Lafarge: Combined General Meeting on May 7, 2014

Regulatory News :

Lafarge (Paris:LG) informs its shareholders that they are called to a Combined General Meeting on Wednesday May 7, 2014 at 3.30 pm (at the first convocation), at Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France.

Availability of preparatory documentation for the General Meeting

The Notice of meeting will be published in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales et Obligatoires (BALO) on March 14, 2014.

The notice of meeting contains the agenda of the meeting, the draft resolutions, the Board’s report upon such draft resolutions as well as information on how to attend and to vote at this shareholders meeting and will be available from this date in the section "Shareholders & Investors” of the Group's website (www.lafarge.com). Other information relating to the meeting will also be available on this website.

All documents and information relating to the meeting will be available to shareholders under the conditions specified by current laws and regulations.

General Meeting – Governance and dividend

Shareholders will be asked in particular to:

• set the normal dividend at euro 1 per share and the loyalty dividend at euro 1.10 per share, with Lafarge shares traded ex-dividend on and after July 1, 2014 and the dividend payment date on July 4, 2014:
  • Dividend ex-date: July 1, 2014;
  • Dividend payment date: July 4, 2014;
• provide an advisory vote on the elements of compensation due or granted to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Bruno Lafont, for the financial year 2013 ("Say on Pay”);
• amend the Articles of Association of the Company (in order to include the procedure for appointment of Directors representing employees (as provided by law) and change the age limit for Directors);
• renew the term of office of Ms Veronique Weill and appoint Ms Mina Gerowin and Ms Christine Ramon as Director.

Ms Mina Gerowin is a Director of CNH Industrial NV (Netherlands) and of EXOR SpA (Italy). Born in New York, Ms Gerowin has an A.B. from Smith College in Political Economy, a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School where she was a Baker Scholar and a D.H.L. h.c. from the University of New Haven. She practiced law in Switzerland and New York then worked as Investment Banker in International Mergers and Acquisitions at Lazard Frères in New York and Paris. Ms Gerowin formed her own consulting and investing company, completing five LBO transactions and participated in their direction as an officer and director. After their sale she consulted internationally. Ms Gerowin joined Paulson & Co. in 2004 where she was Managing Director of Paulson Europe LLP in London until 2012.

Ms Christine Ramon was an Executive Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Sasol Limited, an international integrated energy and chemical company listed in South Africa and New York, from 2006 to 2013. Previously she served as Chief Executive and Financial Director of Johnnic Holdings Limited (South Africa) and Non-Executive Director of Transnet Limited (South Africa).
Ms Ramon is a Chartered Accountant and completed the Senior Executive Programme at Harvard Business School (United States). She currently serves as Deputy Chair of the Financial Reporting Standards Council in South Africa and also serves as a member of the Financial Reporting Investigations Panel in South Africa. Ms Ramon served as chairman of the CFO Forum of the Top 40 listed companies in South Africa from 2011 until 2013. She was a previous member of the Standing Advisory Committee to the International Accounting Standards Board.

NOTES TO EDITORS
A world leader in building materials, Lafarge employs 64,000 people in 62 countries, and posted sales of €15.2 billion in 2013. As a top-ranking player in its Cement, Aggregates and Concrete businesses, it contributes to the construction of cities around the world, through its innovative solutions providing them with more housing and making them more compact, more durable, more beautiful, and better connected. With the world’s leading building materials research facility, Lafarge places innovation at the heart of its priorities in order to contribute to more sustainable construction and to better serve architectural creativity.
More information is available on Lafarge's website: www.lafarge.com

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