Shareholder Information Dividend payments An interim dividend of 18.5c was paid in respect of Ordinary Shares on 19  October 2012. A final dividend of 44c, if approved at the 2013 Annual General Meeting, will be  paid in respect of Ordinary Shares on 13 May 2013 to shareholders on the  Register of Members as at the close of business on 8 March 2013. A scrip  alternative will be offered to shareholders. Dividend Withholding Tax (DWT) must be deducted from dividends paid by an  Irish resident company, unless a shareholder is entitled to an exemption and has  submitted a properly completed exemption form to the Company’s Registrars,  Capita Registrars (Ireland) Limited (“Capita Registrars”). DWT applies to  dividends paid by way of cash or by way of shares under a scrip dividend  scheme and is deducted at the standard rate of Income Tax (currently 20%).  Non-resident shareholders and certain Irish companies, trusts, pension  schemes, investment undertakings and charities may be entitled to claim  exemption from DWT. Copies of the exemption form may be obtained from  Capita Registrars. Shareholders should note that DWT will be deducted from  dividends in cases where a properly completed form has not been received by  the record date for a dividend. Individuals who are resident in Ireland for tax  purposes are not entitled to an exemption. Shareholders who wish to have their dividend paid direct to a bank account, by  electronic funds transfer, should complete the required dividend mandate form  and submit it to Capita Registrars. A copy of the mandate form can be obtained  from the shareholder services section of the CRH website, www.crh.com, under  “Equity Investors”. Alternatively, shareholders can contact Capita Registrars to  obtain a mandate form (see contact details below). Tax vouchers will be sent to  the shareholder’s registered address under this arrangement.  Dividends are generally paid in euro. However, in order to avoid costs to  shareholders, dividends are paid in Sterling and US Dollars to shareholders  whose address, according to the Share Register, is in the UK and the United  States respectively, unless they require otherwise.  Dividends in respect of 7% ‘A’ Cumulative Preference Shares are paid half-yearly  on 5 April and 5 October. Dividends in respect of 5% Cumulative Preference Shares are paid half-yearly on  15 April and 15 October. Transfer of the Company’s shares takes place through the CREST system.  Shareholders have the choice of holding their shares in electronic form or in the  form of share certificates. As the above mentioned dividend payment arrangements can be inflexible for  institutional shareholders, where shares are held in CREST, dividends are  automatically paid in euro unless a currency election is made. CREST members  should use the facility in CREST to make currency elections. Such elections  must be made in respect of entire holdings as partial elections are not  permissible. CREST  122 CRH