Shareholders

Already awarded Silver Medal in 2007, Lafarge received the 2008 Best General Meeting Award.

The "Annual General Meeting Award" of the CAC40-listed groups was created by CapitalCom in partnership with Les Echos, Radio Classique and Deloitte. It awards the company whose General Meeting respects the current best practices based on more than 70 criteria, notably:

• the organization,
• the quality of speeches and discussions with the shareholders,
• the pedagogy,
• the financial information accessibility,
• the presentation of the social and environmental responsibility, etc.

This Award demonstrates the growing care for our individual shareholders.

Are you a shareholder? About 2 months before General Meetings, consultation papers are sent out to allow shareholders to express their expectations for the next Meeting (subjects they would like to be discussed, questions they would like to ask during the meeting, etc.). The results of the consultation are presented at the beginning of the meeting.

Full documentation enabling you to take part in a General Meeting will be sent to you automatically if:

• you hold registered shares, or
• you hold at least 200 bearer shares.

In other cases, you will need to ask your bank or stockbroker for the meeting documentation.

The Board of Directors fixes the date of the Annual General Meeting and informs the shareholders. The meeting documentation states the location and agenda of the meeting. It is sent to shareholders by post or e-mail.

The next Shareholders' Meeting will be held on May 6, 2009.

All shareholders have the right to attend General Meetings regardless of the number of shares they hold.

Shareholders can vote:

• by attending the Meeting,
• by post,
• by giving a proxy to their spouse, another shareholder or the Chairman of the Meeting.

It is not necessary to block your shares with the relevant financial agent to be able to vote on resolutions at General Meetings.

In general, 1 share = 1 vote for.

N.B.:

• shares registered for at least 2 years, from date to date, and owned by the same shareholder, are entitled to a double vote,
• the number of voting right is equal to the number of owned shares, within the limit of 5% of all shares comprising the share capital.