HERACLES GENERAL CEMENT COMPANY S.A. Annual Shareholders' General Assembly of June 30th, 2006, appointed the new Board of Directors of the Company, assigned for three years, 2006-2009. Following the completion of the Annual General Assembly the new nine-member Board of Directors met as a body consisting of the following members:
Chairman: Μanolis Chris Kyprianides, Entrepreneur Vice-Chairman: Ioannis Pehlivanides, Vice-Chairman and Deputy Managing Director of National Bank of Greece
Managing Director: Albert Corcos, Cement Division Lafarge
Members: Jean- Charles Blatz, Executive Vice President of Lafarge GroupPresident - Aggregates & Concrete Division Lafarge Eric Meuriot, Regional President Eastern Mediterranean - Lafarge Cement Division
Saad Sebbar, General Manager Cement Operations HERACLES G.C.Co. Anthimos Thomopoulos, General Manager of Finance & Operations - National Bank of Greece
Christos Sorotos, Citigroup Country Corporate Officer - Managing Director Jacques Gani, former Managing Director Aluminum de Grece
The shareholders of HERACLES GENERAL CEMENT COMPANY approved the Directors' reports and the financial results of the Company for the year 2005. They also approved the distribution of dividends of Euro 0.95 per share for 2005.
HERACLES Group of Companies, a member of Lafarge, is Greece's largest cement producer, with a production capacity of 9.6 million tonnes per year. It is also the largest cement exporter in Europe. Focused in Sustainable Development, it creates value for all its stakeholders contributing to the economy and to the local communities where it operates. With three cement plants - Volos plant (the largest in Europe), Halkis Plant, Milaki Plant - and seven terminals, the company has a production activity in 29 pr efectures around Greece. The Group is also active in the aggregates sector and in the production and trading of concrete. Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in all four of its businesses: Cement, Aggregates & Concrete, Roofing & Gypsum. With 80,000 employees in 76 countries, Lafarge posted sales of Euro 16 billion in 2005. 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.