Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2042F

CRH PLC

07 January 2010

CRH has been advised by Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") that the following TR-1 form does not reflect an acquisition of shares, but reflects the fact that, as of 1st January 2010, CRMC has been granted proxy voting authority by funds under management that previously voted independently from CRMC. The Growth Fund of America, Inc. ("GFA") was one of the funds that previously voted independently from CRMC. On 7th January 2010, GFA notified CRH that its shareholding is 30,131,457 and that the number of voting rights attached to those shares is nil (see separate RNS announcement). On 30th December 2009, CRMC notified CRH that its shareholding (and equivalent number of voting rights) was 34,997,266 shares (5.0166% of the issued share capital of CRH).

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):

[ ] 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

[ X ] Other (please specify) This report does not reflect an acquisition of shares, but rather on 1st January

2010 CRMC began exercising the voting rights on funds that previously voted their own shares.

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

Capital Research and Management Company

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

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

1st January 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

6th January 2010

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

10%

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)

35,067,266

	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)	73,418,273		73,418,273		10.5162%

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