CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 10, 2024 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Albert Manifold - Group Chief Executive
Tom Holmes - Head of Investor Relations
Randy Lake - Chief Operating Officer
Jim Mintern - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Anthony Pettinari - Citi
Kathryn Thompson - Thompson Research Group
Ross Harvey - Davy
Michael Dudas - Vertical Research Partners
Brent Thielman - D.A. Davidson
Keith Hughes - Truist
Will Jones - Redburn Atlantic
Gregor Kuglitsch - UBS
Arnaud Lehmann - Bank of America Securities

Operator

Good day and welcome to the CRH plc First Quarter 2024 Results Presentation. My name is Christa and I will be your operator today. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to Albert Manifold, CRH Chief Executive Officer, to begin the conference. Please go ahead, sir.

Albert Manifold

Hello, everyone. Albert Manifold here, CRH Group Chief Executive, and you're all very welcome to our Quarter One 2024 results presentation and conference call. Joining me on the call is Jim Mintern, our Group CFO; Randy Lake, Chief Operating Officer; and Tom Holmes, Head of Investor Relations.

Before we get started, I'll hand you over to Tom for some brief opening remarks.

Tom Holmes

Thanks, Albert. Hello, everyone. Before we begin today's proceedings, I'd like to draw your attention to Slide 1 shown here on the screen.

During today's presentation, we'll be making some forward-looking statements relating to our future plans and expectations. These are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results and outcomes could differ materially due to the factors outlined on this slide. For more details, please refer to this slide, our annual report and other SEC filings, which are available on our website.

I will now hand over to Albert, Jim and Randy to deliver some prepared remarks. After that, we will open the line for a Q&A session.

Albert Manifold

Thanks, Tom. Over the next 20 minutes or so, we'll take you through a brief presentation of the results we've published this morning, highlighting the key drivers of our operating performance for the first three months of the year, our recent capital allocation and development activities as well as providing you with an update on our expectations for the year as a whole. Afterwards, we'll be available to take any questions that you may have and all told, we should be done in about 40 minutes or so.