ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss cement maker Holcim (>> Holcim Ltd) said on Thursday it expects the new shares of its tie-up with France's Lafarge (>> LAFARGE) to be listed on exchanges in Zurich and Paris in early August.

Shareholders must back a capital increase at the cement maker's extraordinary general meeting on May 8 to fund the fusion of the companies, which together would have reported a pro-forma net profit of 1.579 billion euros (1.13 billion pounds) in 2014.

In an invitation to shareholders, Holcim proposed increasing share capital through issuing up to 264.237 million fully paid-in registered shares with a par value of 2 Swiss francs each.

(Reporting By Alice Baghdjian; Editing by Michael Perry)

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