FWP 1 dfwp.htm FINAL TERM SHEET Final Term Sheet
  Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
  Dated July 16, 2008
  Registration Statement No. 333-137106
  333-137106-01

CRH America, Inc.

US$ 650,000,000 8.125% Notes due 2018

Guaranteed as to the payment of Principal and Interest by

CRH plc

Final Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

  

CRH America, Inc.

Guarantor:

  

CRH plc

Security:

  

8.125% Notes due 2018

Type:

  

SEC-Registered

Currency:

  

U.S. Dollars

Maturity:

  

15 July, 2018

Coupon:

  

8.125%

Yield to maturity:

  

8.131%

Size:

  

$650,000,000

Price to Public:

  

99.963% of face amount

Benchmark Treasury:

  

3.875% May 2018

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

  

99.547%, 3.931%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

  

420 bp

Settlement Date:

  

T+5, 23 July 2008

Interest Payment Dates:

  

15 July and 15 January commencing on 15 January 2009 (short 1st coupon)

Make-whole redemption at the option of the Issuer:

  

100% of face amount plus present value at a discount rate of Treasury plus 50 bps

Anticipated Ratings:

  

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.: Baa1 (stable)

  

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services: BBB+

  

(negative outlook)

Bookrunners:

  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

  

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

  

Barclays Capital Inc.

  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Senior Co-Managers:

  

Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.

  

UBS Securities LLC

Co-Managers:

  

Banc of America Securities LLC

  

J&E Davy

  

ING Financial Markets LLC

  

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

Anticipated Listing:

  

NYSE


Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Ratings may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time, and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

CRH has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents CRH has filed with the SEC for more complete information about CRH and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, CRH, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at 1-877-858-5407 or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. collect at 1-212-834-4533.