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Pilkington PLC
08 June 2006



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                                                                     8 June 2006

                                 Pilkington plc

                 Recommended cash acquisition of Pilkington plc
                         by NSG UK Enterprises Limited

                               Regulatory update

The boards of Pilkington plc ("Pilkington") and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd
("NSG") are pleased to announce that the European Commission has cleared the
Acquisition under the Merger Regulation.

The Acquisition has also been cleared by each of the other anti-trust
authorities whose approval constituted Conditions to the Scheme and no other
regulatory conditions remain outstanding.

Accordingly, the First Court Hearing (to sanction the Scheme) will be on 12 June
2006 and the Second Court Hearing (to confirm the Capital Reduction) is
scheduled for 15 June 2006, in each case as set out in the Scheme Document.

The Loan Note Deadline will therefore be 3.00 pm on 14 June 2006.

The Effective Date of the Scheme is expected to be 16 June 2006, as set out in
the Scheme Document.

Capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meaning as in the Scheme
Document dated 16 March 2006.

Enquiries:

Pilkington plc
Iain Lough                               01744 692 244
David Roycroft                           020 7747 6000

Citigroup                                020 7986 4000
Robert Swannell
Iain Robertson
Jonathan Steers

JPMorgan Cazenove                        020 7588 2828
Edmund Byers
Steve Baldwin

Finsbury                                 020 7251 3801
Rupert Younger
Robin Walker

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.        +81 (0)3 5443 9505
Tomoaki Abe
Masakuni Nitta

Lazard                                   020 7187 2000
William Rucker
Richard Shaw

UBS Investment Bank                      020 7567 8000
Liam Beere
Benjamin Lee

Brunswick Group LLP                      020 7404 5959
Jonathan Glass
Justine McIlroy

The directors of Pilkington accept responsibility for the information contained
in this announcement and confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and belief
(having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the
information contained in this announcement is in accordance with facts and does
not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

The directors of NSG UK and the directors of NSG accept responsibility for the
information contained in this announcement relating to NSG UK and NSG. To the
best of the knowledge and belief of the directors of NSG UK and the directors of
NSG (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the
information contained in this announcement is in accordance with facts and does
not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

Citigroup and JPMorgan Cazenove, which are authorised and regulated in the
United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, are acting exclusively for
Pilkington in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Pilkington for providing the protections afforded to their
respective clients or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition.

Lazard, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority, is acting exclusively for NSG and NSG UK and no one else in
connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than
NSG and NSG UK for providing the protections afforded to the clients of Lazard
or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition.

UBS is acting exclusively for NSG and NSG UK and no one else in connection with
the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than NSG and NSG UK
for providing the protections afforded to the clients of UBS or for providing
advice in relation to the Acquisition.




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