The following was received on 16th December 2015 by CRH plc from Baillie Gifford & Co and Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited.
Contact: Neil Colgan
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
Notice Pursuant to Part 17, Chapter 4 of the Companies Act 2014
To: CRH plc (the "Company")
Belgard Castle
Clondalkin
Dublin 22
Ireland
The matters set out in the table below are hereby notified by the person named as the Notifier in the table below pursuant to Part 17, Chapter 4 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.
Name of person, body corporate, firm, etc. having the notifiable interest ("Notifier") |
Baillie Gifford & Co and Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited as discretionary managers for their clients |
Address of the Notifier |
Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 3AN |
Date of this Notice |
16 December 2015 |
Notifiable event ("Event") |
Purchase of Ordinary Shares |
Date of Event |
15 December 2015 |
No. of shares in which interested immediately before the Event |
No. Class 41,077,033 Ordinary Shares |
No. of shares in which interested immediately following the Event |
41,193,797 Ordinary Shares |
Details of each registered holder of the shares if different from the Notifier |
No. of shares No. of shares Name & address before the event after the event of registered holder
Baillie Gifford & Co (BG&Co) is a Scottish Partnership and is the ultimate parent of a group of companies. Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited (BGO) is a wholly owned subsidiary of BG&Co. Both companies are investment managers who act under discretionary investment management agreements for their clients.
The address for BG&Co and BGO is Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 3AN. |
Does the notifiable interest arise from an agreement referred to in Section 1055 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland? (If yes, provide names and addresses of the parties to the agreement, the number of shares each party is interested in individually and the registered holder of such shares if different.) |
No. |
Yours sincerely,
L. Gold
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For and on behalf of Baillie Gifford & Co and Ballie Gifford Overseas Limited