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:

Harbor International Fund (a series of Harbor Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust)

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

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

Trade Date: 28^th January 2015; Settlement Date: 30^th January 2015

6.  Date on which issuer notified:

30^th January 2015

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

Below 3% of the voting rights of the issuer

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

10. In case of proxy voting: N/A

11. Additional information:

      Done at Chicago, Illinois, USA on 29^th January 2015

12. Contact name:

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

13. Contact telephone number:

+353 1 634 4340