sain t-gobain annu al report 2008 annual report

19 Related party transactions 176
20 Financial information concerning the issuer’s assets and liabilities, financial position and profits and losses
20.1 Historical financial information 7
20.2 Pro forma financial information NA
20.3 Financial statements 128/133,186/190
20.4 Auditing of the historical annual financial statements 183/184, 214/215
20.5 Age of latest financial information 90
20.6 Interim and other financial information NA
20.7 Dividend policy 81
20.8 Legal and arbitration proceedings 123/125
20.9 Significant change in the issuer’s financial or trading position NA
21 Additional information
21.1 Share capital 84/86
21.2 Memorandum and Articles of Association 108
22 Material contracts NA
23 Third party information and statements by experts and declarations of interest NA
24 Documents on display 90
25 Information on holdings 216/226
The following information is incorporated by reference in the Registration Document:
The consolidated financial statements and the parent company financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007
and the Statutory Auditors’ reports on the consolidated financial statements and the parent company financial statements
for the same period, and the Group management report, which are contained in the Registration Document filed
with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers on April 8, 2008 under no D.08-0214.
The consolidated financial statements and the parent company financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006
and the Statutory Auditors’ reports on the consolidated financial statements and the parent company financial statements
for the same period, and the Group management report, which are contained in Registration Document filed with the Autorité
des Marchés Financiers on March 29, 2007 under no. D.07-0247.
Information required in the Annual Financial Report
Pages
in this document
Statement by the person responsible for the Annual Financial Report 227
Management report
Analysis of profits and losses, financial position and risks of the parent company and the consolidated group,
and details of shareholder authorizations given to the Board of Directors to increase the capital of the parent
company (art. L.225-100-2 and 140 of the French Commercial Code) 24/33,86/87
Information that may have a bearing on a takeover bid, whose disclosure is required by art. L.225-100-3
of the French Commercial Code 87
Information about share buybacks (art. L.225-211, paragraph 2, of the French Commercial Code) 89
Financial statements
Parent company financial statements 186/213
Statutory Auditors’ report on the parent company financial statements 214/215
Consolidated financial statements 128/182
Statutory Auditors’ report on the consolidated financial statements 183/184
TABLE OF CONCORDANCE
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