8-K

CRH PUBLIC LTD CO 8-K Report (Feb 24, 2012)

Filed February 24, 2012For Securities:CRH

Summary

CRH plc has filed a Form 6-K to report a transaction involving its own shares. On February 22, 2012, the company re-issued 5,545 ordinary shares from its treasury to participants in an employee share scheme. These shares were transferred at a price of €15.0674 per share. This transaction reduces the number of treasury shares held by CRH plc, impacting its total share count and potentially affecting metrics like earnings per share. Investors should note the specific number of shares re-issued and the price at which they were transferred.

Key Highlights

  • 1CRH plc re-issued 5,545 ordinary shares from treasury on February 22, 2012.
  • 2The shares were transferred to participants in an employee share scheme.
  • 3The re-issue price was €15.0674 per ordinary share.
  • 4Following the transaction, CRH plc holds 8,889,535 ordinary shares in treasury.
  • 5The total number of ordinary shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares) is 719,008,371.
  • 6This filing is a Form 6-K, a report for foreign private issuers.

Frequently Asked Questions

The shares were re-issued to participants in an employee share scheme, likely as part of their compensation or long-term incentive programs.

This specific transaction reduces the number of shares held in treasury, while the number of shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares) remains the same unless these shares were newly issued. However, it impacts the total number of shares held by the company.

Treasury shares are shares that a company has repurchased but not yet retired or re-issued. A lower treasury share balance can sometimes indicate the company is using these shares for employee compensation or other corporate purposes, rather than holding them for potential buybacks or other future uses.

For most investors, this is a routine disclosure related to employee compensation and share management. The impact on earnings per share or overall company value from this specific transaction is likely to be minimal given the relatively small number of shares involved compared to the total outstanding shares.