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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Memorandum of Understanding • May 3rd, 2006 • Lafarge North America Inc • Cement, hydraulic • New York

• Contract Type
  Memorandum of Understanding
• Filed
  May 3rd, 2006
• Company
  Lafarge North America Inc
• Industry
  Cement, hydraulic
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) contains the primary terms of a settlement in principle (the “Settlement”) agreed to among (i) the plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) in the Rice Consolidated Class Action (as defined herein) and (ii) Lafarge S.A. (“LSA”), Efalar, Inc.(“Efalar”), Bertrand P. Collomb, Bernard L. Kasriel, Bruno Lafont, Michel Rose (the “LSA Directors.” all collectively, with LSA and Efalar, the “LSA Defendants”); (iii) Lafarge North America, Inc. (“LNA” or the “Company”), Philippe R. Rollier, Claudine B. Malone, and Robert W. Murdoch, (collectively, with LNA, the “LNA Defendants”), (iv) Marshall A. Cohen, Philippe P. Dauman, Blythe J. McGarvie, James A. Micali, Bertin F. Nadeau, John D. Redfern, Lawrence Tannenbaum, and Gerald H. Taylor (the “Special Committee Defendants,” collectively, with the LSA Defendants and the LNA Defendants, the “Defendants”) (the Defendants and the Plaintiffs are collectively referred to as the “Parties”), by their respective undersigned attorney

AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Lafarge North America Inc • May 3rd, 2006 • Cement, hydraulic • New York

• Company
  Lafarge North America Inc
• Filed
  May 3rd, 2006
• Industry
  Cement, hydraulic
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This Amended Memorandum of Understanding (“Amended MOU”) contains the primary terms of a settlement in principle (the “Settlement”) agreed to among (i) the plaintiffs in the Rice Consolidated Class Action (as defined herein) and the plaintiffs in the Schwartz Class Action (as defined herein), collectively (“Plaintiffs”) and (ii) Lafarge S.A. (“LSA”), Efalar, Inc. (“Efalar”), Bertrand P. Collomb, Bernard L. Kasriel, Bruno Lafont, Michel Rose (the “LSA Directors,” all collectively, with LSA and Efalar, the “LSA Defendants”); (iii) Lafarge North America, Inc. (“LNA” or the “Company”), Philippe R. Rollier, Claudine B. Malone, and Robert W. Murdoch, (collectively, with LNA, the “LNA Defendants”), (iv) Marshall A. Cohen, Philippe P. Dauman, Blythe J. McGarvie, James A. Micali, Bertin F. Nadeau, John D. Redfern, Lawrence Tannenbaum, and Gerald H. Taylor (the “Special Committee Defendants,” collectively, with the LSA Defendants and the LNA Defendants, the “Defendants”) (the Defendants and the