Re Agreement

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
2 November 2000


           Saint-Gobain, Sonepar and SigmaKalon join forces to create 
        the European portal of the leaders in professional distribution
                           for the building industry


Saint-Gobain Building Distribution has signed an agreement with the Sonepar
group (European No 1 distributor of electrical equipment) and the SigmaKalon
group (European No 2 manufacturer and distributor of decorative paints) to
define and set up a partnership within the European portal Build2pro.

Build2pro aims to provide a global offering of services, products and logistics
intended for all European building industry players. This portal will complement
and complete the Internet policy developed by each group's distribution chains.

Over the coming months, the partners will define the goals and format of the
Build2pro portal; a pilot version is scheduled to come on line by end of June
2001.


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