Annual General Meeting of Lafarge Shareholders.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- The Annual General Meeting of Lafarge shareholders, which was held in Paris on May 3, 2007 under the chairmanship of Bertrand Collomb, approved the 2006 financial statements. The Group reiterated that 2006 saw record results and confirmed that results should continue to improve in 2007. At the Annual General Meeting, shareholders voted to approve a dividend payment of EU3 per share, representing an increase of 18% compared with 2006. The dividend will be paid on May 25. Two new directors were appointed at the Annual General Meeting, namely Philippe Dauman Philippe Dauman is the CEO of Viacom. He has served at this post since September of 2006. Dauman is a longtime associate of the company's chairman Sumner Redstone. Dauman served from 1994 to 2000 as a member of Viacom's executive committee and as executive vice president in charge , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom, who replaces Guillaume Frering, and Pierre de Lafarge, Director of International Development at Kerneos, who replaces Rapha[R]l de Lafarge. Philippe Dauman has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom since September 2006. Prior to that, he was Co-Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of DND DND Drag and Drop DND Department of National Defence (Canada & Australia) DND Do Not Disturb DND Dungeons and Dragons DND Den Norske Dataforening DND Direct Nanoparticle Deposition DND Drugs for Neglected Diseases Capital Partners L.L.C., an investment fund specializing in media and telecommunications from May of 2000. Before forming DND Capital Partners, Mr. Dauman was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Viacom from 1996 to May 2000, Executive Vice President from 1995 to May 2000 and Chief Counsel and Secretary of the Board from 1993 to 1998. He was previously a partner in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of firm of Shearman & Sterling. Mr. Dauman served as a director of Lafarge North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. from 1997 to 2006, and is currently a director of Viacom and National Amusements National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in Dedham, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1936 as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone. Inc. and a member of the Dean's Council for the University of Columbia Law School Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. . Mr. Dauman is 52. He does not yet own shares of the Company. Pierre de Lafarge is Director of International Development for Kerneos, a subsidiary of the Materis group. He worked in the Lafarge group from 1972 to 2001, successively holding the positions of Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Refractaire from 1992 to 1995, Vice President for Development in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. with Lafarge Mortier from 1996 to 2000, then as Vice President for Strategy and International Development for Lafarge Mortiers from 2000 to 2001 and the mortar operations of the Materis group from 2001 to 2003. In 2001, he left the Lafarge group because of the sale of the specialty materials business, now known as Materis, to investment funds. Mr. de Lafarge holds an engineering degree from the School of Mines in Nancy. He is 60. He holds 20,365 shares of the Company. NOTES TO EDITORS Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in all of its businesses: Cement, Aggregates & Concrete and Gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. . With 71,000 employees in over 70 countries, Lafarge posted sales of Euros 17 billion in 2006. Lafarge has been committed to sustainable development for many years, pursuing a strategy that combines industrial know-how with performance, value creation, respect for employees and local cultures, environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources conservation of natural resources, the wise use of the earth's resources by humanity. The term conservation came into use in the late 19th cent. and referred to the management, mainly for economic reasons, of such valuable natural resources as timber, fish, and energy. Lafarge is the only company in the construction materials sector to be listed in the 2007 '100 Global Most Sustainable Corporations in the World'. To make advances in building materials, Lafarge places the customer at the heart of its concerns. It offers the construction industry and the general public innovative solutions bringing greater safety, comfort and quality to their everyday surroundings. Additional information is available on the web site at www.lafarge.com. |
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