PARIS, June 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
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 62.57% of the outstanding
shares. All the resolutions were adopted.
The term of office as director of Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar
was renewed by the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholders also approved the payment of a dividend of
€1.24 per share (unchanged
from the previous year), with payment of 50% in
cash, and the option for the shareholder of receiving the remaining
50% in cash or reinvesting it in new shares of Company stock.
Shareholders who choose to reinvest their dividend should notify
their bank or broker between June 11 and the close of
business on June 25. The price
of the new shares issued upon reinvestment of the dividend will be
€ 36.89 after applying the maximum 10% discount. The
ex-dividend date will be June 11 and
the dividend will be paid or the shares delivered as
from July 4, 2014.
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
6.
The Board reappointed Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar as Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie
de Saint-Gobain.
About Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and
construction markets, designs, manufactures and distributes
building materials, providing innovative solutions to the
challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental
protection. With 2013 sales of €42.0 billion, Saint-Gobain operates
in 64 countries and has nearly 190,000 employees. For more
information about Saint-Gobain, please
visit http://www.saint-gobain.com.
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