Summary
CRH Public Limited Company (CRH) filed a Form 6-K on April 4, 2013, reporting on transactions involving its own shares. Specifically, the company re-issued treasury shares to participants in its employee share schemes on April 3, 2013. This transaction involved 85,442 Ordinary Shares, with prices ranging from €8.1694 to €15.0674 per share. Following this re-issuance, CRH's total treasury shares decreased, with the company now holding 6,501,447 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The number of outstanding ordinary shares, excluding those held in treasury, stands at 727,319,996. This filing provides transparency regarding share capital management and employee incentive programs.
Key Highlights
- 1CRH re-issued 85,442 Ordinary Shares from treasury on April 3, 2013.
- 2The re-issuance was to participants in CRH's employee share schemes.
- 3Share prices for the re-issued shares varied, ranging from approximately €8.17 to €15.07 per Ordinary Share.
- 4Following the transaction, CRH holds 6,501,447 Ordinary Shares in treasury.
- 5The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is 727,319,996.
Frequently Asked Questions
This Form 6-K filing was made to report on CRH's re-issuance of treasury shares to participants in its employee share schemes. This is a routine disclosure related to share capital management.
CRH re-issued 85,442 Ordinary Shares. The prices for these shares ranged from €8.1694 to €15.0674 per Ordinary Share.
The transaction reduced the number of shares held in treasury. CRH now holds 6,501,447 Ordinary Shares in treasury, and the number of outstanding shares (excluding treasury) is 727,319,996.
No, this transaction is specifically about the re-issuance of shares already held by the company (treasury shares) to employees under existing share schemes. It does not indicate a new public offering or an acquisition.