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RNS Number:4095E
Pilkington PLC
12 June 2006



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                                                                    12 June 2006

                                 Pilkington plc

                 Recommended cash acquisition of Pilkington plc
                         by NSG UK Enterprises Limited

                  Court sanction of the Scheme of Arrangement

The boards of Pilkington plc ("Pilkington") and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Limited
("NSG") are pleased to announce that earlier today the Court sanctioned the
Scheme. The Scheme still remains conditional on the confirmation by the Court of
the reduction of capital which forms part of the Scheme. The Second Court
Hearing is scheduled for 15 June 2006.

Dealings in Pilkington Shares on the London Stock Exchange are expected to be
suspended at 5:00 p.m. (London time) on 15 June 2006. It is expected that the
Scheme will become effective on 16 June 2006 and that Pilkington Shares will
cease to be listed on the Official List and their admission to trading on the
London Stock Exchange will be cancelled at 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 16 June
2006.

Upon completion of the Acquisition, Pilkington Shareholders will be entitled to
receive 165 pence for each Pilkington Share held at the Scheme Record Time and,
to the extent that they are entitled to receive Loan Notes under the Loan Note
Alternative, #1.00 of Loan Notes for each #1.00 of cash consideration to which
they would otherwise be entitled under the Scheme.

Settlement of the cash consideration, and the issue of certificates in respect
of the Loan Notes under the Loan Note Alternative, are expected to be effected
on or prior to 30 June 2006.

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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