CRH Regulatory News (CRH)

5th March 2019

CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares

CRH plc ("CRH") announces that on 4th 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:

1,000

5,000

Highest price paid per share:

GBp 2,426.0000

€28.2800

Lowest price paid per share:

GBp 2,407.0000

€28.1200

Volume weighted average price paid:

GBp 2,417.8480

€28.1964

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 32,063,086 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 811,327,252 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

2,417.8480

1,000

Euronext Dublin

EUR

28.1964

5,000

London Stock Exchange

Number ofShares

Price per Share (GBp)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

213

2,407

LSE

09:00:12

994761

190

2,412

LSE

10:56:49

1084454

209

2,420

LSE

13:11:07

1168247

119

2,425

LSE

14:57:42

1283234

72

2,425

LSE

14:57:42

1283232

24

2,426

LSE

15:50:31

1363588

173

2,426

LSE

15:51:08

1364620

Euronext Dublin

Number ofShares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchId

604

28.20

ISE

08:28:52

958000

107

28.16

ISE

09:36:16

1028476

444

28.16

ISE

09:36:18

1028487

288

28.12

ISE

10:40:42

1074010

200

28.12

ISE

10:40:42

1074004

157

28.12

ISE

10:40:42

1073995

95

28.13

ISE

12:04:50

1125833

222

28.15

ISE

12:14:53

1131505

110

28.15

ISE

12:14:53

1131509

301

28.15

ISE

12:14:53

1131507

638

28.22

ISE

13:50:43

1200621

512

28.24

ISE

14:41:51

1258994

124

28.24

ISE

14:41:51

1258988

233

28.28

ISE

15:29:03

1332638

354

28.28

ISE

15:29:03

1332636

97

28.20

ISE

15:56:57

1372793

232

28.22

ISE

16:00:02

1378046

250

28.22

ISE

16:00:02

1378048

32

28.18

ISE

16:13:12

1398791