13^th December 2017

RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES

CRH plc announces that yesterday, 12^th December 2017, it re-issued 1,658 Ordinary Shares in relation to an award under the CRH 2014 Performance Share Plan at a price of €29.92 per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transaction, CRH plc holds 53,848 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 838,871,600.

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340