UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC
20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A - 16 OR 15D - 16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
15 January 2021
Commission
File No. 001-32846
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CRH
public limited company
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
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Belgard Castle, Clondalkin,
Dublin 22, Ireland.
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Enclosure:
Notice of EGM
CRH plc
(the "Company")
15th January 2021
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING & CLASS
MEETINGS
Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM")
An EGM of the Company will be held at Stonemason's Way, Dublin 16,
Ireland on Tuesday, 9th February
2021 at 11.00 a.m. in order for shareholders to consider, and if
deemed appropriate, approve certain resolutions required to
facilitate the migration of the Company's shares currently held
electronically in the UK-based CREST settlement system to the
Belgian-based Euroclear Bank SA/NV system (the "Migration").
As a result of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, the CREST
settlement system will soon no longer be able to provide settlement
services to Irish incorporated listed companies. Approval of
the resolutions is, therefore, necessary to ensure that the
Company's shares can continue to be held and settled electronically
when they are traded on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext
Dublin and remain eligible for continued admission to trading and
listing on those exchanges.
In addition to seeking approval for the Migration, authority is
being sought from shareholders to approve the simplification of
CRH's share capital by the surrender and cancellation of the Income
Shares.
A shareholder circular (the "Circular"), which sets out details of
the proposed business of the EGM, has been published by the
Company, together with the EGM Notice and a Form of Proxy
(together, the "EGM Documents"). Copies of the EGM Documents
will be posted to shareholders today.
Copies of the EGM Documents are available on the Company's
website, www.crh.com/investors/shareholder-centre,
together with copies of the documents referred to in the
Circular.
Shareholders should read the Circular in its entirety, including
the documents referred to therein, and consider whether or not to
vote in favour of the Resolutions in light of the information
contained in the Circular.
Class Meetings
In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, separate
class meetings will also be held in respect of the Company's 5%
Cumulative Preference Shares and 7% "A" Cumulative Preference
Shares at Stonemason's Way, Dublin 16, Ireland on Tuesday,
9th February
2021 at 12.00 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. respectively in order for
preference shareholders to consider, and if deemed appropriate,
approve any changes in the rights of preference shareholders
resulting from the Migration. Notices convening the class
meetings have been posted to relevant shareholders today, together
with the relevant Forms of Proxy (together, the "Class Meeting
Documents").
Copies of the Class Meeting Documents are also available on the
Company's website, www.crh.com/investors/shareholder-centre.
COVID-19 / Meeting Arrangements
The well-being of CRH's shareholders and other stakeholders is a
primary concern for the CRH Board.
We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and any advice by
the Government of Ireland in relation to the pandemic. We will
take all recommendations and applicable law into account in the
arrangements for the holding of the EGM. If the current (or
similarly more extensive) restrictions relating to COVID-19 are in
force at the time of the EGM, the Company will be required to hold
the EGM as a closed meeting (i.e. not generally open to the
public). The CRH Board encourages all shareholders to vote by proxy
by appointing the chairman of the meeting as their proxy to vote on
their behalf. If you appoint someone other than the chairman of the
meeting to be your proxy, that person is unlikely to be able to
attend the EGM if the prevailing COVID-19 measures require the
Company to conduct the EGM as a closed meeting.
Continued shareholder engagement remains important to the CRH Board
and, accordingly, a live audio-cast of the EGM will be made
available to shareholders, who will also have the facility to
submit questions remotely.
Detailed instructions on proxy voting and how to access the
audio-cast are set out in the relevant notices.
The Company continues to monitor the impact of COVID-19 and any
relevant updates regarding the
EGM, including any changes to the arrangements outlined in this
Circular, will be available on www.crh.com/investors/shareholder-centre.
Listing Rules Requirements
Copies of the EGM Documents and Class Meeting Documents have
been submitted to the U.K. National Storage Mechanism and Euronext
Dublin and will shortly be available for inspection
at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
and at:
Companies Announcement Office
Euronext Dublin
28 Anglesea Street
Dublin 2
Tel. no: + 353 1 617 4200
Arthur Cox
12 Gough Square,
London,
EC4A 3DW,
United Kingdom
Enquiries
Contact
Neil Colgan
Company Secretary
Tel: 00 3531 6344340
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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CRH public limited company
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(Registrant)
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Date 15
January 2021
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By:___/s/Neil
Colgan___
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N.Colgan
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Company Secretary
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