Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1045H

CRH PLC

26 November 2015

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:

BlackRock, Inc.

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

See section 9

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

24th November 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26th November 2015

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

Investment Manager Holding has gone below 4%

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)

74,653,916

	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)	N/A	N/A	74,466,025	N/A	9.05%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)		74,466,025		9.05%

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

Total (A+B) (where applicable in accordance with national law)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

74,466,025

9.05%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Each of the following entities, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc., hold the following interests in voting rights in their capacity as Investment Manager on behalf of clients:

Investment Manager	Voting Rights	%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	32,833,628	3.99%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	15,541,913	1.89%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	10,813,419	1.31%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	9,497,868	1.15%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1,336,013	0.16%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1,007,224	0.12%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	1,004,357	0.12%
BlackRock (Isle of Man) Limited	522,398	0.06%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	432,525	0.05%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	325,861	0.04%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	325,344	0.04%
BlackRock International Limited	323,484	0.04%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	273,486	0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	210,354	0.03%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	12,703	0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	5,448	0.00%