

150

2,697

LSE

10:00:04

749831

737

2,696

LSE

10:02:22

752561

336

2,696

LSE

10:02:57

753161

329

2,696

LSE

10:02:57

753159

160

2,695

LSE

10:05:19

759976

489

2,695

LSE

10:05:19

759974

488

2,694

LSE

10:08:28

763876

854

2,701

LSE

10:19:14

777034

380

2,702

LSE

10:31:00

791414

197

2,702

LSE

10:31:00

791412

138

2,702

LSE

10:31:00

791410

735

2,702

LSE

10:31:00

791408

250

2,701

LSE

10:32:16

792793

291

2,701

LSE

10:32:16

792791

200

2,701

LSE

10:32:16

792789

125

2,701

LSE

10:32:16

792787

243

2,701

LSE

10:32:16

792785

599

2,701

LSE

10:32:16

792783

306

2,701

LSE

10:32:16

792781

383

2,706

LSE

10:39:09

800691

705

2,706

LSE

10:39:09

800693

961

2,705

LSE

10:39:48

802285

26

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807337

260

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807335

150

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807333

297

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807331

50

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807329

200

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807327

323

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807323

423

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807321

331

2,708

LSE

10:44:19

807319

810

2,708

LSE

10:48:03

811743

6

2,707

LSE

10:49:35

813343

672

2,707

LSE

10:49:42

813541

141

2,707

LSE

10:49:42

813543

4

2,707

LSE

10:50:42

814577

332

2,707

LSE

10:50:42

814575

86

2,707

LSE

10:51:37

815825

386

2,707

LSE

10:51:43

815937

330

2,707

LSE

10:51:43

815935

106

2,707

LSE

10:51:43

815933

51

2,707

LSE

10:51:43

815931

715

2,706

LSE

10:52:16

816651

448

2,705

LSE

10:52:28

816870

79

2,705

LSE

10:52:29

816874

38

2,705

LSE

10:52:29

816872

35

2,705

LSE

10:52:33

816975

243

2,705

LSE

10:52:44

817236

199

2,705

LSE

10:56:20

821290

125

2,705

LSE

10:56:20

821288

192

2,705

LSE

10:56:20

821286

238

2,704

LSE

10:57:23

822445

126

2,704

LSE

10:57:23

822443

26

2,706

LSE

11:00:50

826048

321

2,706

LSE

11:00:50

826046

128

2,706

LSE

11:03:42

828215

252

2,706

LSE

11:03:42

828213

171

2,706

LSE

11:08:37

831792

209

2,706

LSE

11:08:37

831790

332

2,706

LSE

11:11:46

834355

520

2,705

LSE

11:12:57

835412

432

2,705

LSE

11:13:49

836082

200

2,705

LSE

11:14:20

836472

125

2,705

LSE

11:14:20

836470

383

2,705

LSE

11:14:20

836454

353

2,705

LSE

11:15:42

837745

491

2,704

LSE

11:16:18

838199

1

2,703

LSE

11:16:57

838604

323

2,703

LSE

11:16:59

838628

185

2,703

LSE

11:16:59

838626

125

2,702

LSE

11:21:53

842558

250

2,702

LSE

11:21:53

842556

183

2,702

LSE

11:21:53

842554

50

2,702

LSE

11:21:53

842552

326

2,701

LSE

11:23:26

843673

43

2,701

LSE

11:23:26

843671

125

2,701

LSE

11:23:26

843669

387

2,701

LSE

11:23:26

843613

221

2,700

LSE

11:25:44

845572

246

2,700

LSE

11:25:44

845570

329

2,701

LSE

11:28:00

847358

83

2,701

LSE

11:28:00

847356

216

2,700

LSE

11:29:48

848621

245

2,700

LSE

11:29:48

848596

305

2,700

LSE

11:30:00

848825

125

2,700

LSE

11:30:00

848821

50

2,700

LSE

11:30:00

848823

29

2,700

LSE

11:30:00

848813

299

2,700

LSE

11:30:00

848811

311

2,699

LSE

11:30:20

849193

125

2,699

LSE

11:30:20

849190

431

2,699

LSE

11:30:20

849180

133

2,699

LSE

11:30:21

849288

125

2,698

LSE

11:31:58

850760

325

2,698

LSE

11:31:58

850758

40

2,698

LSE

11:31:58

850756

367

2,697

LSE

11:32:27

851224

97

2,697

LSE

11:34:45

852793

243

2,697

LSE

11:34:45

852791

122

2,696

LSE

11:38:18

855216

38

2,696

LSE

11:38:18

855214

81

2,697

LSE

11:40:52

857336

169

2,697

LSE

11:40:52

857334

84

2,697

LSE

11:41:40

858029

240

2,697

LSE

11:41:40

858027

59

2,697

LSE

11:41:40

858025

97

2,697

LSE

11:41:40

858023

332

2,697

LSE

11:41:40

858021

402

2,696

LSE

11:42:36

858746

398

2,696

LSE

11:42:36

858744

361

2,695

LSE

11:43:18

859228

334

2,695

LSE

11:43:18

859226

139

2,694

LSE

11:43:20

859267

229

2,694

LSE

11:43:26

859321

23

2,694

LSE

11:43:49

859605

322

2,694

LSE

11:46:24

861417

375

2,696

LSE

11:52:18

866126

396

2,696

LSE

11:53:39

867077

152

2,696

LSE

11:53:39

867075

177

2,696

LSE

11:53:39

867073

408

2,695

LSE

11:54:45

867832

118

2,695

LSE

11:55:57

869029

402

2,695

LSE

11:57:30

870239

252

2,695

LSE

11:57:30

870237

266

2,694

LSE

11:57:48

870436

151

2,694

LSE

11:57:48

870434

476

2,695

LSE

12:02:20

874901

340

2,695

LSE

12:02:34

875422

455

2,695

LSE

12:02:34

875420

170

2,694

LSE

12:02:55

875682

272

2,694

LSE

12:02:55

875680

7

2,693

LSE

12:03:01

875751

97

2,693

LSE

12:03:01

875749

299

2,693

LSE

12:03:01

875747

342

2,692

LSE

12:03:07

875882

35

2,691

LSE

12:05:43

877978

200

2,691

LSE

12:05:43

877976

125

2,691

LSE

12:05:43

877974

249

2,691

LSE

12:05:43

877971

150

2,691

LSE

12:05:43

877969

55

2,691

LSE

12:11:40

882123

355

2,691

LSE

12:11:40

882119

286

2,691

LSE

12:11:40

882121

392

2,690

LSE

12:11:44

882191

290

2,689

LSE

12:12:22

882696

87

2,689

LSE

12:12:22

882694

359

2,689

LSE

12:13:31

883624

40

2,689

LSE

12:15:23

885013

372

2,693

LSE

12:19:04

887753

30

2,693

LSE

12:19:04

887751

300

2,693

LSE

12:19:04

887749

70

2,693

LSE

12:19:04

887747

229

2,693

LSE

12:19:04

887745

178

2,693

LSE

12:19:04

887743

370

2,693

LSE

12:22:11

890071

81

2,692

LSE

12:22:23

890236

277

2,692

LSE

12:22:23

890234

27

2,693

LSE

12:27:27

894111

50

2,693

LSE

12:27:27

894109

240

2,693

LSE

12:27:27

894107

125

2,693

LSE

12:27:27

894105

325

2,693

LSE

12:27:27

894096

345

2,693

LSE

12:27:27

894094

388

2,692

LSE

12:30:02

895817

362

2,691

LSE

12:30:12

896067

382

2,692

LSE

12:36:05

900100

400

2,692

LSE

12:36:05

900098

150

2,692

LSE

12:38:26

901818

227

2,692

LSE

12:38:26

901820

92

2,693

LSE

12:41:44

904578

300

2,693

LSE

12:41:44

904576

29

2,693

LSE

12:44:26

906675

50

2,693

LSE

12:44:26

906673

200

2,693

LSE

12:44:26

906671

125

2,693

LSE

12:44:26

906669

397

2,693

LSE

12:44:26

906665

298

2,692

LSE

12:44:43

906858

80

2,692

LSE

12:44:43

906856

403

2,692

LSE

12:47:31

909003

348

2,692

LSE

12:47:31

909001

253

2,691

LSE

12:49:56

910608

35

2,691

LSE

12:49:56

910606

111

2,691

LSE

12:49:56

910610

99

2,692

LSE

12:53:53

913804

194

2,692

LSE

12:53:53

913802

41

2,692

LSE

12:53:53

913800

213

2,691

LSE

12:54:19

914175

142

2,691

LSE

12:54:19

914173

253

2,691

LSE

12:55:59

915715

83

2,691

LSE

12:55:59

915713

162

2,689

LSE

12:57:47

916953

337

2,689

LSE

12:57:47

916957

110

2,689

LSE

12:57:47

916955

78

2,689

LSE

12:57:47

916949

38

2,689

LSE

12:57:47

916951

329

2,688

LSE

13:00:09

918843

20

2,688

LSE

13:00:09

918841

19

2,688

LSE

13:00:09

918839

43

2,686

LSE

13:02:30

920877

138

2,686

LSE

13:02:35

920937

146

2,686

LSE

13:02:36

920965

327

2,685

LSE

13:04:46

922872

387

2,685

LSE

13:04:46

922870

338

2,685

LSE

13:06:34

924623

338

2,689

LSE

13:08:33

926153

100

2,689

LSE

13:10:53

928233

50

2,689

LSE

13:10:53

928204

384

2,689

LSE

13:10:53

928182

390

2,689

LSE

13:10:53

928184

358

2,689

LSE

13:13:03

930062

339

2,689

LSE

13:13:55

930771

22

2,689

LSE

13:13:55

930769

229

2,689

LSE

13:15:35

932365

114

2,689

LSE

13:15:35

932363

253

2,688

LSE

13:19:49

936175

150

2,688

LSE

13:19:49

936173

386

2,687

LSE

13:20:12

936633

56

2,687

LSE

13:20:12

936635

125

2,686

LSE

13:21:24

937645

259

2,686

LSE

13:21:24

937647

405

2,686

LSE

13:21:24

937643

172

2,685

LSE

13:22:32

938764

188

2,685

LSE

13:22:32

938762

212

2,685

LSE

13:22:32

938760

160

2,685

LSE

13:22:32

938758

167

2,685

LSE

13:23:27

939566

228

2,685

LSE

13:23:27

939564

346

2,684

LSE

13:25:04

940991

2

2,683

LSE

13:25:16

941112

385

2,683

LSE

13:25:16

941110

21

2,682

LSE

13:29:28

944976

21

2,682

LSE

13:29:28

944978

23

2,682

LSE

13:30:09

945902

22

2,682

LSE

13:30:09

945904

197

2,682

LSE

13:30:47

946656

80

2,682

LSE

13:30:48

946687

118

2,682

LSE

13:30:48

946685

395

2,682

LSE

13:31:33

947550

210

2,682

LSE

13:31:33

947548

44

2,681

LSE

13:35:04

950741

103

2,681

LSE

13:35:04

950739

300

2,681

LSE

13:35:04

950737

344

2,681

LSE

13:35:04

950743

95

2,680

LSE

13:35:26

951314

419

2,680

LSE

13:35:26

951310

86

2,680

LSE

13:35:26

951317

239

2,680

LSE

13:35:26

951312

58

2,679

LSE

13:36:17

952102

392

2,679

LSE

13:36:17

952104

125

2,682

LSE

13:39:08

954687

200

2,682

LSE

13:39:08

954685

50

2,682

LSE

13:39:08

954683

336

2,682

LSE

13:39:08

954676

202

2,682

LSE

13:39:08

954674

203

2,682

LSE

13:39:08

954672

469

2,681

LSE

13:39:09

954727

76

2,682

LSE

13:42:30

957648

153

2,682

LSE

13:42:30

957646

43

2,682

LSE

13:42:30

957654

22

2,682

LSE

13:42:30

957650

82

2,682

LSE

13:42:30

957652

155

2,682

LSE

13:43:06

958226

229

2,682

LSE

13:43:06

958223

41

2,682

LSE

13:43:06

958221

80

2,682

LSE

13:43:11

958273

30

2,682

LSE

13:43:11

958271

132

2,682

LSE

13:43:16

958334

20

2,682

LSE

13:43:34

958674

159

2,682

LSE

13:45:06

960476

173

2,682

LSE

13:45:06

960474

151

2,682

LSE

13:45:06

960472

138

2,681

LSE

13:48:41

964171

203

2,681

LSE

13:48:41

964169

396

2,681

LSE

13:48:41

964167

17

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964964

200

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964962

178

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964960

72

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964874

200

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964872

125

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964869

216

2,679

LSE

13:49:05

964867

198

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964861

237

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964859

13

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964857

50

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964854

200

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964852

125

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964850

227

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964834

248

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964832

175

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964830

166

2,680

LSE

13:49:05

964824

15

2,679

LSE

13:49:06

965084

179

2,678

LSE

13:49:23

965505

436

2,678

LSE

13:49:23

965503

150

2,678

LSE

13:49:23

965501

69

2,678

LSE

13:50:46

966989

204

2,678

LSE

13:50:46

966991

366

2,678

LSE

13:50:46

966987

146

2,678

LSE

13:50:46

966985

359

2,678

LSE

13:50:46

966983

100

2,677

LSE

13:50:50

967100

129

2,677

LSE

13:50:50

967098

351

2,677

LSE

13:50:59

967223

155

2,677

LSE

13:50:59

967221

24

2,676

LSE

13:52:05

968310

21

2,676

LSE

13:52:52

969309

22

2,676

LSE

13:53:31

969889

219

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972919

164

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972917

50

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972896

125

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972893

67

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972902

200

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972899

122

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972887

376

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972885

260

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972883

360

2,678

LSE

13:56:15

972881

230

2,679

LSE

13:58:26

975178

112

2,679

LSE

13:58:26

975176

172

2,679

LSE

13:58:26

975174

205

2,679

LSE

13:58:26

975172

37

2,678

LSE

13:59:49

976873

26

2,678

LSE

13:59:54

976960

170

2,678

LSE

13:59:54

976956

19

2,678

LSE

14:00:02

977127

91

2,678

LSE

14:00:14

977361

339

2,678

LSE

14:02:10

979512

46

2,678

LSE

14:02:10

979514

355

2,678

LSE

14:02:10

979516

348

2,678

LSE

14:02:10

979518

391

2,677

LSE

14:02:19

979624

149

2,676

LSE

14:02:35