L'Oréal Group : Press Releases

Clichy, 20 November 2002, British-born Chairman and CEO of L'Oréal, Lindsay Owen-Jones, this evening became the first foreign head of a French company to be awarded.

Clichy, Paris, 22 October 2002 – L’Oréal Group, the world’s number one cosmetics company is demonstrating the Group’s commitment to bringing the business and education communities closer together with the launch of this year’s L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge.

Strong Sales Growth Maintained In The First Nine Months: € 10.8 Billion In Sales, A Growth Of 8.6% Like-For-Like

Strong Increase In 1St Half 2002 ProfitNet Profit Before Exceptionals: Up 29.6%

Clichy, Paris, 20 August 2002, L'Oréal, the world’s leading cosmetic company, today announced the acquisition of ARTec Systems Group, Inc. by L’Oreal’s wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, L’Oréal USA.

Strong Sales Growth In 1St Half Of 2002:Up 8.6% Like-For-Like

Clichy, Paris, 25 June 2002, L’Oréal and Nestlé announce the signing of an agreement for the creation of a joint company called Laboratoires INNEOV.

Clichy, Paris, June 12th 2002, Lindsay Owen-Jones, L’Oréal Chairman and CEO, has been named “Best European Manager” by Spanish economic magazine Futuro, at an awards ceremony in Madrid.”

Clichy, 29 May 2002, The L'Oreal Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was held at the headquarters of UNESCO on Wednesday, 29th May 2002, under the chairmanship of Mr Lindsay OWEN-JONES, Chairman and CEO.

Paris, 25th April 2002, Christian Mulliez, 41, will succeed Michel Somnolet, 62, Vice-President, Managing Director of Administration & Finance of the L’Oréal Group at the end of the year.