SAINT_GOBAIN_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

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They must seek to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest, whether direct or indirect, and if any such conflict of interest should arise, they must inform the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Lead independent Director and refrain from participating in discussions and votes on the concerned topics. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer must consult the Board before accepting any new appointment in a publicly traded company. VII. Attendance fees and reimbursement of expenses The attendance fees approved by the shareholders at the General Meeting are allocated by the Board of Directors among its members. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer does not receive any attendance fees. For Directors who are elected or retire/resign from the Board during the year, the fixed fee is paid pro rata to the actual period served.

The fees are paid in two half-yearly installments in arrears, with any balance available from the annual amount distributed at the beginning of the following year, based on variable parts allocated to each Director depending both on his/her participation to Board and committees meetings held during the prior fiscal year. Directors may be reimbursed upon submission the necessary supporting documents, for travel expenses, and any expenses incurred within the course of carrying out their duties as Directors of the Company. VIII. Other provisions If he or she considers it necessary, each Director may receive additional training about the Saint-Gobain Group’s specific characteristics, businesses and operating segments. Those appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee may, if they consider it useful, receive training in the accounting, financial and operational specificities of the Group’s activities. Unless impeded, Directors attend General Meetings.”

Publicly available documents 1.2 For the lifetime of this Registration Document, the following documents (or a copy of them) relating to the Company may be consulted through the Financial Communications Department at the Company’s corporate headquarters, at Les Miroirs, 18, avenue d’Alsace, 92400 Courbevoie (France), and may be viewed online at www.saint-gobain.com:

this Registration Document, which may also be consulted „ on the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers) website (www.amf-france.org); the Company bylaws; and „ any reports, letters and other documents, historical „ financial information, assessments and statements prepared by an outside expert at the Company’s request, a part of which is included in or referred to in this Registration Document.

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