Imerys

Registration Form • Mar 22, 2012

Paris, March 22nd, 2012

2011 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

Annual Financial Report - Reports on Corporate Governance and Internal Control Statutory Auditors' Fees

Imerys filed its 2011 Registration Document in French, including the Annual Financial Report, with Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on March 22, 2012.

The Registration Document is available to the public free of charge under the conditions provided by applicable regulations and may be consulted on the Group's website www.imerys.com in the Our Group / Publications & Regulated Information / Annual Report section. The Registration Document is also available on the AMF's website (www.amf-france.org).

Information on the fees paid to the statutory auditors in 2011, the report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors on corporate governance and on internal control and risk management procedures, as well as the related auditors' report, are included in the 2011 Registration Document.

The English version of the 2011 Registration Document will be available in the next few days on the Group's website.

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The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, Imerys bases its development on a sound, profitable business model. The Group processes, enriches and combines a unique range of minerals, in many cases mined from its own deposits, to contribute essential functions to its customers' products and processes. Thanks to their properties (heat resistance and mechanical strength, conductivity, coverage, barrier effect, etc.), these specialties have a great number of everyday applications in consumer durables, fast-consumer goods, capital goods and construction, and are developing on many growing markets. Imerys' R&D and marketing teams combine their efforts to identify new applications in promising sectors of business and in emerging markets, and to develop new, value-added solutions that meet those needs.

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Analyst/Investor Relations: Pascale Arnaud – +33 (0)1 49 55 63 91 shareholders@imerys.com

Press contacts: Pascale Arnaud – +33 (0)1 49 55 63 91 Raphaël Leclerc - +33 (0)6 73 16 88 06