Summary
CRH plc filed a Form 6-K on July 23, 2009, to report on a transaction involving its own shares. Specifically, on July 22, 2009, the company transferred 5,162 Ordinary Shares from its treasury to participants in its employee share schemes. These shares were transferred at prices of €13.0295 and £8.7104 per share, reflecting different currency denominations. This action reduces the number of treasury shares held by CRH.
Key Highlights
- 1CRH plc re-issued treasury shares to employees on July 22, 2009.
- 2A total of 5,162 Ordinary Shares were transferred.
- 3The transfer was part of CRH's employee share schemes.
- 4The shares were sold at €13.0295 and £8.7104 per Ordinary Share.
- 5Following the re-issue, CRH holds 14,940,454 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
- 6The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, is 692,237,986.
Frequently Asked Questions
The primary purpose of this Form 6-K filing was to inform the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about CRH plc's re-issuance of treasury shares to participants in its employee share schemes.
CRH re-issued 5,162 Ordinary Shares. The shares were transferred at prices of €13.0295 per Ordinary Share and £8.7104 per Ordinary Share, reflecting the different currencies involved.
Following this transaction, CRH plc's treasury shares decreased to 14,940,454. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, stands at 692,237,986.
This transaction is neither a new equity issuance nor a buyback. It represents the re-issuance of shares that CRH had previously acquired and held in treasury, typically for employee benefit plans.