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2008 annual report
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Contents 05 • Strategy and busine
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3 STRATEGY AND BUSINESSES Jean-Loui
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Strategy and Businesses of Saint-Go
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Responding to recession by demonstr
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The High-Performance Materials Divi
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High-Performance Materials Business
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Insulation products are made from m
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Construction Products Businesses an
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Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Pol
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ecovered glass can be recycled inde
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The “Germ-free Surfaces” progra
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24 2008 results dampened by the fin
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holders of the parent contracted 7.
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28 2008 business review 2008 sales
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30 The Division also continued to e
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32 In the Nordic countries, Dahl de
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Sustainable development 34 Sustaina
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Environment Challenges Action taken
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38 I. Products and services contrib
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40 Sun Saint-Gobain is a major supp
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42 a British trade association that
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44 Mobilizing resources to deploy t
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46 EHS auditors are drawn from a po
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48 Lastly, we make every effort to
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To help them to implement the plan,
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52 Wood dust is primarily an issue
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54 BRØDRENE DAHL’S PROGRAM FOR R
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56 2008-2010 OBJECTIVE Saint-Gobain
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58 warehouses and other similar spa
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product developed in 2006 by Lapeyr
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62 Internships during a student’s
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64 Geographical and job mobility is
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66 SAINT-GOBAIN AND THE BROAD-BASED
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68 Honest, open, high quality socia
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70 Construction Products The Constr
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72 IV. Values supporting responsibl
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74 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FOUNDATI
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76 In countries facing certain soci
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78 for example, 91% of the Group’
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ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS 2007 2008
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Trading volume since September 2007
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Trading volume since September 2007
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Changes in capital over the last fi
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88 The decision to grant stock opti
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Information Policy and 2009 Financi
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92 Yuko HARAYAMA Professor at Tohok
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Other directorships and positions h
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96 Director’s name and current ma
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98 • Committees of the Board. Thr
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100 The Committee’s remit, as def
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• The Annual General Meeting of J
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4. Stock options granted to the Cha
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106 Management compensation In Grou
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Fees paid by the Group to the Audit
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110 Related party agreements Relate
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112 The audits are based on a 20-st
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114 being applied. The TAS framewor
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Statutory Auditors’ report Prepar
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Commitment concerning the payment o
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120 Restructuring risks The Group h
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122 • Volumes are not material, o
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124 or any specific illness or phys
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The level of coverage is considered
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Consolidated balance sheet at 31 De
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Consolidated income statement (in
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Statement of recognized income and
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Notes to the consolidated financial
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136 Non-current assets held for sal
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138 asset’s fair value less costs
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140 Fair value of financial instrum
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142 Other business income and expen
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2006 In 2005, the Group acquired th
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NOTE 4 Other intangible assets Pate
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NOTE 6 Investments in associates (i
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150 NOTE 8 Inventories Dec. 31, Dec
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Movements relating to stock options
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The plan costs are calculated under
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The following tables show the funde
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Actuarial assumptions used to measu
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The effective tax rate paid by the
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Provisions for claims and litigatio
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isks is hedged wherever possible wi
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Bond issues On June 13, 2008, Saint
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NOTE 19 Financial instruments Deriv
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NOTE 21 Business income by expense
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The weighted average number of shar
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174 In addition, as of December 31,
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NOTE 28 Related-party transactions
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Innovative Construction Building Pa
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