Press Releases: Groupe

Strong Increase In 2003 Net Operational Profit: +13.5%

Clichy, 3rd February 2004, In a release distributed today, the Holding Company Gesparal has announced that Mrs. Bettencourt and her family, and Nestlé have decided to further develop the agreement which they had for over 30 years.

Clichy, Monday 26th January 2004, L’Oréal has approved Sanofi-Synthélabo’s offer for Aventis announced today and will approve the issuance of new shares that will be submitted to the shareholders’meeting.

Clichy, 26 January 2004, The L'Oréal group has signed an agreement to acquire the Chinese make-up and skincare brand Yue-Sai.

2003 Sales: +7.1% Like-For-Like

Clichy, Paris, 12 January 2004, L’Oréal, the world’s leading cosmetics company, broke records of registration for the 4th edition of the L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge: 30,054 students from 113 countries around the world have registered to play the game, making it the largest and most international edition ever.

Clichy,11th December 2003, The L'Oréal group has signed an agreement with a view to acquiring the Chinese skincare brand Mininurse.

Clichy, Friday 28th November 2003, Total and L’Oréal today notified the French Financial Markets Authority (A.M.F.) and Sanofi-Synthélabo of their decision not to renew beyond 2nd December 2004 the agreement between the two groups that has been in force since 9th April 1999.

Nine-Month Sales: 10.5 Billion EurosAnnual Growth Targets Confirmed

Clichy, October 20 2003, L’Oréal, the world’s leading cosmetics company, today launched its fourth annual e-Strat challenge with the announcement that the business competition has become the largest and most international of its type worldwide,