Imerys

Transaction in Own Shares • Jun 2, 2016

Share buyback program

Imerys announces that it has entered yesterday into a new mandate, in place of the previous one, with an Investment Services Provider (ISP) to purchase its own shares as part of its share buyback program as published on May 2, 2016 and approved by the Shareholders' General Meeting of May 4, 2016.

The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with €4 billion revenue and 16,000 employees, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods and building products. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, scientific expertise and technological know-how to beneficiate its mineral resources, develop formulations and produce synthetic minerals. These contribute essential properties to customers' products and performance, including refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, adsorption and repellency. Imerys is firmly committed to responsible development, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally friendly products and processes.

More comprehensive information about Imerys may be obtained from its website (www.imerys.com) under Regulated Information, particularly in its Registration Document filed with the Autorité des marchés financiers on March 17, 2016 under number D. 16-0153 (also available from the Autorité des marchés financiers website, www.amf-france.org). Imerys draws the attention of investors to chapter 4, "Risk Factors and Internal Control", of its Registration Document.

Analyst/Investor relations:	Press contacts:
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finance@imerys.com	Philémon Tassel - + 33 (0)6 30 10 96 11
	Sarah Fornier - + 33 (0)7 87 40 83 50