AGM Statement

 

TIDMCOD 
 
RNS Number : 1756P 
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain 
19 March 2009 
 

 
 
Paris, March 19, 2009 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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At its meeting today, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain 
decided to call the Annual General Meeting on June 4, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the 
Palais des Congrès convention center in Paris. 
 
 
The Board will recommend at the Meeting paying a cash dividend of EUR1 per share 
and offering shareholders a dividend reinvestment option*. Based on the closing 
share price on March 19, the EUR1 dividend represents a net yield of 4.7%. The 
record date (June 9) will be followed by a 15-day period (from June 10 to 24) 
during which shareholders may exercise their reinvestment option. As a result, 
payment of the dividend - in cash or in stock - will take place on July 2. 
 
 
In line with the terms of the agreement entered into on March 20, 2008, Gilles 
Schnepp, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Legrand, will be proposed for 
election as the third representative of Wendel on the Saint-Gobain Board of 
Directors, to replace Gian Paolo Caccini who has reached the age limit specified 
in the bylaws. 
Shareholders will also be invited to re-elect as directors Gerhard Cromme, 
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG, Jean-Martin Folz, Chairman 
of AFEP , Michel Pébereau, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas and 
Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air France-KLM. 
 
 
* For the stock dividend, the Board will recommend setting to the Annual General 
Meeting the issue price of the new shares at a 10% discount on the average of 
the opening prices quoted for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares over the 20 
trading days preceding the Annual General Meeting on June 4, after deducting the 
dividend from this average. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
About Saint-Gobain 
 
 
Saint-Gobain, a worldwide leader in the residential construction markets, 
designs, manufactures and distributes building materials, providing innovative 
solutions in expanding emerging markets and in the buoyant energy efficiency and 
environmental protection segments. With EUR43.8 billion of sales in 2008, 
Saint-Gobain is present in 59 countries and employs nearly 210,000 people. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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