UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT STANDARD PROVISIONS CRH AMERICA INC. DEBT SECURITIES GUARANTEED BY CRH PLCUnderwriting Agreement • September 5th, 2006 • CRH Public LTD Co • Cement, hydraulic • New York
From time to time, CRH America, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”) and CRH plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (by itself or with any persons including successor persons, who subsequently become guarantors under the Indenture until and to the extent such person is released from such obligations as a guarantor in accordance with the applicable terms of the Indenture, the “Guarantor”) propose to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a “Pricing Agreement”) in the form of Annex I hereto which incorporate by reference these standard provisions (the “Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions”), and, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and therein, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the “Underwriters” with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain of i
