Summary
CRH Public Limited Company (CRH) has filed a Form 6-K with the SEC on March 31, 2008, to report its total voting rights as of March 31, 2008. This filing is in accordance with European transparency regulations. The company disclosed that it has 547,227,194 ordinary shares of EUR0.32 each in issue. Furthermore, CRH holds 8,705,735 treasury shares as of the reporting date. This results in a total of 538,521,459 voting rights. This figure is crucial for shareholders to determine their notification obligations regarding significant interests or changes in their holdings under the Transparency Directive and Interim Transparency Rules.
Key Highlights
- 1CRH plc reported total voting rights as of March 31, 2008.
- 2The company has 547,227,194 ordinary shares of EUR0.32 each in issue.
- 3CRH holds 8,705,735 treasury shares as of the reporting date.
- 4The total number of voting rights is 538,521,459.
- 5This figure serves as the denominator for shareholders to calculate notification requirements under transparency regulations.
Frequently Asked Questions
The main purpose of this filing is to report CRH plc's total number of voting rights as of March 31, 2008, in compliance with European transparency regulations.
As of March 31, 2008, CRH has 547,227,194 ordinary shares of EUR0.32 each in issue.
Treasury shares are shares that a company has bought back from the open market. CRH holds 8,705,735 treasury shares. These shares do not carry voting rights, so they are subtracted from the total shares in issue to determine the total number of voting rights.
The total number of voting rights (538,521,459) is important because shareholders use it as a denominator to calculate if their stake in CRH plc requires them to notify the company of their interest or any changes to their interest, according to the Transparency Directive regulations.