CRH水泥美股招股说明书(2025-10-06版)

$% Guaranteed Notes due 20$% Guaranteed Notes due 20$% Guaranteed Notes due 20Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed byCRH PLC CRH America Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), is offering $aggregate principal amount of% Guaranteed Notes due 20(the “20Notes”), $aggregate principal amount of% Guaranteed Notes due 20(the “20Notes”) and $aggregate principal amount of% Guaranteed Notes due 20(the “20Notes” and, together with the 20Notes and the20Notes, the “Notes”). The 20Notes will mature on, 20, the 20Notes willmature on, 20and the 20Notes will mature on, 20. The Issuer will payinterest on the Notes of each series semi-annually in arrears onand, beginning on, 2026. CRHplc (the “Guarantor”) will give a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the principal, interest, premium, if any, and anyother amounts payable in respect of the Notes (the “Guarantees”). The Notes of each series will be the Issuer’s direct, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank equally with all ofits existing and future unsubordinated debt. See “Description of the Notes and the Guarantees — General”. The guarantees ofthe Notes of each series will be direct, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor and will rank equally with allof its existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The Guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any securedindebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing that indebtedness and to the obligations of the Guarantor’ssubsidiaries. See “Description of the Notes and the Guarantees— Guarantees”. The information in this preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is not complete and may be changed. A registrationstatement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective upon such filing. Thisprospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell these securities and are not soliciting offers to buy these securities inany jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.We have the option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes of a series at any time at the applicable redemption price describedunder “Description of the Notes and the Guarantees — Optional Redemption” in this prospectus supplement. We may alsoredeem the Notes of a series, in whole but not in part, at any time, if certain tax events occur. See “Description of the Notes andthe Guarantees — Early Redemption for Tax Reasons”. If the Guarantor undergoes specific kinds of changes in control, we maybe required to offer to repurchase the Notes. See “Description of the Notes and the Guarantees — Change of Control RepurchaseEvent.” There are currently no public markets for the Notes. We intend to apply to list the Notes on The New York Stock Exchange(“NYSE”). The listing applications will be subject to approval by the NYSE. We expect trading in the Notes on the NYSE tobegin within 30 days after the original issue date of the Notes. Table of Contents Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body hasapproved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful orcomplete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The enforcement by investors of civil liabilities under United States federal securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that theGuarantor is incorporated and organized under the laws of Ireland, that some of its officers and directors are residents of Ireland and that aportion of its assets and said persons are located outside the United States. The Notes of each series will be issued in registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Theunderwriters expect to deliver the Notes to investors in book-entry only form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for theaccounts of its direct and indirect participants (including Clearstream Banking, S.A., and Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system)on or about, 2025. Table of Contents IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION INTHIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of the Notes. The second part, theaccompanying prospectus, gives more general information, some of which may not apply to the Notes. The accompanying prospectus, dated May10,2024, is referred to as the “prospectus” in this prospectus supplement. We are responsible for the information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and anyrelated free writing prospectus we prepare or authorize. Neither we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide you with any information orto make any representations other than t