Item 1A. Risk Factors

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes with respect to the risk factors disclosed in 'Item 1A. Risk Factors' of our 2023 Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table presents the number and average price of shares purchased in each month of the first quarter of fiscal year 2024:


Period	(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased	(b) Average Price Paid per Share	(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (i)	(d) Maximum Number of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 1 – January 31, 2024	4,613,696	$68.59	1,988,696	15,444,204
February 1 – February 29, 2024	1,706,682	$75.82	1,706,682	13,737,522
March 1 – March 31, 2024	1,346,883	$84.15	1,346,883	12,390,639
Total	7,667,261		5,042,261

(i) In May 2018, CRH announced its intention to introduce a share repurchase program to repurchase Ordinary Shares (the ‘Program’). In the first quarter of 2024, the Company returned a further $0.4 billion of cash to shareholders through the repurchase of 5,042,261 Ordinary Shares (equivalent to 0.1% of the Company’s issued share capital). This brought total cash returned to shareholders under the Program to $7.5 billion since its commencement in May 2018. The purchases in 2024 were completed under Tranches 19 and 20.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

The information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S‐K (17 CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95 to this Quarterly Report.

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