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Holding(s) in Company
Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares– Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments – Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive
2007/14/EC( i )
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached( ii ):
CRH PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[ 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
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation ( iii ):
BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) ( iv ):
See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached ( v ): 23/03/2026
6. Date on which issuer notified: 25/03/2026
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Holdings for BlackRock, Inc. have gone above 7%.
8. Notified details:
A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE) Situation previous to the Triggering transaction ( vi ) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ( vii viii )
Number of Shares ( ix ) Number of Voting rights ( x ) Number of shares ( xi ) Number of voting rights ( xii ) % of voting rights
Direct Direct ( xiii ) Indirect ( xiv ) Direct Indirect
IE0001827041 N/A 46,070,304 N/A N/A 46,703,514 N/A 6.97%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) 46,703,514 6.97%
B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ( xv )
Type of financial instrument Expiration Date ( xvi ) Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date ( xvii ) Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is % of voting rights
exercised/converted
Option 15 May 2026 N/A 244,300 0.03%
SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) 244,300 0.03%
Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights
46,947,814 46,947,814 7.00%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable ( xviii ):
Each of the following entities, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of
BlackRock, Inc., hold the following interests in voting rights in their
capacity as Investment Manager on behalf of clients:
Investment Manager Voting Rights %
BlackRock Fund Advisors 19,039,825 2.84%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association 11,995,550 1.79%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 5,524,967 0.82%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 3,093,841 0.46%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 1,432,407 0.21%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC 1,351,709 0.20%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 965,773 0.14%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 901,879 0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 838,364 0.12%
Aperio Group, LLC 727,605 0.10%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 447,493 0.06%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited 224,950 0.03%
BlackRock International Limited 106,169 0.01%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited 47,508 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 5,475 0.00%
10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:number voting rights as of date .
11. Additional information:
Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 25 March 2026
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