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CRH plc (CRH.L)

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As of 01:29PM BST. Market open.

Major holders

Currency in GBp

0.48%	% of shares held by all insiders
73.23%	% of shares held by institutions
73.58%	% of float held by institutions
1,054	Number of institutions holding shares

Holder	Shares	Date reported	% out	Value
Cevian Capital II Gp Ltd	28,225,389	31 Dec 2023	4.09%	177,311,893,698
Vanguard Group Inc	27,028,958	31 Dec 2023	3.92%	169,795,914,156
FMR, LLC	22,327,401	31 Dec 2023	3.23%	140,260,733,082
Dz Bank Ag Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt Am Main	17,560,712	31 Dec 2023	2.54%	110,316,392,784
Select Equity Group, Inc.	16,297,063	31 Dec 2023	2.36%	102,378,149,766
Norges Bank Investment Management	14,670,403	31 Dec 2023	2.13%	92,159,471,646
Greenhaven Associates, Inc.	11,141,937	31 Dec 2023	1.61%	69,993,648,234
Amundi	10,276,711	31 Dec 2023	1.49%	64,558,298,502
Invesco Ltd.	10,090,976	31 Dec 2023	1.46%	63,391,511,232
Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation	8,880,933	31 Dec 2023	1.29%	55,790,021,106

Holder	Shares	Date reported	% out	Value
Vanguard International Stock Index-Total Intl Stock Indx	9,652,399	31 Jan 2024	1.40%	60,636,370,518
Vanguard Tax Managed Fund-Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund	5,760,176	31 Dec 2023	0.83%	36,185,425,632
Fidelity Series International Growth Fund	5,720,840	29 Feb 2024	0.83%	35,938,316,880
MFS Series Trust X-MFS International Intrinsic Value Fund	4,862,210	30 Nov 2023	0.70%	30,544,403,220
Putnam Large Cap Value Fund	4,303,890	31 Jan 2024	0.62%	27,037,036,980
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	3,964,102	29 Feb 2024	0.57%	24,902,488,764
Fidelity Series International Value Fund	3,645,508	29 Feb 2024	0.53%	22,901,081,256
College Retirement Equities Fund-Stock Account	2,516,114	31 Dec 2023	0.36%	15,806,228,148
Bernstein Fund, Inc.-International Strategic Equities Portfolio	2,458,380	31 Dec 2023	0.36%	15,443,543,160
John Hancock Mutual Fds III-Disciplined Value Fd	2,328,506	29 Feb 2024	0.34%	14,627,674,692