Summary
CRH Public Limited Company (CRH) filed a Form 6-K with the SEC on June 10, 2010, reporting a transaction involving its own shares. The company re-issued treasury shares to participants in its employee share schemes on June 9, 2010. This transaction involved the transfer of 17,161 Ordinary Shares at varying prices in both Euros and Pounds Sterling.
Key Highlights
- 1CRH plc re-issued 17,161 Ordinary Shares from its treasury stock.
- 2The shares were transferred to participants in CRH's employee share schemes.
- 3Transactions occurred on June 9, 2010.
- 4Share prices varied, ranging from €11.18 to €18.3946 and £11.1630 to £16.7806.
- 5Following the re-issuance, CRH holds 10,030,200 Ordinary Shares in treasury.
- 6The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, stands at 707,764,311.
Frequently Asked Questions
This filing (Form 6-K) was made to report a transaction involving CRH's own shares, specifically the re-issuance of treasury shares to employees under their share schemes.
The 17,161 Ordinary Shares were transferred to participants in CRH's employee share schemes.
This transaction reduces the number of treasury shares and slightly adjusts the total number of shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). After the transaction, CRH holds 10,030,200 shares in treasury, and there are 707,764,311 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
These were treasury shares, meaning they were previously issued by CRH, repurchased, and held by the company. They were not newly created shares.