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Capital and ownership structure Dividends

DIVIDENDS 5.

Number of shares with dividend rights 548,857,730ɸsharesɸ (1) 550,907,388ɸsharesɸ (2) 551,321,425 shares (3)

Net dividend per share (in €)

Adjusted yield based on year-end share price

Year 2015 2016 2017

1.24 1.26 1.30

3.1%

2.85%

2.83% Based on 549,959,351ɸshares which entitled to dividend in respect of the financial year ending Decemberɸ31, 2015 minus 1,101,621ɸtreasury shares held on the ex-dividend date. (1) Based on 555,284,802 shares which entitled to dividend in respect of the financial year ending Decemberɸ31, 2016 minus 4,377,414ɸtreasury shares held on the ex-dividend date. (2) Amount estimated, based on 553,557,091ɸshares entitled to dividend at Januaryɸ31, 2018 in respect of the financial year ending Decemberɸ31, 2017 minus 2,235,666 treasury shares held on (3) Januaryɸ31, 2018.

Dividends not claimed within five years are time-barred and are paid over to the French State. At its meeting of February 22, 2018, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain decided to recommend to the General Shareholders’ Meeting on June 7, 2018 a dividend of €1.30 per share.

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