(1)  The final dividend, if approved, will be paid on the Ordinary Shares on 13 May 2013  to persons who were registered as shareholders at the close of business on 8  March 2013. (2)  Resolution 3 is an advisory resolution and is not binding on the Company. (3)   In accordance with the provisions of the U.K. Corporate Governance Code, all  Directors retire and offer themselves for re-election. Biographical details for each  Director are set out on pages 11, 36 and 37 in the 2012 Annual Report. (4)  Resolution 5 authorises the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors.  Section 162(2) of the Companies Act, 1963 provides that the auditor of an Irish  company shall be automatically re-appointed at a company’s annual general  meeting unless the auditor has given notice in writing of his unwillingness to be  re-appointed or a resolution has been passed at that meeting appointing someone  else or providing expressly that the incumbent auditor shall not be re-appointed.  The Auditors, Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants, are willing to continue in  office and, accordingly, will be automatically re-appointed at the conclusion of the  2013 Annual General Meeting. (5)   Resolution 6 proposes to renew the Directors’ authority to dis-apply statutory  pre-emption rights in relation to allotments of shares up to a maximum of 5% of the  issued Ordinary/Income share capital of the Company at 25 February 2013. This  limit is in accordance with generally accepted best practice. The Directors intend to  follow the Pre-Emption Group’s Statement of Principles in that allotments of shares  for cash and the re-issue of Treasury Shares on a non pre-emptive basis, other than  for rights issues to ordinary shareholders and employee share schemes, will not  exceed 7.5% of the issued Ordinary/Income share capital within a rolling three year  period without prior consultation with shareholders.  (6)  Any member entitled to attend, speak, ask questions and vote at this Meeting may  exercise his or her right to vote by appointing one or more proxies. A member may  appoint the Chairman or another person, who need not be a member(s) of the  Company, as a proxy, by electronic means or in writing, to vote some or all of their  shares. A proxy form is enclosed. Appointment of a proxy does not preclude a  member from attending, speaking and asking questions at the meeting should they  subsequently wish to do so.  (7)  To be valid, proxy forms must be delivered in writing, together with any power of  attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a certified copy thereof, to the  Company’s Registrar, Capita Registrars (Ireland) Limited (“Capita Registrars”), to  P.O. Box 7117, Dublin 2 (if delivered by post) or to 2 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2  (if delivered by hand), not later than 11.00 a.m. on Monday, 6 May 2013.  Shareholders who wish to submit proxies by electronic means may do so up to the  same deadline by accessing the Registrars’ website, www.capitaregistrars.ie and  selecting “Shareholder Portal”. Shareholders who do not receive a proxy form by  post, or who wish to be sent paper copies of documents relating to the meeting,  should contact Capita Registrars (Tel. +353 1 553 0050). (8)  CREST members may appoint one or more proxies through the CREST electronic  proxy appointment service in accordance with the procedures described in the  CREST Manual. CREST Personal Members or other CREST sponsored members  who have appointed a voting service provider(s) should refer to their CREST  sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action  on their behalf. Further information on CREST procedures and requirements is  contained in the CREST Manual. The message appointing a proxy(ies) must be  received by the Registrar (ID 7RA08) not later than 11.00 a.m. on Monday, 6 May  2013. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as  determined by the timestamp generated by the CREST system) from which the  Registrar is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner  prescribed by CREST. The Company may treat as invalid a proxy instruction in the  circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Companies Act, 1990  (Uncertificated Securities) Regulations, 1996.  (9)  ADR holders wishing to attend the meeting must obtain a proxy form from The Bank  of New York Mellon (BNY), which will enable them to attend and vote on the  business to be transacted. ADR holders may instruct BNY as to the way in which  the shares represented by their ADRs should be voted by completing and returning  the voting card provided by BNY in accordance with the instructions given. (14)  A copy of this Notice and copies of documentation relating to the 2013 Annual  General Meeting, including proxy forms, are available on the CRH website, www. crh.com. To access these documents, select AGM under “Equity Investors” in the  Investors section of the website. (13)  Pursuant to Section 138 of the Companies Act, 1963, where a poll is taken at the  Annual General Meeting, a shareholder, present in person or by proxy, holding more  than one share need not cast all his/her votes in the same way. (12)  Shareholders entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting have the right to ask  questions relating to items on the agenda.  (11)  Pursuant to Section 133B(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 1963 and subject to any  contrary provision in company law, shareholders, holding at least 3% of the  Company’s issued share capital, or at least 3% of the voting rights, have the right to  put an item on the agenda, or table a draft resolution for an item on the agenda, of a  general meeting. In the case of the 2013 Annual General Meeting, the latest date for  submission of such requests/resolutions will be 27 March 2013. Further information  in relation to shareholders’ rights can be obtained from the CRH website, www.crh. com.  (10)  Pursuant to Section 134A of the Companies Act, 1963 and Regulation 14 of the  Companies Act, 1990 (Uncertificated Securities) Regulations, 1996, the Company  hereby specifies that only those shareholders registered in the Register of Members  of the Company as at 6.00 p.m. on Monday, 6 May 2013 shall be entitled to attend,  speak, ask questions and vote at the Annual General Meeting in respect of the  number of shares registered in their name at that time. CRH 139