Imerys

Capital/Financing Update • Feb 14, 2019

Implementation of a liquidity contract

Imerys and Rothschild Martin Maurel have signed a new liquidity contract effective today. This new contract is drawn up following changes in the regulations governing liquidity contracts and aims at complying in particular with AMF Decision 2018-01 of 2 July 2018, applicable as from 1 January 2019.

It replaces the previous liquidity contract concluded with Rothschild Martin Maurel on 16 February 2017.

Transactions under the liquidity contract will be traded on Euronext Paris trading platform.

As per the liquidity contract, cases or conditions leading to its suspension or termination are as follows:

The trading platform on which transactions under the liquidity contract will be carried out is Euronext Paris.

It is specified that, pursuant to the provisions of the contract, situations or conditions leading to its suspension or termination are as follows:

• the execution of the Agreement is suspended under the conditions set out in Article 5 of the AMF Decision. It is also suspended at the Issuer's request for technical reasons, such as the accounting of shares with voting rights before a Shareholders' general meeting or the accounting of shares giving entitlement to dividends before their detachment, for a period specified by the Issuer;
• the contract may be terminated under the following conditions:
• at any time by the Issuer, without notice under the conditions for closing the Liquidity Account provided for in Article 13,
• by the Animator with one month's notice. At the end of the notice period, the Liquidity Account shall be closed under the conditions provided for in Article 13.

As at 14 February 2019, the following resources were included in the liquidity account:

• 9,113,037 euros
• 92,500 shares

The world's leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry. with €4.6 billion in revenue and 18,000 employees in 2018. Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to a great number of sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge and expertise in material science to deliver solutions based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers' products and their performance, including heat resistance, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and water repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.

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