Summary
CRH Public Limited Company (CRH) filed a Form 6-K on March 27, 2023, to report a transaction involving its own shares. The company re-issued treasury shares to participants in an employee share scheme. This transaction involved 1,860 Ordinary Shares transferred at a price of €16.19 per share on March 24, 2023. This filing primarily serves to update the company's share capital information. Following this re-issuance, CRH now holds 9,297,697 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue, excluding these treasury shares, stands at 742,842,641. Investors should note this update primarily relates to share count and treasury stock management rather than a significant financial event.
Key Highlights
- 1CRH plc re-issued treasury shares on March 24, 2023.
- 21,860 Ordinary Shares were transferred to employee share scheme participants.
- 3The price per Ordinary Share for this transaction was €16.19.
- 4Following the transaction, CRH holds 9,297,697 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
- 5The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 742,842,641.
- 6This filing is a Form 6-K, reporting information as a foreign private issuer.
- 7The filing date was March 27, 2023, with the event date of the share transfer on March 24, 2023.
Frequently Asked Questions
The primary purpose of this filing (a Form 6-K in this case) was to report a transaction where CRH plc re-issued treasury shares to participants in an employee share scheme. This updates the company's share capital and treasury stock status.
CRH re-issued 1,860 Ordinary Shares at a price of €16.19 per Ordinary Share.
Following this transaction, CRH plc holds 9,297,697 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, is 742,842,641.