Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.

Strategy of Post-Transaction

July 6, 2006 Combination creates a leading global player in a growth industry

Global Market ≅ 37 million tonnes (4.4 billion sq. m) Building Products 33 m tonnes - Automotive 4m tonnes Of which – 24 million = high quality float glass – 3 million = sheet – 2 million = rolled – 8 million = lower quality float (mostly China)

Global Value At primary manufacture level ≅ €15 billion At processed level ≅ €50 billion

200

2005: 5.2% Glass Demand - 3.9% p.a. 150 2003: 4.2% 2005: 3.0% 2003: 2.1%

100 Real GDP - 2.6% p.a. Index (1991 = 100) (1991 Index

50 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

[1]: Global GDP has accelerated Calendar Year [2]: Glass demand has increased faster [3]: China is driving global growth Global Float/Sheet Demand Growth

Buildings Automotive

Energy Saving (Heating) Complexity Energy Saving (Cooling) – Curvature Safety – Surface Tolerance Solar Control Security Security Fire Protection Glazing System Acoustic Self-Cleaning Glass

Europe, China and North America together account for 75 per cent of global demand for glass.

NSG+Pilkington, Asahi, Saint-Gobain, and Guardian, produce 61 per cent of the world's high quality float glass..

NSG+Pilkington, Asahi and Saint-Gobain, together with their respective associates, supply 76 per cent of the world's Original Equipment (OE) glazing requirements.

A global glass leader – the pure play in Flat Glass Combined annual sales c. £4 billion Equal to Asahi Glass in scale, most profitable in Flat Glass Ownership/interests in 46 float lines 6.4 million tonnes annual output Widened Automotive customer base 36,000 employees worldwide Manufacturing operations in 26 countries Sales in 130+ countries

Dramatic Expansion of Business Scale & Shift to Global Strategy

• Very little geographical overlap • Co-ordinated global approach to the fast Economy of Scale growing Japanese automotive OEMs Integration of & Best Practice Global Reach

• Positioned as a long-term winner in • Maximize best practices, R&D the flat glass industry + capabilities and customer/product • Increased resilience to strength of both companies sector/geographical challenges

Smooth Integration Creation of through Shareholder Solid Relationship Value

• We already know each other well from • Attractive global long-term growth forecasts for flat glass industry arms-length technical agreement and strong cash generation capabilities of Pilkington • Continued involvement of current • Increasing profits through synergy creation Pilkington management • Leverage level is expected to rapidly decrease in the future

Sales 2005/06 (JPY 796b) Operating Profit 2005/06 (JPY 54b) Glass Other Glass Fiber 4% Flat Fiber 4% Electronics Flat Glass - 6% Electronics 2% Glass - BP BP 5% 47% 48%

Europe South East Asia Russia ♦ Extensive operations ♦ Float/automotive ♦ JV Pilkington/MEP float throughout EU operations in Malaysia and North America line in Russia ♦ Established or growing in Vietnam ♦ Float/automotive Poland & Czech Republic operations in US, Canada and Mexico ♦ 35% interest in WP Mexico Japan ♦ NSG with strong presence in both BP and Automotive glass market ♦ Glass for STN-LCD and other Information/Electronics devices

China South America ♦Important target emerging ♦ Float/automotive/glass market processing in Brazil, ♦Management control Argentina and Chile of 4 automotive plants ♦Float operations with Australasia Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington ♦ Market leader in float and automotive ♦Other strategic investments operations

Source: Pilkington Note: 1 Including manufacturing facilities of Pilkington’s associates and strategic partners

10%

FINLAND 1 SWEDEN 1 1 Lahti 1 Halmstad

POLAND 1 UK 3 1 Sandomierz 3 St.Helens JAPAN 4 RUSSIA 1 2 Chiba FRANCE 1 1 Ramenskoye 2 Maizuru 1 Freyming-Merlebach ITALY 3 1 San Salvo 1 Venice USA 6 SPAIN 1 VIETNAM 2 1 Sagunto 1 San Salvo 2 Rossford 1 VFG(Bac Ninh) 1 Lathrop 1 VGI*(Ba Ria Vung Tau) *Under Construction 1 Ottawa CHINA 5 2 Laurinburg GERMANY 4 2 Gladbeck 2 Shanghai 2 Weiherhammer 1 Guangdong 1 Tianjin 1 Changshu* MALAYSIA 2 *Under Construction 2 MSG (Johore Bahru) MEXICO 3 2 Monterrey AUSTRALIA 2 1 Mexico City BRAZIL 4 1 Dandenong 1 Sydney 1 Cacapava 1 Barra Velha

2 Jacarei

CHILE 1 NSG 8 NSG 1 Concepcion ARGENTINA 1 Pilkington 38 Managed by Pilkington 1 Lavallol ( 26 Managed, 12 with Associates) Pilkington & Associates Total 46 Strategic rationale & initiatives: Building products

Substantially enhanced geographic spread to mitigate industry cycles and generate more stable earning and cash flow.

Enhanced presence in a number of emerging markets (e.g, China, South East Asia, South America, Russia) positions the combined group well to take advantage of high growth opportunities

Cross application of respective know-how vis-à-vis downstream strategies • Japanese strong demand for value-added products • European manufacturing processing technologies • Cross-selling of respective fire protection glass products

Access to Western European market where NSG can benefit from advanced glass solutions

Single customer interface NSG/PILKINGTON Consistent quality in global parts supply Global Number 1 Competitive pricing Automotive Glazing

Benefits of scale in Float and Automotive – The pure play in Flat Glass Combined expertise & resources of two glass technology leaders – Manufacturing, R&D

Global infrastructure – Plants, R&D centers, sales & distribution channels – Global network in service

Strong presence in almost all the major markets around the world – Europe, North & South America, Japan, Asia-pacific, China, Russia – Well balanced customer base

Automotive OE global supplier – Leading global supplier, supplying every major OEM

Excellent people with knowledge & skill to run the global operations

(C) Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 16 The synergies that we create: 20.0 (bil. YEN) Total JPY 19 billion Cost improvements •Global procurement 15.0 • Bench marking/Best Practice • Optimum production sharing •Remove organizational overlap

10.0 Technology • Process Innovation • Product Innovation •R&D Focus 5.0

Growth / Profitability

• OE Global Strategy • Profitability Improvement 0.0 • New Products 7 8 9 11 2 3 4 • Cross-selling Y FY0 FY0 FY0 FY10 F FY1 FY1 FY1

600 2.50 500 2.00 400 Debt 1.50 Equity 300 D/E 1.00 200

100 0.50

0 0.00 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 D/E forecast for 2010 is 1.0 As expected, NSG ratings stay within the range of investment-grade. R&I (as of June 16, 2006) BBB+ → BBB Moody’s (as of June 16, 2006) Baa2 → Baa3

Phase 3 <3 years>

Execute growth strategies Explore new areas for further through 3 phase growth Phase 2 <3 years> •Exploring new businesses by both leveraging our customers and our Achieve aggressive growth in technical and operational the flat glass business competencies •Geographically expanding into •Pursuing acquisitions, mergers, emerging countries and alliances in adjacent areas •Launching new major products, Phase 1 <4 years> improving R&D competitiveness, and foster Create a new entity technologies focused on differentiating ourselves from competitors, and maximizing productivity and operational quality + while re-establishing our financial foundations

2007~ 2011~ 2014~ ~2016

Yozo Izuhara Tomoaki Abe Katsuji Fujimoto Masakuni Nitta Chairman & CEO Vice Chairman President Senior Managing Officer Representative Director Representative Director Representative Director

Toshikazu Kondo Kazuyuki Izumi Stuart Chambers Noritaka Kurauchi Kozo Okumura Managing Officer Managing Officer Non Executive Non Executive

Corporate External Auditor Auditors

Kiyohiko Ichinohe Togo Tanaka Isao Shoichi Ooi Kowashi Watanabe Standing Auditor Standing Auditor Uchigasaki

New board of Pilkington has three non-executive directors from NSG and three executive directors from Pilkington.

• NSG with Pilkington a clear world leader of scale within a growth industry • The pure play in Flat Glass • Excellent geographical fit – very little overlap • Ownership/interests in 46 float lines worldwide • Increased scope and strength in Automotive • Good cultural fit – 20 year relationship in R&D • Early integration progressing well

The forecast contained in this presentation is based on the currently available information and certain prerequisites that are deemed reasonable. Actual results are subject to change. Key variation factors are; economic environment of major markets (e.g. Japan, Europe, U.S. and Asia), changes in supply/demand of product and currency exchange fluctuations.

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.