Lapeyre First Quarter Sales

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
24 April 2002


                             LAPEYRE GROUP
                FIRST-QUARTER 2002 CONSOLIDATED SALES UP 5.6% 
                        ON A COMPARABLE STRUCTURE


Lapeyre Group consolidated sales amounted to €313.5 million in the first three
months of 2002, down 9.2% from the prior-year period. This decline results from
the disposal of Group businesses already carried out or in progress. On a
comparable structure, sales increased by 5.6%.


Sales in € millions                      2002   Pro forma        %     Reported
                                                    2001*     change       2001

Sales to consumers and                  290.5       271.4       7.0%      273.0
contractors (B2C)

France                                  244.4       229.7       6.4%      229.7

International                            46.1        41.7      10.5%       43.3

Sales to wholesalers and building        23.0        25.5      -9.7%       72.3
materials suppliers (B2B)     

Total Lapeyre Group                     313.5       296.9       5.6%      345.3




* 2001 pro forma sales are based on the 2002 scope of consolidation, following
the disposal of B2B businesses in Germany, the disposal of businesses in the
process of being sold in France and Belgium (Oxxo, Les Zelles, Menuipose,
Sofiplas), and the closing of the B2C subsidiary in Spain.



Lapeyre - Investor Relations 
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