Item 19. Exhibits 268

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270

Index


A

Accounting Policies			145

Acquisitions, Divestments & Finance Committee			74

American Depositary Shares			252

Americas Materials			42

Annual General Meeting			108

Audit Committee			64

Auditors (Directors’ Report)			112

Auditor’s Remuneration			65, 161, 215

Auditor’s Report, Independent (US)			135

B

Balance Sheet

- Consolidated			142

Board Approval of Financial Statements (note 33)			210

Board Committees			74

Board Effectiveness			61

Board of Directors			56

Board Responsibilities			73

Building Products			50

Business and Non-Current Asset Disposals (note 6)			162

Business Combinations (note 30)			151, 206

Business Model			16

Business Performance			36

C

Capital and Financial Risk Management (note 22)			189

Carbon			23, 25

Cash and Cash Equivalents (note 23)			152, 193

Cash Flow, Operating			19

Cash Flow Statement, Consolidated			144

Chairman’s Introduction			4

Chief Executive’s Review			10




Climate

- Strategy			29

- Targets			31

- TCFD			28

Communications with Shareholders			75

Company Secretary			75

Compliance and Ethics			74

Contractual Obligations			244

Corporate Governance Practices			240

Corporate Governance Report			60

Cost Analysis (note 4)			160

Credit Ratings			190

CREST and Migration to Euroclear Bank			249

D

Debt, Analysis of Net (note 21)			185

Deferred Income Tax

- expense (note 10)			150, 168

- assets and liabilities (note 27)			150, 197

Depreciation

- cost analysis (note 4)			160

- property, plant and equipment (note 13)			146, 150, 172

- segment analysis (note 2)			157

Derivative Financial Instruments (note 25)			152, 194

Directors’ Emoluments and Interests (note 32)			210

Directors’ Interests in Share Capital			108

Directors’ Remuneration Report			80

Directors’ Report			110

Directors’ Share Options			102

Discontinued Operations (note 3)			149, 159

Dividend Payments (Shareholder Information)			110, 250

Dividend per Share			1

Dividends (note 11)			170


E

Earnings per Ordinary Share (note 12)			171

Employees, Average Number (note 7)			163

Employment Costs (note 7)			163

Environment			23, 242

Equity Accounted Investments’ Profit, Share of			157

ESG Ratings			20

Europe Materials			46

Exchange Rates			154

Exhibits			268

F

Finance Costs and Finance Income (note 9)			167

Finance Director’s Review			38

Financial Assets (note 15)			177

Financial Calendar			257

Financial Statements, Consolidated			140

Foreign Currency Translation			121, 240

Frequently Asked Questions			257

G

Global Business			2

Going Concern			112

Governance			54

Greenhouse Gas Emissions			18

Guarantees (note 24)			193

H

Health and Safety			18


I

Inclusion and Diversity			18, 77

Income Statement, Consolidated			140

Income Tax Expense (note 10)			168

Intangible Assets (note 14)			151, 174

Inventories (note 16)			152, 177

Investor Relations Activities			75

K

Key Components of 2021 Performance			39

Key Financial Data			218

KPIs, Financial			19

KPIs, Non-Financial			18

L

Leases (note 20)			151, 182

Listing Rule 9.8.4C			111

Loans and Borrowings, Interest-Bearing (note 24)			152, 193

M

Measuring Performance			18

Memorandum and Articles of Association			75, 255

N

Nomination & Corporate Governance Committee			70

Non-controlling Interests (note 31)			209

Non-GAAP Performance Measures			219

Notes on Consolidated Financial Statements			155

O

Operating Costs (note 4)			160


P

Pensions, Retirement Benefit Obligations (note 28)			146, 198

People			116, 232

Principal Equity Accounted Investments			264

Principal Subsidiary Undertakings			260

Profit on Disposals (note 6)			162

Property, Plant and Equipment (note 13)			146, 150, 172

Property, Plants and Equipment			225

Provisions for Liabilities (note 26)			147, 196

Proxy Voting, Electronic			257

R

Registrars			257

Regulatory Information			111

Related Party Transactions (note 32)			210

Remuneration Committee			98

Reserves, Mineral			226

Resources, Mineral			226

Retirement Benefit Obligations (note 28)			146, 198

Return on Net Assets (RONA)			19, 220, 222

Revenue (note 1)			148, 155

Risk Governance			33

Risk Management and Internal Control			112, 240

Risk Factors			232

S

Safety			22

Safety, Environment & Social Responsibility Committee			20, 76, 242

Sector Exposure and End-Use

- Americas Materials			43

- Europe Materials			47

- Building Products			51

Segment Information (note 2)			149, 157

Senior Independent Director			57

Share-based Payments (note 8)			149, 164




Share Capital and Reserves (note 29)			153, 203

Share Options

- Directors			102

- Employees (note 8)			164

Share Premium			205, 215

Share Price Data			248

Shareholder Communication			75

Shareholdings as at 31 December 2021			74, 248

Solutions			13

Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated			143

Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated			141

Stock Exchange Listings			74, 248

Strategy			14

Substantial Holdings			74

Sustainability			20

T

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)			28

Total Shareholder Return (TSR)			11, 19, 221

Trade and Other Payables (note 18)			180

Trade and Other Receivables (note 17)			152, 178

V

Volumes, Annualised

- Americas Materials			43

- Europe Materials			47

W

Website			74, 257

Working Capital and Provisions for Liabilities, Movement in (note 19)			181



272

Signatures

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form

20-F

and that it has duly caused and authorised the undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.

Dated: 11 March 2022


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