Imerys

Transaction in Own Shares • Feb 16, 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 April 27, 2015 and approved by the Shareholders' General Meeting of April 30, 2015.

The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with €4.1 billion revenue and 16,130 employees in 2015, 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 49 55 64 69
finance@imerys.com	Philemon Tassel - + 33 (0)6 30 10 96 11
	Sarah Fornier - + 33 (0)7 87 40 83 50