CRH Regulatory News (CRH)

6th March 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 5th March 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 Europe SE. The ordinary shares purchased will be held as treasury shares.

London Stock Exchange

Euronext Dublin

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

3,382

7,836

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,433.0000

€28.1700

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,416.0000

€28.0700

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,422.2099

€28.1469

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 32,074,304 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,316,034 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 Europe SE 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 Europe SE

Intermediary code:

UBSWDE24

Time zone:

BST

Currency:

GBp & EUR (as indicated below)

Aggregated Information

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

GBp

2,422.2099

3,382

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.1469

7,836

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

91

2,419

LSE

11:24:21

1203426

500

2,419

LSE

11:24:21

1203424

581

2,419

LSE

11:24:21

1203422

655

2,419

LSE

11:59:00

1223914

547

2,416

LSE

12:13:38

1236275

76

2,429

LSE

15:22:46

1408177

250

2,429

LSE

15:22:46

1408175

121

2,433

LSE

15:43:21

1434673

250

2,433

LSE

15:43:21

1434671

311

2,432

LSE

15:55:01

1451718

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

154

28.10

ISE

08:10:37

1001967

647

28.14

ISE

08:14:48

1007411

631

28.17

ISE

11:07:44

1194014

611

28.17

ISE

11:07:44

1194012

537

28.17

ISE

11:07:44

1194010

596

28.17

ISE

11:07:44

1194008

645

28.17

ISE

11:07:44

1194006

584

28.17

ISE

11:07:44

1194004

650

28.15

ISE

11:08:29

1194456

103

28.14

ISE

11:15:45

1198543

31

28.14

ISE

11:15:45

1198539

513

28.14

ISE

11:15:45

1198541

104

28.14

ISE

11:45:51

1216197

64

28.14

ISE

11:45:54

1216237

38

28.14

ISE

11:45:56

1216260

343

28.14

ISE

11:46:07

1216400

38

28.07

ISE

12:13:38

1236279

190

28.07

ISE

12:13:38

1236277

610

28.07

ISE

12:35:03

1249631

633

28.15

ISE

13:33:27

1287359

114

28.12

ISE

14:22:43

1323257