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 (as amended), 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 795,140,338. As at 31^st August 2021, the Company holds 16,249,880 Treasury Shares.

The total number of voting rights is, therefore, 778,890,458.

The above figure, 778,890,458, 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 (as amended) and the Transparency Rules.

31^st August 2021

Contact

Diarmuid Enright

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: +353 1 6344340