Saint-Gobain: Annual General Meeting of June 9, 2011

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Saint-Gobain

Jun 09, 2011, 01:46 ET

COURBEVOIE, France, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Annual General Meeting of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shareholders was held today in Paris. Shareholders present or represented at the meeting held an aggregate 64.38% of the outstanding shares. All the resolutions were adopted (by a significant majority).

Gerard Merstrallet and Denis Ranque were re-elected to the Board. Mrs Anne-Marie Idrac Mrs Olivia QIU and Mr Jacques Pestre were elected as a directors (to replace respectively Robert Chevrier, Yuko Harayama and Bernard Cusenier).

Shareholders also approved the payment of a dividend of EUR1.15 per share (up 15%), paid entirely in cash. The ex-dividend date will be June 13 and the dividend will be paid as from June 16.

A webcast of the Annual General Meeting and the results of the vote on each resolution will be available on the Company's website (http://www.saint-gobain.com) from June 10.

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