RNS Number:7805E
Meyer International PLC
1 February 2000


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              United States, Canada or Australia
                               
                               
                   Compagnie de Saint Gobain
                               
                        RE recommended
                               
                        cash offer for
                               
               Meyer International PLC ("Meyer")
                               
Saint  Gobain  announces  that it has acquired  in  the  market
60,512,693 shares in Meyer representing 29.9  per cent. of  its
issued share capital.

Press Enquiries:

Saint  Gobain                  Telephone:     +33 1 47  62 30 00
Jean-Louis Beffa, Chairman and CEO

Advisers to Saint Gobain

Rothschild - London            Telephone:     020 7280 5000
Akeel Sachak

Rothschild - Paris             Telephone:     00 33  1 4074 4074
Francois Henrot

Brokers to Saint Gobain
Hoare Govett                   Telephone:     020 7678 8000
Nigel Mills

PR advisers to Saint Gobain
Financial Dynamics             Telephone:     020 7831 3113
Nic Bennett


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