Saint-Gobain: Sales for the First Nine Months of 2012

Sales for the first nine months of 2012: up 2.9% to €32.5 billion
Organic growth: -1.8%, of which -3.8% in Q3
Highlights:

- Sales prices: up 1.9% over 9 months and 1.5% in Q3

- Sales volumes: down 3.7% over 9 months and 5.3% in Q3

- Q2 business trends confirmed in Q3, but negative impact of fewer trading days than in 2011 and of very strong 3Q 2011 comparatives for construction in North America

- Swift implementation of new cost cutting measures

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