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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

For the transition period from to Commission File Number: 001-32846

CRH public limited company(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Stonemason’s Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 KH51, Ireland +353 1 404 1000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No

As of April 22, 2025, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was 676,004,196 (excluding Treasury stock of 38,326,041 shares).

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CERTAIN TERMS

Except as otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, references to 'CRH', the 'Company', the 'Group', 'we', 'us' or 'our' refer to CRH plc (together with its consolidated subsidiaries), and references to years indicate our fiscal year ended December 31 of the respective year.

References to the '2024 Form 10-K' are to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2025. References to this 'Quarterly Report' are to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025. All references to the 'Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements' are to Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. All references to the ‘same period in 2024’ refer to the three months ended March 31, 2024, unless otherwise indicated.

References to 'Ordinary Shares', 'Common Shares' and 'Common stock' refer to our ordinary shares of €0.32 each.

CRH Form 10-Q 1

Forward-Looking Statements

In order to utilize the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, CRH is providing the following cautionary statement.

This document, and the documents incorporated by reference herein, contain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, business, viability, and future performance of CRH and certain of the plans and objectives of CRH. These forward-looking statements may generally, but not always, be identified by the use of words such as “will”, “anticipates”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “targets”, “aims”, “may”, “continues”, “expects”, “is expected to”, “estimates”, “believes”, “intends” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts or matters of fact at the date of this document.

In particular, the following, among other statements, are all forward looking in nature: plans and expectations regarding drivers of CRH’s performance in 2025, demand outlook, macroeconomic trends in CRH’s markets, government funding initiatives and manufacturing trends (including re-industrialization activity), pricing trends, costs and weather patterns; plans and expectations regarding business strategy and cash returns for shareholders, including expectations regarding dividends and share buybacks; plans and expectations regarding CRH’s financial capacity, including our ability to fund acquisitions and meet working capital needs, capital expenditures, dividends, share repurchases, upcoming debt maturities and other liquidity requirements; plans and expectations regarding the expansion of our operations and the timing and benefits of our acquisitions and divestitures; plans and expectations regarding the strategic risks and uncertainties facing CRH and expectations regarding the impacts of recent changes in global trade/tariff policies.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and reflect our current expectations and assumptions as to such future events and circumstances that may not prove accurate. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements other than as required by applicable law.

A number of material factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, certain of which are beyond our control, and which include, among other factors: economic and financial conditions, including changes in interest rates, inflation, price volatility and/or labor and materials shortages; industry cyclicality and the demand for infrastructure, residential and non-residential construction and our products in geographic markets in which we operate; increased competition and its impact on prices and market position; increases in energy, labor and/or other raw materials costs; adverse changes to laws and regulations, including in relation to climate change; the impact of unfavorable weather; investor and/or consumer sentiment regarding the importance of sustainable practices and products; availability of, or reductions or delays to, public sector funding for infrastructure programs; political uncertainty, including as a result of political and social conditions in the jurisdictions CRH operates in, or adverse public policy, economic, social and political developments, including the ongoing geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East; failure to complete or successfully integrate acquisitions or make timely divestitures; cyberattacks and exposure of associates, contractors, customers, suppliers and other individuals to health and safety risks, including due to product failures. Additional factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those expressed by the forward-looking statements in this report including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described herein and under “Risk Factors” in our 2024 Form 10-K and in our other filings with the SEC.

CRH Form 10-Q 2

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION