Key success factors

Capital Market Information
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Disclosure of shareholdings
Under Art. 20 of the Swiss Federal Act on Stock
Exchanges and Securities Trading (Stock Exchange
Act) and Art. 28 of the Additional Rules for the
Listing on the SWX “EU-Compatible” Segment
(AR EU), whosoever, directly, indirectly or in concert
with third parties, acquires or disposes of shares,
for his own account, in a company incorporated in
Switzerland whose equity securities are listed, in
whole or in part, in Switzerland and thereby attains,
falls below or exceeds the threshold of 5, 10, 20, 25,
33 1 / 3 , 50 or 66 2 / 3 percent of the voting rights, whether
or not such rights may be exercised, shall notify
the company and the stock exchanges on which the
equity securities in question are listed.
Registration in the share register
and restrictions on voting rights
On request, purchasers of registered shares are entered
in the share register as voting shareholders provided
that they expressly declare that they acquired
the shares in their own name and for their own
account. The Board of Directors will enter individuals
whose requests for registration do not include an express
declaration that they hold the shares for their
own account (nominees) in the share register as
shareholders with voting rights, provided that such
nominees have concluded an agreement with the
company concerning their status and are subject to
recognized banking or financial market supervision.
Group credit rating solid
Holcim Ltd’s current credit rating – as awarded by
Standard & Poor’s – is “BBB+” for long-term liabilities
and “A-2” for short-term liabilities. The international
ratings agency Fitch rated us “BBB+” with “outlook
stable” for long-term liabilities and “F2” for shortterm
credit.
Current rating
Standard & Poor’s
Fitch
Long-term rating BBB+, outlook stable BBB+, outlook stable
Short-term rating A-2 F2
Financial reporting calendar
Press and analyst conference on annual results for 2006 February 28, 2007
Results for the first quarter of 2007 May 3, 2007
General meeting of shareholders May 4, 2007
Dividend payment May 10, 2007
Half-year results for 2007 August 23, 2007
Press and analyst conference for the third quarter of 2007 November 7, 2007
Press and analyst conference on annual results for 2007 February 27, 2008