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PRESS RELEASE ON JULY 26th, 1999

The Saint-Gobain Group does precise that it does not plan to launch a takeover bid to take full control of the stockholders’ equity of the Company ESSILOR, as opposed to the press articles resulting form a misinterpretation of what was said during the information meeting of July 23rd, 1999.

26/07/1999