Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3409B

CRH PLC

14 August 2008

 



Standard Form TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

CRH plc

2.  Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

[ X ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

[ ] Other (please specify) 

3.  Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

FMR LLC and FIL Limited and their direct subsidiaries

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

5.  Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):

11th August 2008

6.  Date on which issuer notified:

13th August 2008

7.  Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible use ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
Ordinary Shares (IE0001827041)	16,017,248	16,017,248

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares (if possible use ISIN CODE)	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares (IE0001827041)	16,807,837	16,807,837		3.14

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period/date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights
N/A

Total (A+B) (where applicable in accordance with national law)	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
16,807,837	16,807,837	3.14%

9.  Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are      

   effectively held, if applicable:

See attached schedule received from Fidelity.

10. In case of proxy voting: FMR LLC and FIL Limited will acquire to hold 790,589 voting rights as of 11th   

   August 2008.

11. Additional information:

   None

12. Contact name:

 Neil Colgan

 Assistant Company Secretary

13. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

SCHEDULE TO TR-1 FORM   -  RECEIVED FROM FIDELITY

Issuer name                                                           CRH plc

Current ownership percentage                          3.14%

Total shares held                                                 16,807,837

Issued share capital                                            533,988,891

	Shares held	Nominee	Management Company
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund Management Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.   FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC).	61,294	Bank of New York	FMRCO
	235,600	Bank of New York	FMTC
	478,926	Bank of New York Brussels	FIL
	50,200	Bank of New York Brussels	FPM
	20,900	Bank of New York Europe LDN	FIL
	61,753	Bermuda Trust Far East HK	FIMHK
	91,800	BNP Paribas, Paris	FIL
	71,100	BNP Paribas, Paris (C)	FIL
	667,422	Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux	FIL
	388,651	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIJ
	12,000	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIL
	513,401	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FMRCO
	451,900	CDC Finance	FIGEST
	47,000 7,500	Chase Manhttn BK AG Frnkfrt (s) CIBC Mellon Trust	FPM FMTC
	38	Dexia Privatbank	FPM
	844,758	HSBC Bank Plc	FIL
	7,700	HSBC Trinkaus Und Burkh AG	FIL
	4,662	ING Luxembourg	FIL
	4,644,280	JP Morgan Chase Bank	FMRCO
	22,100	JP Morgan Chase Bank	FMTC
	175,300 928,559	JP Morgan, Bournemouth JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FII FIL
	2,061,720	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FISL
	59,300	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FPM
	26,432 73,146	Master Trust Bank of Japan Mellon Bank N.A.	FIJ FIL
	2,000	Mellon Bank N.A.	FMR
	72,800 121,419 5,100	Mellon Bank N.A. Mellon Bank N.A Mellon Bank N.A	FMRCO FMTC PTC
	13,910	Nomura Trust and Banking	FIJ
	7,900	Norddeutsche Landersbank	FIL
	10,400	Northern Trust Co	FIL
	85,400	Northern Trust Co	FMRCO
	119,400	Northern Trust Co	FMTC
	69,600	Northern Trust London	FIL
	49,500	Northern Trust London	FMRCO
	125,427	Northern Trust London	FPM
	18,400	State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (s	FIL
	566,925	State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (s	FPM
	277,410	State Street Bank and Tr Co	FICL
	5,310	State Street Bank and Tr Co	FMR
	171,314	State Street Bank and Tr Co	FMRCO
	404,415	State Street Bank and Tr Co	FMTC
	11,500	State Street Bank and Tr Co	PTC
	59,500	State Street Hong Kong	FIA(K)L
	98	N/A	N/A
	108,459 6,800	Morgan Stanley London State Street Bank and TR Co LNDN	FIL FIL
	33,400	BNP Paribas UK	FIL
	94,504	KAS Bank NV	FIL
	2,359,504	Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux	FIL

 

 

 

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