Oliver Ashworth Gp - Offer extended

RNS No 6151d
OLIVER ASHWORTH GROUP PLC
8th June 1998
                            
                Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
                            
            Recommended Cash Offer ("Offer")
                            
                           for
                            
        Oliver Ashworth Group ("Oliver Ashworth")
                            
                Offer timetable extended



The Offer was declared unconditional as to acceptances on
18 May 1998.

As at the close of business on 5 June 1998, Compagnie de
Saint-Gobain had received no indication from the Office
of Fair Trading as to whether or not it was the intention
of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to refer
the proposed acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers
Commission.  Accordingly, and with the consent of the
Panel on Takeovers and Mergers under Rule 31.7, the offer
timetable has been extended by fourteen days to 22 June
1998.

The Offer, together with the Loan Note Alternative, will
remain open for acceptance until further notice.

Enquiries:

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
Michael Tiffert-Usinger                      00 333 83 95
27 75

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson
Rosalind Hedley-Miller
Kieran Murphy                           0171 623 8000

Oliver Ashworth
Roger McDowell
Bryan Tickner                           0161 723 3468




Dresdner Kleinwort Benson ("Dresdner Kleinwort Benson")
which is regulated by The Securities and Futures
Authority Limited, is acting exclusively for Compagnie de
Saint-Gobain and Saint-Gobain Pipe Systems in connection
with the Offer and no-one else and will not be
responsible to anyone other than Compagnie de Saint-
Gobain and Saint-Gobain Pipe Systems for providing the
protections afforded to customers of Dresdner Kleinwort
Benson, or for giving advice in relation to the Offer.


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