LAGOS: 22nd April 2022

LAFARGE AFRICA PLC - NOTICE OF BOARD CHANGES

We hereby notify Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public of the resignation of Mr. Marco Licata as a Director of Lafarge Africa Plc (the Company) with effect from 5th April 2022. Mr. Licata was appointed to the Board on 21st July 2019 and served as a Non-Executive Director of the Company until his resignation.

We would like to thank Mr. Licata for his immense contributions to the growth of the Company and wish him the best in his future endeavours.

Further to Mr. Licata's resignation, we are pleased to announce that the Board has approved the appointment of Mr. Kaspar Theiler as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 20th April 2022.

Below is a summary of Mr. Theiler's Profile.

Mr. Kaspar Theiler - Non-Executive Director

Mr. Kaspar Theiler (Swiss) is the Regional General Counsel, Middle East and Africa (MEA) at Holcim Group. Kaspar joined the Holcim Group in 2016 as a Senior Legal Counsel and also served as General Counsel, Holcim Trading, prior to his appointment as Regional General Counsel MEA in April 2022.

Kaspar Theiler holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law from the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, Master of Arts in Banking, Corporate, Finance and Securities Law from Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften in 2008 and a Master of Laws in Common Law from Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2014.

Kaspar has extended experience in commercial law, mergers and acquisition, financing, corporate governance and stakeholder management. Beyond law, Kaspar also has a keen interest in technology and holds a Certificate on HTML, CSS and JavaScript programming from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

LAFARGE AFRICA PLC. (RC 1858)

TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (TIN): 01057508-001

27B, Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Telephone: +234 (1) 2713990.www.lafarge.com.ng

DIRECTORS: Mr. Adebode Adefioye - (Chairman), Mr. Khaled El Dokani - Group Managing Director/CEO (Egyptian), Mr. Lolu Alade-Akinyemi (Chief Financial Officer), Mrs. Elenda Giwa-Amu - Director, Mrs. Adenike Ogunlesi - Director, Mr. Grant Earnshaw - Director (British), Mrs. Karine Uzan Mercie - Director (French), Mr. Marco Licata - Director (Italian), Mr. Gbenga Oyebode, MFR- Director, Mrs. Oyinkan Adewale - Director, Mrs. Virginie Darbo - Director (French)

Before joining the Holcim Group, Kaspar worked with Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd and Bär & Karrer Ltd as an Associate Corporate/M&A. He has also worked with the District Court of Zug and Firmenich SA in Geneva, Switzerland.

FOR: LAFARGE AFRICA PLC

Adewunmi Alode

General Counsel & Company Secretary

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