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



22 April 2016
Commission File No. 001-32846
 
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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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 
Form 20-F X Form 40-F___
 
 
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Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_________
 
 
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The following was received on 21st  April 2016 by CRH plc from Baillie Gifford & Co and Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited.
 
Date:       22nd April 2016
 
 
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
21 April 2016
Notifiable event ("Event")
Disposal of Ordinary Shares
Date of Event
20 April 2016
No. of shares in which interested immediately before the Event
No.                                   Class
41,247,542                        Ordinary Shares
No. of shares in which interested immediately following the Event
41,184,588                       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
 
    _____________________
 
     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 22 April 2016
 
 
By:___/s/Neil Colgan___
N.Colgan
Company Secretary