March 15, 2024

CRH plc (the "Company")

Re: Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement for 2024 Annual General Meeting

The Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Company and a Proxy Card (together, the "AGM Documents") have been published by the Company and were furnished on a Form 8-K today to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). 

Today, the Company also filed with the SEC an amendment (the "Form 10-K/A") to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, (the "Annual Report on Form 10-K") which was filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024. The Form 10-K/A supplements the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K to include further information on the Company's corporate governance arrangements and practices which is also set out in the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement.

The AGM Documents and the Form 10-K/A are available to view on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov  and the Company's website at https://www.crh.com.  The AGM Documents have also been submitted to the U.K. National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The AGM Documents are expected to be mailed to shareholders who have requested a hard copy on or around March 27, 2024.

The financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (the "Irish Statutory Accounts") were also published by the Company today and are available to view on the Company's website at: https://www.crh.com. 

The Irish Statutory Accounts have been submitted to the U.K. Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Enquiries

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340