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
 
14 July 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___
 
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_________
 
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):________
 
 
 
CRH plc
 
 
CRH plc ("the Company") Holding(s) in Company
 
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The following was received on 14th July 2016 by CRH plc from Baillie Gifford & Co and Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited.
    Date:       14th July 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
 
 
14 July 2016
 
 
Notifiable event ("Event")
 
 
Disposal of Ordinary Shares
 
 
Date of Event
 
 
12 July 2016
 
 
No. of shares in which interested immediately before the Event
 
 
No.                                   Class
33,719,499                       Ordinary Shares
 
 
No. of shares in which interested immediately following the Event
 
 
33,171,299                       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 14 July 2016
 
 
By:___/s/Neil Colgan___
N.Colgan
Company Secretary