Lapeyre First Quarter Sales

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
25 April 2001



                           GROUPE LAPEYRE
             FIRST QUARTER 2001 CONSOLIDATED SALES UP 22.5%

Groupe Lapeyre consolidated sales rose by 22.5% to EUR345.3 million in the first
three months of 2001.  On a comparable structure, sales were up 7.5% from the
prior-year period.

             SALES BY BUSINESS               March 31    March 31     Change
                                                 2001        2000
                                                   EM          EM          %
    B2C Market                                  273.0       208.4       31.0%
    Lapeyre-GME-K PAR K                         229.7       200.6       14.5%
    Lapeyre Internatinal-Telhanorte              43.3         7.8         NM

    B2B Market                                   72.3        73.6       -1.7%
    Trade Business (GAM)-OXXO-Les Zelles         49.8        45.3       10.0%
    Sotiplas-Lapeyre Deutschland                 22.5        28.3      -20.4%
    ERG-Okfens

    Total Groupe Lapeyre                        345.3       282.0       22.5%

In France, B2C sales enjoyed further strong growth in the first quarter.  On the
contrary, B2B sales in Germany and Poland continued to decline.  Telhanorte, the
new Brazilian unit consolidated since August 2000, reported EUR36 million in
sales for the period.

Lapeyre - Investor Relation
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