Press Releases: Groupe

1St Quarter 2005 Sales: 3.54 Billion Euros

Clichy, Paris, 31 March 2005, Six of the world’s best international students proved their strategic prowess today when demonstrating their potential as future leaders of a global business.

Clichy, 11 March 2005, Marc Menesguen will be taking over from Gilles Weil as Vice-President in charge of the Luxury Products Division at L'Oréal.

Clichy, 1 July 2005, Laurent Attal will take over from Jean-Paul Agon as President and CEO of L’Oréal USA

2004 Annual Results

2004 Sales: 14.53 Billion Euros, Up By +6.2% Like-For-Like.

Clichy, 3rd January 2005, Mr. Giorgio Galli, Executive Vice-President for Corporate Communications and External Affairs since 2001, will be retiring in December 2004.

Clichy, 3rd January 2005, Mr. François Vachey, Executive Vice-President Human Resources of the L’Oréal Group since 1990, has chosen to retire in December 2004. Mr. Geoff Skingsley will succeed him as from 1st January 2005.

Clichy, Paris, 7 December 2004, L’Oréal kicks off the 2005 edition of its renowned marketing competition with a new name and the biggest game ever with hundreds of participants from over 30 countries including Mexico, China, Japan, Australia and Russia.

Clichy, Paris, 17 November 2004, L’Oréal, the world’s leading cosmetics company, announces today the opening of the fifth and most popular edition ever of the L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge.