Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 4105A

CRH PLC

01 August 2008

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 548,120,436. As at 31st July 2008, the Company holds 13,866,520 Treasury Shares.

The total number of voting rights is, therefore, 534,253,916.

The above figure 534,253,916 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.