Shareholders wishing to attend or be represented at the AGM must provide proof of their status by having their shares registered in their name (or in the name of the custodian entered on their account if they are not French residents) no later than the third working day prior to the AGM at midnight (Paris time), that is on Friday, April 10th 2009 at midnight, Paris time:
• on the registers of registered shares kept on behalf of the company by its authorised agent BNP Paribas Securities Services, or,
• on the registers of bearer shares kept by the custodian with which their shares are registered.
If you wish to attend the L'Oréal Annual General Meeting
To facilitate the shareholder's admission to the AGM, it is recommended that the shareholder obtains, before the AGM, an entrance card as follows:
• Holders of registered shares must send their request to BNP Paribas Securities Services at the address indicated below;
• Holders of bearer shares must obtain a certificate from the custodian of their shares proving their shareholder status at the date of the request. The custodian will then transmit this certificate to BNP Paribas Securities Services which will send the shareholder an entrance card. A certificate of participation is issued to any shareholder wishing to attend the Annual General Meeting who has not received his entrance card prior to the Annual General Meeting.
On the day of the AGM, each shareholder must provide proof of his shareholder status and his identity during the registration process.
If you are unable to attend the L'Oréal Annual General Meeting
A shareholder unable to attend the AGM may cast his vote by choosing from the following options: to be represented by another shareholder or by his spouse, to cast a postal vote, or to send a proxy form to the Chairman. Requests for postal voting forms or proxy forms will only be honoured if they are received by:
L'Oréal Securities Services
BNP Paribas Securities
Services G.C.T. Emetteurs – Assemblées
Immeuble Tolbiac
75450 Paris Cedex 09,
or by:
L'Oréal Headquarters
International Financial Communications Department
41 rue Martre
92117 Clichy Cedex,
no later than six days before the date of the AGM.
This form, duly filled in, must be received by BNP Paribas Securities Services or L’Oréal no later than three days before the date of the AGM.
The certificate of participation and the postal voting form or the proxy form of holders of bearer shares must be sent by the custodians to the headquarters, branches and agencies of the following institutions:
L'Oréal Securities Services
BNP Paribas Securities
Services G.C.T. Emetteurs – Assemblées
Immeuble Tolbiac
75450 Paris Cedex 09.