AGM Statement

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
09 June 2005



Press release

                     ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SAINT-GOBAIN
                             THURSDAY JUNE 9, 2005


The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain was
held on Thursday June 9, 2005 in Paris.

The General Meeting renewed the terms of office as Director of Gianpaolo
Caccini, Jean-Martin Folz and Michel Pebereau. It also appointed Gerhard Cromme,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp, and Jean-Cyril Spinetta,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM, as Directors to replace
Rolf-E. Breuer and Bruno Roger, respectively.

The General Meeting also approved the payment of a net dividend of €1.28 per
share. The dividend will be paid entirely in cash on June 23, 2005.


June 9, 2005

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