Imerys

AGM Information • Apr 30, 2015

Imerys' Ordinary & Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held today

• 2014 financial statements approved, €1.65 dividend per share to be paid out as from May 12, 2015
• Approval of all resolutions

APPROVAL OF 2014 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

At the Ordinary & Extraordinary General Meeting held today, the shareholders approved the statutory and consolidated financial statements for 2014, which report a net income from current operations, Group share, of €316.3 million, up + 4.0% compared with 2013.

DIVIDEND

The Shareholders' General Meeting approved the allocation of the Company's 2014 earnings and the distribution of a €1.65 dividend per share, a + 3.1% increase from 2013 fiscal year. This dividend will be paid out as from May 12, 2015.

OTHER RESOLUTIONS

The other resolutions adopted by the Ordinary & Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting particularly concern:

• the continuation of the regulated agreements and commitments made by the Company in favor of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
• the renewal, for a three-year period, of the terms of office as Director of Mrs. Marie-Françoise Walbaum and Mr. Xavier le Clef and Mr. Gilles Michel;
• the appointment, as new Directors, of Mrs. Giovanna Kampouri Monnas and Mrs. Katherine Taaffe Richard as well as Mr. Ulysses Kyriacopoulos, for a three-year period to succeed Mr. Jocelyn Lefebvre who did not solicit the renewal of his term of office and Mr. Gérard Buffière whose term of office could not be renewed due to statutory provisions. MM. Jocelyn Lefebvre and Gérard Buffière were warmly thanked for their long and remarkable contribution to the works of the Board and those of the Committees of which they were member. Mr. Gérard Buffière was particularly saluted for the 8 years spent heading the Group before becoming one of its directors.

The Ordinary & Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting also approved the renewal, in favor of the Board of Directors, of the authorization for the Company to buy back its own shares as well as the whole set of financial authorizations to increase the share capital by the issue of shares or securities, with or without preemptive subscription rights for existing shareholders.

GOVERNANCE

The Board of Directors, meeting today, decided to keep the duties of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer combined and to re-elect Mr. Gilles Michel to perform them.

At the end of the Shareholders' General Meeting, the Board of Directors is comprised of 18 members including 2 employee representative directors, 8 independent members and 6 women, the proportion of which exceeds 37% in the Board composition.

Furthermore, a favorable opinion was expressed by the Shareholders' General Meeting on the compensation items due or awarded for 2014 fiscal year to Mr. Gilles Michel, as Chief Executive Officer.

Financial agenda 2015

July 29 (after market close)	1st half 2015 results
October 29 (after market close)	3rd quarter 2015 results

All above dates are tentative and may change. Updates are available on the Group's website at www.imerys.com, in the Investors & Analysts/Financial Agenda section.

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Information accessibility

The press release is available from the Group's website www.imerys.com with access via the homepage in the "News" section.

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The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with €3.7 billion revenue and 14,900 employees in 2014, Imerys transforms a unique range of minerals to deliver essential functions (heat resistance, mechanical strength, conductivity, coverage, barrier effect, etc.) that are essential to its customers' products and manufacturing processes.

Whether mineral components, functional additives, process enablers or finished products, Imerys' solutions contribute to the quality of a great number of applications in consumer goods, industrial equipment or construction. Combining expertise, creativity and attentiveness to customers' needs, the Group's international teams constantly identify new applications and develop high value-added solutions under a determined approach to responsible development. These strengths enable Imerys to develop through a sound, profitable business model.

More comprehensive information about Imerys may be obtained from its website (www.imerys.com) under Regulated Information, particularly in its 2014 Registration Document filed with the Autorité des marchés financiers on March 19, 2015 under number D.15-0173 (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:
Vincent Gouley - + 33 (0)1 4955 6469	Vincent Gouley - + 33 (0)1 4955 6469
finance@imerys.com	Raphaël Leclerc - + 33 (0)6 7316 8806