Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 8685P

CRH PLC

31 March 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 700,590,330. As at 31st March 2009, the Company holds 15,791,585 Treasury Shares.

The total number of voting rights is, therefore, 684,798,745.

The above figure 684,798,745 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.