Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 5230M

CRH PLC

30 January 2009

CRH plc ('the Company') Voting Rights and Capital

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In conformity with Regulation 20 of the Transparency (Directive

2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007, CRH plc announces that:

The total number of Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in issue as at the date of this notice is 548,502,378. As at 30th January 2009, the Company holds 16,195,344 Treasury Shares.

The total number of voting rights is, therefore, 532,307,034.

The above figure 532,307,034 may be used by shareholders as the

denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, CRH plc under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 and the Interim Transparency Rules.