2014 Final Dividend Scrip Alternative

CRH plc (the "Company")

30th March 2015

Re: 2014 Annual Report, Shareholder Circular (including Notice of Annual General Meeting), Letter to Shareholders in relation to Scrip Dividend Offer, Scrip Entitlement Form and Form of Proxy (the "Documents")

The Documents have been posted to shareholders today and are available to view on the Company's website, www.crh.com.

Copies of the Documents have been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the U.K. National Storage Mechanism. Thereafter the documents will be available for inspection at:

Companies Announcement Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

Tel. no: + 353 1 677 8808

and at:

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

Enquiries

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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