CRH : 2013 Annual Report & Scrip Dividend

CRH plc (the "Company")

14th March 2014

Re: 2013 Annual Report, Notice of Annual General Meeting, Proxy Form (the "Documents")

The 2013 Annual Report, the Notice of the 2014 Annual General Meeting and the Annual General Meeting Proxy Form have been published by the Company. A copy of the Annual Report is available here:

The Documents are available to view on the Company's website,www.crh.com.

The Documents will be posted to shareholders on 27thMarch 2014 and will be submitted to the U.K. National Storage Mechanism and the Irish Stock Exchange. Thereafter the documents will be available for inspection at:

Companies Announcement Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

Tel. no: + 353 1 677 8808

and at:

http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Re: Letter to Shareholders in relation to Scrip Dividend Offer and Scrip Entitlement Form

A Letter to Shareholders in relation to the Scrip Dividend Offer and a Scrip Entitlement Form will be posted to shareholders on 27thMarch 2014 and will be available to view on the Company's website from that date.

Enquiries

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340