(Extract From 2006 Results Press Release) PARIS, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SUEZ Board of Directors has announced the company's intention to launch a buy out for all Electrabel shares not yet held, either directly or indirectly, i.e. 1.38% of Electrabel's capital. The offering price will be EUR 590/share, amounting to a total investment of EUR 445 million, attached coupons n 19 and following attached, subject to the conclusions of an independent expert and the opinion of the Electrabel Board of Directors. On March 20, 2007, SUEZ will file a prospectus with Belgium's Commission bancaire, financiere et des assurances (CBFA). On the other hand, the SUEZ Board of Directors announces the company's intention to sell SUEZ-Tractebel to Electrabel. This project will be submitted at a later date for decision to the Boards of Directors of Electrabel and SUEZ. The main SUEZ-Tractebel operational assets are: SUEZ Energy International, the consulting engineers Tractebel Engineering, and equity holdings in Distrigas and Fluxys. SUEZ, an international industrial and services Group, designs sustainable and innovative solutions in the management of public utilities as a partner of public authorities, businesses and individuals. The Group aims to answer essential needs in electricity, natural gas, energy services, water and waste management. SUEZ is listed on the Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris, New York and Zurich stock exchanges and is represented in the main international indices: CAC 40, BEL 20, DJ STOXX 50, DJ EURO STOXX 50, Euronext 100, FTSE Eurotop 100, MSCI Europe and ASPI Eurozone. Important Information This communication does not constitute an offer to purchase or exchange or the solicitation of an offer to sell or exchange any securities of Suez or an offer to sell or exchange or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange any securities Electrabel or Gaz de France, nor shall there be any sale or exchange of securities in any jurisdiction (including the United States, Germany, Italy and Japan) in which such offer, solicitation or sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the laws of such jurisdiction. The distribution of this communication may, in some countries, be restricted by law or regulation. Accordingly, persons who come into possession of this document should inform themselves of and observe these restrictions. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Gaz de France and Suez disclaim any responsibility or liability for the violation of such restrictions by any person. The Gaz de France ordinary shares to be issued in connection with the proposed business combination to holders of Suez ordinary shares (including Suez ordinary shares represented by Suez American Depositary Shares) may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to a valid exemption from registration. In connection with the proposed business combination, the required information document will be filed with the Autorite des marches financiers ("AMF") and, to the extent Gaz de France is required or otherwise decides to register the Gaz de France ordinary shares to be issued in connection with the business combination in the United States, Gaz de France may file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), a registration statement on Form F-4, which will include a prospectus. Investors are strongly advised to read the information document filed with the AMF, the registration statement and the prospectus, if and when available, and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC and/or the AMF, as well as any amendments and supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information. If and when filed, investors may obtain free copies of the registration statement, the prospectus as well as other relevant documents filed with the SEC, at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov/ and will receive information at an appropriate time on how to obtain these transaction-related documents for free from Gaz de France or its duly designated agent. Investors and holders of Suez securities may obtain free copies of documents filed with the AMF at the AMF's website at http://www.amf-france.org/ or directly from Gaz de France on its web site at: http://www.gazdefrance.com/ or directly from Suez on its website at: http://www.suez.com/, as the case may be. Forward-Looking Statements This communication contains forward-looking information and statements about Gaz de France, Suez and their combined businesses after completion of the proposed business combination. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements include financial projections, synergies, cost-savings and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives, savings, expectations and benefits from the transaction and expectations with respect to future operations, products and services, and statements regarding future performance. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words "expect," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates" and similar expressions. Although the managements of Gaz de France and Suez believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, investors and holders of Gaz de France and Suez ordinary shares are cautioned that forward-looking information and statements are not guarantees of future performances and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of Gaz de France and Suez, that could cause actual results, developments, synergies, savings and benefits from the transaction to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. These risks and uncertainties include those discussed or identified in the public filings with the Autorite des marches financiers ("AMF") made by Gaz de France and Suez, including those listed under "Facteurs de Risques" in the Document de Reference filed by Gaz de France with the AMF on May 5, 2006 (under no: R.06-050) and in the Document de Reference and its update filed by Suez on April 11, 2006 (under no: D.06-0248), as well as documents filed by Suez with the SEC, including those listed under "Risk Factors" in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2006 that Suez filed with the SEC on June 26, 2006, and in the Amended Annual Report on Form 20-F/A filed with the SEC on February 1, 2007. Except as required by applicable law, neither Gaz de France nor Suez undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements. This release is also available on the Internet: http://www.suez.com/ DATASOURCE: SUEZ CONTACT: Press Contacts: +33(0)1-4006-6651/6668, Belgium : +322-510-76-70; Analyst Contacts: +33(0)1-4006-6531

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