Imerys

Transaction in Own Shares • Jul 26, 2019

PARIS, 26 JULY 2019

Share buyback program

Imerys announces that it has entered today 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 7, 2019 and approved by the Shareholders' Meeting of May 10, 2019.

The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with €4.6 billion revenue and 18,000 employees, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to diversified set of industrial sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and its material science know-how to deliver solutions based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers' products and performance, including refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, 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 Autorité des marchés financiers on March 20, 2019 under number D.19-0175 (also available from the Autorité des marchés financiers website, www.amf-france.org).

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