CRH Regulatory News (CRH)

17th October 2018

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

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

63,902

53,555

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,387.0000

€27.1800

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,351.0000

€26.7500

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,373.9449

€26.9831

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 22,084,971 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 821,305,367 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

2,373.9449

63,902

Euronext Dublin

EUR

26.9831

53,555

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

36

2,351

LSE

08:08:40

721768

822

2,357

LSE

08:12:11

727235

589

2,356

LSE

08:12:13

727316

344

2,356

LSE

08:12:13

727314

12

2,355

LSE

08:12:36

728039

358

2,355

LSE

08:12:39

728114

535

2,355

LSE

08:12:39

728112

101

2,353

LSE

08:12:47

728263

926

2,355

LSE

08:14:25

731203

117

2,355

LSE

08:15:19

732496

24

2,355

LSE

08:15:28

732660

219

2,355

LSE

08:15:39

732924

463

2,355

LSE

08:15:39

732922

200

2,365

LSE

08:17:58

736708

250

2,365

LSE

08:17:59

736717

200

2,365

LSE

08:17:59

736715

250

2,365

LSE

08:18:03

736841

45

2,365

LSE

08:18:03

736839

200

2,365

LSE

08:18:03

736837

300

2,368

LSE

08:18:37

738017

200

2,368

LSE

08:18:38

738053

250

2,368

LSE

08:18:38

738047

200

2,368

LSE

08:18:38

738045

223

2,367

LSE

08:18:42

738205

400

2,367

LSE

08:18:42

738203

239

2,367

LSE

08:18:42

738201

230

2,367

LSE

08:18:42

738199

578

2,367

LSE

08:18:42

738197

1,093

2,372

LSE

08:19:24

739258

250

2,372

LSE

08:19:24

739256

1,908

2,372

LSE

08:19:24

739254

250

2,372

LSE

08:19:24

739252

250

2,373

LSE

08:19:44

739744

372

2,373

LSE

08:19:44

739748

112

2,373

LSE

08:19:44

739746

54

2,372

LSE

08:20:11

740626

250

2,372

LSE

08:20:11

740624

250

2,372

LSE

08:20:11

740622

200

2,372

LSE

08:20:11

740620

839

2,372

LSE

08:20:11

740618

426

2,375

LSE

08:21:19

742707

200

2,375

LSE

08:21:19

742703

250

2,375

LSE

08:21:19

742705

187

2,375

LSE

08:21:19

742700

400

2,375

LSE

08:21:19

742698

245

2,375

LSE

08:21:19

742696

167

2,372

LSE

08:21:31

743049

720

2,372

LSE

08:21:31

743051

56

2,371

LSE

08:22:34

744769

374

2,371

LSE

08:22:34

744767

200

2,371

LSE

08:22:34

744765

250

2,371

LSE

08:22:34

744763

397

2,370

LSE

08:23:15

745852

363

2,370

LSE

08:23:15

745850

595

2,368

LSE

08:23:19

745990

200

2,368

LSE

08:23:19

745988

798

2,369

LSE

08:24:13

747352

483

2,368

LSE

08:24:16

747431

24

2,368

LSE

08:24:16

747433

329

2,368

LSE

08:24:16

747429

169

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749148

167

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749146

250

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749144

200

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749142

234

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749140

69

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749138

200

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749135

194

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749133

200

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749130

800

2,370

LSE

08:25:28

749125

758

2,369

LSE

08:26:02

749921

18

2,370

LSE

08:26:55

751468

173

2,370

LSE

08:26:55

751466

250

2,370

LSE

08:26:55

751464

200

2,370

LSE

08:26:55

751460

100

2,370

LSE

08:26:55

751462

395

2,373

LSE

08:30:10

756073

400

2,373

LSE

08:30:10

756071

79

2,373

LSE

08:30:10

756069

849

2,372

LSE

08:31:09

757962

616

2,372

LSE

08:31:09

757960

200

2,372

LSE

08:31:09

757958

913

2,372

LSE

08:31:09

757955

5

2,372

LSE

08:31:09

757953

157

2,374

LSE

08:33:23

761262

620

2,374

LSE

08:33:23

761260

211

2,375

LSE

08:35:44

765295

200

2,375

LSE

08:35:44

765293

481

2,375

LSE

08:35:44

765291

596

2,375

LSE

08:35:44

765289

176

2,375

LSE

08:35:44

765287

200

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768024

90

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768022

100

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768020

306

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768026

87

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768028

103

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768018

203

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768016

522

2,375

LSE

08:37:26

768014

195

2,374

LSE

08:38:33

770047

44

2,374

LSE

08:38:33

770045

250

2,374

LSE

08:38:33

770043

200

2,374

LSE

08:38:33

770041

40

2,374

LSE

08:38:33

770039

486

2,375

LSE

08:40:10

772895

359

2,375

LSE

08:40:10

772893

200

2,381

LSE

08:41:25

775129

250

2,381

LSE

08:41:25

775131

385

2,381

LSE

08:41:25

775133

773

2,381

LSE

08:41:25

775127

880

2,380

LSE

08:42:46

777344

787

2,382

LSE

08:42:46

777342

65

2,381

LSE

08:43:55

779382

785

2,381

LSE

08:44:01

779537

21

2,381

LSE

08:44:01

779535

363

2,383

LSE

08:47:06

785646

480

2,383

LSE

08:47:06

785644

377

2,383

LSE

08:48:19

788016

200

2,383

LSE

08:48:19

788012

250

2,383

LSE

08:48:19

788014

854

2,383

LSE

08:48:19

788010

250

2,380

LSE

08:49:29

790582

200

2,380

LSE

08:49:29

790580

97

2,381

LSE

08:49:29

790537

533

2,381

LSE

08:49:29

790535

201

2,381

LSE

08:49:29

790533

324

2,380

LSE

08:50:31

792311

754

2,379

LSE

08:51:11

793747

29

2,379

LSE

08:52:17

795993

377

2,379

LSE

08:52:17

795991

64

2,379

LSE

08:52:17

795984

40

2,379

LSE

08:52:17

795988

300

2,379

LSE

08:52:17

795986

147

2,378

LSE

08:52:35

796402

660

2,378

LSE

08:52:35

796400

22

2,378

LSE

08:52:35

796398

767

2,377

LSE

08:54:20

799691

674

2,372

LSE

08:55:31

802130

200

2,372

LSE

08:55:31

802126

855

2,373

LSE

08:56:11

803437

100

2,374

LSE

08:59:03

810172

482

2,374

LSE

08:59:03

810174

109

2,374

LSE

08:59:03

810176

198

2,374

LSE

08:59:03

810178

746

2,374

LSE

08:59:03

810168

144

2,374

LSE

09:01:04

813657

250

2,374

LSE

09:01:04

813655

58

2,374

LSE

09:01:04

813653

215

2,374

LSE

09:01:04

813651

200

2,374

LSE

09:01:04

813649

293

2,374

LSE

09:01:04

813647

511

2,374

LSE

09:01:04

813645

185

2,373

LSE

09:02:40

815632

250

2,373

LSE

09:02:40

815626

200

2,373

LSE

09:02:40

815624

79

2,373

LSE

09:02:40

815628

57

2,373

LSE

09:02:40

815630

225

2,374

LSE

09:03:53

817284

533

2,374

LSE

09:03:53

817282

136

2,374

LSE

09:03:53

817280

996

2,379

LSE

09:05:28

819472

897

2,380

LSE

09:05:28

819463

481

2,379

LSE

09:06:20

820667

57

2,379

LSE

09:06:20

820665

304

2,379

LSE

09:06:20

820669

395

2,379

LSE

09:08:41

826388

136

2,379

LSE

09:08:41

826386

83

2,379

LSE

09:08:41

826384

200

2,379

LSE

09:08:41

826382

143

2,379

LSE

09:08:41

826378

578

2,379

LSE

09:08:41

826380

749

2,378

LSE

09:08:55

826773

823

2,381

LSE

09:11:13

829915

840

2,382

LSE

09:12:32

831467

73

2,382

LSE

09:12:32

831465

200

2,382

LSE

09:12:59

832012

250

2,382

LSE

09:12:59

832014

79

2,382

LSE

09:12:59

832016

293

2,382

LSE

09:12:59

832018

204

2,381

LSE

09:14:20

833691

200

2,381

LSE

09:14:20

833689

203

2,381

LSE

09:14:20

833687

71

2,381

LSE

09:14:20

833685

200

2,381

LSE

09:14:20

833683

882

2,381

LSE

09:14:20

833679

561

2,381

LSE

09:15:55

835792

324

2,381

LSE

09:15:55

835790

797

2,387

LSE

09:19:36

840273

880

2,387

LSE

09:19:36

840271

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

449

26.78

ISE

08:10:27

724493

599

26.78

ISE

08:10:27

724491

725

26.78

ISE

08:12:13

727324

725

26.78

ISE

08:12:13

727322

487

26.78

ISE

08:12:13

727320

53

26.78

ISE

08:12:13

727318

342

26.78

ISE

08:12:13

727312

535

26.77

ISE

08:12:16

727399

413

26.77

ISE

08:12:37

728049

520

26.77

ISE

08:12:37

728047

488

26.77

ISE

08:12:37

728045

645

26.76

ISE

08:12:40

728124

202

26.76

ISE

08:12:47

728260

118

26.75

ISE

08:12:53

728446

731

26.83

ISE

08:16:45

734816

500

26.84

ISE

08:17:02

735264

500

26.84

ISE

08:17:02

735262

207

26.84

ISE

08:17:02

735260

746

26.84

ISE

08:17:02

735251

746

26.85

ISE

08:17:02

735247

860

26.91

ISE

08:17:58

736706

796

26.90

ISE

08:18:00

736750

500

26.94

ISE

08:18:42

738227

500

26.94

ISE

08:18:42

738225

352

26.93

ISE

08:18:42

738214

497

26.93

ISE

08:18:42

738210

869

26.93

ISE

08:18:42

738208

802

26.98

ISE

08:19:24

739247

884

26.99

ISE

08:19:24

739241

500

27.00

ISE

08:19:38

739612

45

26.99

ISE

08:19:44

739754

808

26.99

ISE

08:19:44

739750

500

26.99

ISE

08:19:44

739752

295

26.98

ISE

08:20:11

740631

797

26.98

ISE

08:20:11

740628

696

27.00

ISE

08:21:19

742727

150

27.00

ISE

08:21:19

742725

500

26.99

ISE

08:21:20

742781

31

26.99

ISE

08:21:20

742778

29

26.99

ISE

08:21:20

742776

20

26.99

ISE

08:21:24

742901

754

26.99

ISE

08:21:31

743046

283

26.99

ISE

08:21:31

743044

295

26.95

ISE

08:23:15

745856

428

26.95

ISE

08:23:15

745854

845

26.93

ISE

08:23:19

746001

226

26.95

ISE

08:24:13

747358

500

26.95

ISE

08:24:13

747356

135

26.95

ISE

08:24:13

747354

247

26.93

ISE

08:24:16

747439

500

26.93

ISE

08:24:16

747437

25

26.93

ISE

08:24:16

747435

610

26.96

ISE

08:25:39

749383

401

26.97

ISE

08:26:46

751267

375

26.97

ISE

08:26:46

751265

100

26.96

ISE

08:27:41

752424

194

26.96

ISE

08:27:41

752422

464

26.96

ISE

08:27:41

752420

881

27.02

ISE

08:30:03

755900

266

27.01

ISE

08:30:10

756079

477

27.01

ISE

08:30:10

756077

879

27.01

ISE

08:30:10

756075

465

27.00

ISE

08:30:25

756637

372

27.00

ISE

08:30:25

756635

358

26.98

ISE

08:31:21

758270

469

26.98

ISE

08:31:22

758295

181

26.97

ISE

08:32:19

759706

572

26.97

ISE

08:32:19

759704

81

27.02

ISE

08:35:53

765578

667

27.02

ISE

08:35:53

765576

37

27.02

ISE

08:35:53

765574

19

27.03

ISE

08:37:26

768033

250

27.03

ISE

08:37:26

767998

483

27.03

ISE

08:37:26

767996

813

27.01

ISE

08:38:33

770049

196

27.02

ISE

08:40:10

772903

185

27.07

ISE

08:42:46

777348

839

27.09

ISE

08:42:46

777346

786

27.06

ISE

08:43:20

778329

175

27.06

ISE

08:43:28

778534

458

27.06

ISE

08:43:28

778536

74

27.08

ISE

08:45:17

781747

541

27.11

ISE

08:47:17

785949

317

27.11

ISE

08:47:17

785947

181

27.11

ISE

08:48:31

788453

558

27.11

ISE

08:48:31

788451

887

27.09

ISE

08:49:29

790541

51

27.06

ISE

08:52:35

796396

50

27.06

ISE

08:52:35

796394

666

27.06

ISE

08:52:35

796392

116

27.06

ISE

08:52:35

796390

52

27.06

ISE

08:54:10

799409

677

27.06

ISE

08:54:10

799407

169

27.06

ISE

08:54:10

799405

534

27.00

ISE

08:55:25

801764

353

27.00

ISE

08:55:25

801757

79

26.99

ISE

08:56:12

803490

129

26.99

ISE

08:56:17

803692

667

26.99

ISE

08:56:17

803690

434

27.00

ISE

08:59:09

810437

422

27.00

ISE

08:59:09

810435

39

26.98

ISE

08:59:18

810742

539

27.00

ISE

09:01:04

813684

308

27.00

ISE

09:01:04

813682

346

27.07

ISE

09:05:28

819467

538

27.07

ISE

09:05:28

819465

323

27.08

ISE

09:07:14

821697

333

27.08

ISE

09:07:14

821695

152

27.08

ISE

09:07:14

821693

500

27.07

ISE

09:08:49

826655

275

27.07

ISE

09:08:49

826657

731

27.07

ISE

09:08:49

826648

102

27.10

ISE

09:12:32

831484

200

27.10

ISE

09:12:32

831471

113

27.10

ISE

09:12:32

831469

14

27.10

ISE

09:12:33

831502

379

27.10

ISE

09:12:36

831578

388

27.10

ISE

09:12:36

831570

30

27.10

ISE

09:12:36

831568

391

27.10

ISE

09:12:36

831563

750

27.18

ISE

09:19:08

839756

1,209

27.18

ISE

09:19:08

839754

666

27.18

ISE

09:19:08

839752

96

27.18

ISE

09:19:08

839750

100

27.18

ISE

09:19:08

839748

333

27.18

ISE

09:19:08

839746

305

27.18

ISE

09:19:08

839744

985

27.16

ISE

09:20:16

841018