Acquisition

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
13 February 2007

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                                                               12 February 2007



              Saint-Gobain's Building Distribution Sector expands
                   in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK,
                adding close to €200m in sales on a yearly basis



Saint-Gobain's Building Distribution Sector announces the acquisition of Galvano
Groothandel BV (the Netherlands), Schulte Tiefbau (Germany) and four companies
belonging to the Norman group (Channel Isles)


- Galvano Groothandel BV is a major plumbing-heating wholesaler in the
Netherlands. With estimated sales of €84M in 2006, the company has 177
employees. Through this acquisition, Saint-Gobain Building Distribution
establishes a foothold on the Dutch distribution market for plumbing-heating
products and strengthens its European Division dedicated to this market.


- Germany's specialist civil engineering distributor, Schulte Tiefbau operates
13 branches specializing in water supply. With sales of €62M in 2006, the
company employs 150 people. By strengthening its Civil Engineering activity in
Germany, Saint-Gobain Building Distribution continues to develop this specialist
sector in Europe. The completion of the acquisition is subject to the clearance
from the relevant competition authorities.


- The four companies in the Norman group, the Channel Islands' leading builder's
merchant, employ 276 people in 4 branches (3 in Jersey, 1 in Guernsey). In 2006,
these companies together totaled an estimated turnover of €51.5M. This
acquisition enables Saint-Gobain Building Distribution to establish a foothold
in the Channel Islands.


Those acquisitions, adding close to €200m in sales on a yearly basis, illustrate
the strategy of Saint-Gobain's Building Distribution Sector to growth by bolt-on
acquisitions.


In 2006, Saint-Gobain's Building Distribution Sector showed an estimated
turnover of 17.5 billion Euros. Its 67000 employees work in a network of over 3
700 sales outlets in 24 countries. It is currently Europe's leading distributor
of building materials and the world's number one tiles distributor. Its main
brands are Point.P, Jewson, Raab Karcher, Dahl, Lapeyre la maison... and La
Plateforme du Batiment.



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