Combined Annual General Meeting: 19 May 2008: Preparatory documentation available

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Paris, 24 April 2008 – Gaz de France's shareholders are invited to take part in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meetings to be held on:

Monday 19 May 2008 at 4 PM, Paris time

Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli – 75001 Paris - France.

The meeting notice, including the agenda and draft resolutions, was published in the Bulletin d'annonces légales obligatoires n°28 on March 5, 2008 (Bulletin of Compulsory Legal Notices or BALO) and the summons notice in the BALO n°49 on April 23, 2008. The documents required under Articles R-225-83 and R.225-89 of the Code of Commerce will be available to shareholders as soon as the invitation to attend is issued, in line with the relevant regulations:

• All registered shareholders may, up to and including the fifth day prior to the Meeting, request the documents mentioned in Articles R-225-81 and R.225-83 of the Code of Commerce by mail from the Company. Holders of bearer shares must first provide a certificate of ownership of their shares from their account-holding institution.
• All shareholders may view the documents and information mentioned in Articles R-225-81 and R.225-83 of the Code of Commerce at the Company headquarters during the 15 days prior to the Meeting date.

All of the documentation for the Annual General Meeting will furthermore be available at the Company's website www.gazdefrance.com, in the section “Regulatory Information” in the “Finance” section.

Group profile:

The Gaz de France Group is a major energy player in Europe. As the leading natural gas distributor in Europe, Gaz de France employs nearly 50,000 employees and earned €27 billion in sales in 2007. The Group holds a portfolio of some 14 million clients, approximately 11 million of which are in France. Gaz de France is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and forms part of the CAC 40 and Dow Jones Stoxx 600 indices.

Press contact:
Jérôme Chambin
Tel.: 33-1 47 54 24 35
E-mail: jerome.chambin@gazdefrance.com

Investor relations contact:
Brigitte Roeser Herlin
Tel.: 33-1 47 54 77 25
E-mail: GDF-IR-TEAM@gazdefrance.com