Groupe Lapeyre-Sales Figures

RNS Number:2905T
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
30 October 2000

                         Consolidated Sales Up 10.3%
                           at September 30, 2000

Consolidated sales for Groupe Lapeyre (a member of the Saint-Gobain Group)
amounted to EURO 940.2 million (FRF 6,167.6 million) at September 30, 2000, an
increase of 10.3% compared with the first nine months of 1999. Growth at
constant scope of consolidation was 8.5%.


                        Consolidated Sales Up 10.3%


     Sales by Business        September 30, 2000     September 30, 1999     %
                              EURO M     FRF M      EURO M      FRF M     Change


B2C Market                     698.1   4,579.1       612.4    4,017.1     14.0%
Lapeyre-GME-L par K            672.3   4,410.1       587.9    3,856.2     14.4%
Lapeyre Europe                  25.8     169.0        24.5      160.9      5.0%

B2B Market                     242.1   1,588.5       240.0    1,574.3      0.9%
SGM - OXXO - Les Zelles        143.6     942.4       122.8      805.2     17.0%
Soflplas - Lapeyre Deutschland  98.5     646.1       117.2      769.1     16.0%
ERG-Okfens

Total Lapeyre Group            940.2   6,167.6       852.4    5,591.4     10.3%

In France, business continued to be good in both the B2C and B2B markets. In
Europe as a whole, B2C sales increased very slightly in the third quarter, while
B2B sales were down sharply in both Germany and Poland.


Lapeyre - Investor Relations
Patrick Mallet
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