---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-276686"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRH"
cik: "0000849395"
company_name: "CRH PUBLIC LTD CO"
filed_at: "2026-06-22T11:03:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T11:05:12.670375+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CRH acquires Arcosa for $150/share (~$8.5B enterprise value); 25% premium

## Summary
- Total enterprise value ~$8.5B; 11.5x 2026E Adj. EBITDA including $175M annual cost synergies by year 3.
- Arcosa operates 109 quarries (35M tons aggregates) and is top-3 in energy transmission infrastructure.
- Deal expected to be accretive to earnings, margin and cash flow within 12 months post-close.
- CRH secured a $5.75B bridge loan to finance cash consideration and refinance Arcosa debt; to replace with term loans/notes.
- CRH will not launch new share buyback tranche after current one ends ~July 28, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-276686
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRH
- cik: 0000849395
- company_name: CRH PUBLIC LTD CO
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T11:03:14+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000119312526276686/0001193125-26-276686-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000119312526276686/d864737d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CRH PUBLIC LTD CO entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Arcosa, Inc. valued at $150.00 in cash (effective 2026-06-21).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Arcosa, Inc.
  - Value: $150.00 in cash
  - Effective: 2026-06-21
  source text: On June 21, 2026, CRH Americas, Inc. (‘Parent’), a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CRH public limited company (‘CRH,’ ‘we,’ ‘our’ or ‘us’), 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000119312526276686/0001193125-26-276686-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.