CRH: Other company developments

Item 8.01 Other Events. As previously announced in CRH public limited company’s (‘CRH’) Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2026, CRH Americas, Inc. (‘Parent’), a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CRH, Neon Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (‘Merger Sub’), and Arcosa, Inc., a Delaware corporation (‘Arcosa’), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the ‘Merger Agreement’), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Arcosa, with Arcosa being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the ‘Merger’). Also as previously announced on June 22, 2026, in connection and substantially concurrently with the Merger Agreement, CRH, as guarantor, and CRH America Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CRH (‘America Finance’), as borrower, entered into a $5.75 billion bridge facility agreement (the ‘Bridge Facility’) with the lenders party thereto, under which the amounts borrowed may be used to pay, in part, the consideration payable under the Merger Agreement, the refinancing of certain of Arcosa’s existing debt and fees and expenses related to the Merger. On July 17, 2026, CRH, as guarantor, and America Finance, as borrower, entered into a term loan facility agreement with the lenders party thereto, pursuant to which such lenders committed to provide a three-year $2.5 billion term loan facility (the ‘Term Loan Facility’). As a result of the Term Loan Facility, the commitments under the Bridge Facility were reduced to $3.25 billion. Borrowings under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate