2017 Annual Report and Form 20-F

CRH plc (the "Company")

9^th March 2018

Re: 2017 Annual Report and Form 20-F, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy (the 'Documents')

The 2017 Annual Report and Form 20-F, the Notice of the 2018 Annual General Meeting and a Form of Proxy have been published by the Company. The Documents are available to view on the Company's website, www.crh.com. A copy of the Annual Report and Form 20-F is available here:

http://www.crh.com/reports/2017-annual-report-20-f.pdf

The Documents have been submitted to the U.K. National Storage Mechanism and the Irish Stock Exchange and will shortly 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

The Documents will be posted to shareholders on 28^th March 2018.

In addition, the Annual Report and Form 20-F has today been filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Shareholders resident in the United States may request a hard copy free of charge.

Enquiries

Contact

Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

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