CRH PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Dec 17, 2015

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A - 16 OR 15D - 16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

17 December 2015

Commission File No. 001-32846

____ CRH public limited company

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

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Belgard Castle, Clondalkin,

Dublin 22, Ireland.

(Address of principal executive offices)

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The following was received on 16 th December 2015 by CRH plc from Baillie Gifford & Co and Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited.

Date: 17 th December 2015

Contact: Neil Colgan

Company Secretary

Tel: 00 3531 6344340

Notice Pursuant to Part 17, Chapter 4 of the Companies Act 2014

To: CRH plc (the " Company ") Belgard Castle Clondalkin Dublin 22 Ireland

The matters set out in the table below are hereby notified by the person named as the Notifier in the table below pursuant to Part 17, Chapter 4 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.

Name of person, body corporate, firm, etc. having the notifiable interest ("Notifier")	Baillie Gifford & Co and Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited as discretionary managers for their clients
Address of the Notifier	Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 3AN
Date of this Notice	16 December 2015
Notifiable event ("Event")	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
Date of Event	15 December 2015
No. of shares in which interested immediately before the Event	No. Class 41,077,033 Ordinary Shares
No. of shares in which interested immediately following the Event	41,193,797 Ordinary Shares
Details of each registered holder of the shares if different from the Notifier	No. of shares No. of shares Name & address before the event after the event of registered holder Baillie Gifford & Co (BG&Co) is a Scottish Partnership and is the ultimate parent of a group of companies. Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited (BGO) is a wholly owned subsidiary of BG&Co. Both companies are investment managers who act under discretionary investment management agreements for their clients. The address for BG&Co and BGO is Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 3AN.
Does the notifiable interest arise from an agreement referred to in Section 1055 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland? (If yes, provide names and addresses of the parties to the agreement, the number of shares each party is interested in individually and the registered holder of such shares if different.)	No.

Yours sincerely,

L. Gold

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For and on behalf of Baillie Gifford & Co and Ballie Gifford Overseas Limited

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

CRH public limited company

(Registrant )

Date: 17 December 2015

By:/s/Maeve Carton

M. Carton

Finance Director