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(UK) Plc CRH Funding BV CRH Finance Germany Gmbh CRH CRH Finance Limited (incorporated with limited liability in Ireland with registered number 50074) CRH Finance (U.K.) plc (incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales with registered number 2153217) CRH Funding B.V. (incorporated with limited liability in The Netherlands with registered number 57502536) CRH Finance Germany GmbH (incorporated with limited liability in the court of Düsseldorf, Germany with registered number HRB 66176) CRH Finance SAS (incorporated with limited liability in France with registered number 519 204 440) CRH Finland Services Oyj (incorporated with limited liability in Finland with Business Identity Code 2553762-1) CRH Finance Switzerland AG (incorporated with limited liability in Switzerland with registered number CH-170.3.037.929-8) €5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by CRH plc (incorporated with limited liability in Ireland with registered number 12965) Under this €5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme), CRH Finance Limited (an Issuer or CRH Finance), CRH Finance (U.K.) plc (an Issuer or CRH Finance UK),CRH Funding B.V. (an Issuer or CRH Funding B.V.), CRH Finance Germany GmbH (an Issuer or CRH Germany), CRH Finance SAS (an Issuer or CRH Finance SAS), CRH Finland Services Oyj (an Issuer or CRH Finland) and CRH Finance Switzerland AG (an Issuer or CRH Switzerland) (together, the Issuers) may from time to time issue notes (the Notes) denominated in any currency agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer (as defined below). The payments of all amounts due in respect of the Notes will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by CRH plc (the Guarantor or CRH). The maximum aggregate nominal amount of all Notes from time to time outstanding under the Programme will not exceed €5,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies calculated as described in the Programme Agreement described herein), subject to increase as described herein. The Notes may be issued on a continuing basis to one or more of the Dealers specified under “Overview of the Programme” and any additional Dealer appointed under the Programme from time to time by the relevant Issuer (each a Dealer and together the Dealers), which appointment may be for a specific issue or on an ongoing basis. References in this Base Prospectus to the relevant Dealer shall, in the case of an issue of Notes being (or intended to be) subscribed by more than one Dealer, be to all Dealers agreeing to subscribe such Notes. An investment in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. For a discussion of these risks see “Risk Factors”. The Base Prospectus has been approved by the Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/EC (the Prospectus Directive). The Central Bank only approves this Base Prospectus as meeting the requirements imposed under Irish and EU law pursuant to the Prospectus Directive. Application will be made to the Irish Stock Exchange for the Notes issued under the Programme within 12 months of this Base Prospectus to be admitted to the official list (the Official List) and trading on its regulated market (the Main Securities Market). The Main Securities Market is a regulated market for the purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/39/EC). Such approval relates only to the Notes which are to be admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Irish Stock Exchange or other regulated markets for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC or which are to be offered to the public in any Member State of the European Economic Area. Application may be made to list Swiss Notes issued under the Programme on the SIX Swiss Exchange AG (the SIX Swiss Exchange). The Central Bank is not the competent authority to approve this document in relation to the Swiss Notes (as defined herein). Notes which are neither listed nor admitted to trading may also be issued. Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and any other terms and conditions not contained herein which are applicable to each Tranche (as defined under “Terms and Conditions of the Notes”) of Notes will be set out in a final terms document (the Final Terms) which, with respect to Notes to be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange will be filed with the Central Bank or, in respect of Notes to be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, will be filed with the SIX Swiss Exchange. The Programme provides that Notes may be listed or admitted to trading, as the case may be, on such other or further stock exchanges or markets as may be agreed between the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor and the relevant Dealer. The relevant Issuer may also issue unlisted Notes and/or Notes not admitted to trading on any market. The Programme has been rated BBB+ by Standard and Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (Standard & Poor’s) and Baa2 by Moody’s Deutschland GmbH (Moody’s). Each of Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s is established in the European Union and is registered under the Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the CRA Regulation). As such, each of Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website (at http://www.esma.europa.eu/page/List- registered-and-certified-CRAs) in accordance with the CRA Regulation. Notes issued under the Programme may be rated or unrated by a rating agency. Where a Tranche of Notes is rated, such rating will be disclosed in the Final Terms and will not necessarily be the same as the rating assigned to the Programme by Standard and Poor’s or Moody’s. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Arranger The Royal Bank of Scotland Dealers Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, BofA Merrill Lynch Bank of China S.A. BNP PARIBAS Citigroup Commerzbank Danske Bank HSBC ING J.P. Morgan Lloyds Bank Santander Global Banking & Markets Société Générale The Royal Bank of Scotland UBS Investment Bank Corporate & Investment Banking Wells Fargo Securities Base Prospectus dated 22 July 2013. This Base Prospectus comprises a base prospectus in relation to each Issuer for the purposes of Article 5.4 of Directive 2003/71/EC as amended (which includes the amendments made by Directive 2010/73/EU to the extent that such amendments have been implemented in a relevant Member State of the European Economic Area) (the Prospectus Directive). CRH Finance accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus with the exception of the information in the sections entitled “Description of CRH Finance (U.K.) plc”, “Description of CRH Funding B.V.”, “Description of CRH Finance Germany GmbH”, “Description of CRH Finance SAS”, “Description of CRH Finland Services Oyj”, “Description of CRH Finance Switzerland AG” and any other information in respect of CRH Finance UK, CRH Funding B.V., CRH Germany, CRH Finance SAS, CRH Finland or CRH Switzerland. To the best of the knowledge of CRH Finance (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Base Prospectus in respect of which it accepts responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. CRH Finance UK accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus with the exception of the information in the sections entitled “Description of CRH Finance Limited”, “Description of CRH Funding B.V.”, “Description of CRH Finance Germany GmbH”, “Description of CRH Finance SAS”, “Description of CRH Finland Services Oyj”, “Description of CRH Finance Switzerland AG” and any other information in respect of CRH Finance, CRH Funding B.V., CRH Germany, CRH Finance SAS, CRH Finland or CRH Switzerland. To the best of the knowledge of CRH Finance UK (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Base Prospectus in respect of which it accepts responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. CRH Funding B.V. accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus with the exception of the information in the sections entitled “Description of CRH Finance Limited”, “Description of CRH Finance (U.K.) plc”, “Description of CRH Finance Germany GmbH”, “Description of CRH Finance SAS”, “Description of CRH Finland Services Oyj”, “Description of CRH Finance Switzerland AG” and any other information in respect of CRH Finance UK, CRH Finance, CRH Germany, CRH Finance SAS, CRH Finland or CRH Switzerland. To the best of the knowledge of CRH Funding B.V. (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Base Prospectus in respect of which it accepts responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. CRH Finance Germany GmbH accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus with the exception of the information in the sections entitled “Description of CRH Finance Limited”, “Description of CRH Finance (U.K.) plc”, “Description of CRH Funding B.V.”, “Description of CRH Finance SAS”, “Description of CRH Finland Services Oyj”, “Description of CRH Finance Switzerland AG” and any other information in respect of CRH Finance, CRH Finance UK, CRH Funding B.V., CRH Finance SAS, CRH Finland or CRH Switzerland.
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