At today’s Board meeting, GDF SUEZ’s directors decided to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting for shareholders to be held at 2:30 pm on Wednesday 17 December 2008, at Grande Arche, 1 parvis de la Défense, 92044 Paris la Défense, France.

The primary purpose with this General Meeting is to submit the proposed spin-off of the LNG terminals branch and the natural gas underground storage facilities branch in France for shareholders' approval. This project aims to enable these two branches to operate more effectively and meet the commitments made to the European Commission in connection with the merger between Gaz de France and SUEZ.

GDF SUEZ’s Board of Directors also ratified the payment of an interim dividend for the current year of 0.80 euro per share, payable on 27 November 20081. The General Meeting in May 2009 will pay out the balance on the ordinary dividend for 2008 and the exceptional dividend of 0.80 euro per share.