Europe: Following the clearance from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 28 May 2015, Holcim launched the public exchange offer for all Lafarge shares at an exchange ratio of 9 Holcim shares for 10 Lafarge shares on 1 June 2015. Through acceptance of the public exchange offer, Lafarge shareholders will pave the way for the creation of LafargeHolcim.
The public exchange offer will be open for 25 trading days until 3 July 2015. With this public exchange offer, Lafarge and Holcim are implementing the final step of their project to merge the two companies. The merger is expected to close in July 2015.
