Gypsum industry news

France: The Annual General Meeting of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shareholders was held on 9 June 2011 in Paris. Gérard Merstrallet and Denis Ranque were re-elected to the board of directors. Mrs Anne-Marie Idrac, Mrs Olivia Qiu and Mr Jacques Pestre were elected as directors to replace Robert Chevrier, Yuko Harayama and Bernard Cusenier respectively. Shareholders also approved the payment of a dividend of Euro1.15 per share (up 15% on the year), paid entirely in cash.