Sale of warrants by the Group's Savings Plan funds
Capital increase
Sale of warrants by the Group's Savings Plan funds
The Group's Savings Plan funds (fonds du Plan d'Epargne du Groupe) indicated that they intended to use the proceeds from a partial sale of the warrants attributed to them to subscribe for new shares by exercising the remaining warrants.
They have informed the Company that they have completed the sale of the requisite number of warrants.
A prospectus approved by the French securities regulator (Autorité des marchés financiers - "AMF") under No. 09-042 on February 19, 2009 is available free of charge from the head office of Saint-Gobain, through the Joint Bookrunners, as well as on the websites of Saint-Gobain ("www.saint-gobain.com") and the AMF ("www.amf-france.org"). The prospectus consists of the reference document filed with the AMF on April 8, 2008 under No. D.08-0214, an update of this reference document filed with the AMF on February 19, 2009 under No. D.08-0214-A01, an erratum relating to this update dated February 23, 2009 and an offering notice (which includes a summary of the prospectus).
Saint-Gobain draws the attention of investors to the risk factors section in the prospectus approved by the AMF.
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