27^th April 2017

CRH plc                                                                                                                

Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, 27^th April 2017

All Resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of the Company held earlier today, 27^th April 2017, were duly passed.  Each of the resolutions was voted on by way of a poll and the results are available on the Company's website, www.crh.com.

Special Business considered at AGM

For the purposes of Listing Rule 9.6.3, the resolutions approved by shareholders included the following item of special business:

Resolution 12:

"That the Directors be and they are hereby authorised, pursuant to Article 137(b) of the Articles of Association of the Company, to exercise the powers contained in the said Article so that the Directors may offer to the shareholders the right to elect to receive an allotment of additional shares credited as fully paid instead of cash in respect of all or part of any dividend or dividends falling to be declared or paid by the Company. Unless renewed at the Annual General Meeting in 2018, this authority shall expire at the close of business on 26 July 2018."

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Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Ph.: +353 1 6344 340