Total Voting Rights

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 EUR 0.32 each in issue as at the date of this notice is 727,897,906. As at 29th February 2012, the Company holds 8,660,373 Treasury Shares.

The total number of voting rights is, therefore, 719,237,533.

The above figure, 719,237,533 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 Transparency Rules.

29th February 2012

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: +353 1 6344340