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206 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT − L’ORÉAL 2011
7Stock market information andsharecapital
Information relating totheCompany
7.1.1. Legal form
L’Oréal is incorporated in France as a “ société anonyme ”.
7.1.2. Law governing the Issuer
French law.
7.1.3. Business activity
The L’Oréal Company, in addition to its role of strategic,
scientific and industrial coordination of the Group on a
global basis, also functions as a holding company and
performs a sales activity that is specific to France. Most of
the subsidiaries have a role of marketing of the products
made in the Group’s factories. L’Oréal wholly owns the vast
majority of its subsidiaries. In the other subsidiaries, minority
interests are not material. It also has substantial investments
in non-consolidated companies, details of which are set out
on pages140 to 144 and pages169 to173 .
7.1.4. Date of Incorporation
and term oftheCompany
(Article5oftheArticles
ofAssociation)
“The Company’s term shall be ninety-nine years, which began
to run on January1st, 1963 and which shall thus expire on
December31st, 2061, except in the event of early dissolution or
of extension, as provided for in these Articles of association.”
7.1.5. Purpose ofthe Company
(extractsfromArticle2
ofthe Articles ofAssociation)
“The Company’s corporate purpose, both in France and/or at
any other location anywhere throughout the entire world, shall
be as follows:
♦the manufacturing and the sale of cosmetics products in
general; of all devices intended for the same uses as the
products listed above; of all household maintenance
products; of all products and articles relating to feminine
and/or child hygiene and to the embellishment of human
beings; the demonstration and advertising of such products;
the manufacturing of packaging articles;
♦the filing and acquisition of all patents, licenses, processes
and manufacturing trademarks, their exploitation, their
assignment and/or their contribution;
♦all diversification transactions and all commercial, financial,
movable property and/or real property transactions, made in
the Company’s interest, under any form whatsoever;
♦the direct or indirect involvement in all transactions such as
those listed above, in particular by means of the creation of
companies, the contribution to pre-existing companies, the
merger or the alliance with such companies.”
7.1.6. Company registration
number
632012100 Paris Trade and Companies Registry.
7.1.7. Consultation of documents
relating totheCompany
The Articles of A ssociation, financial statements, reports and
information for shareholders can be consulted at 41rue Martre,
92117 Clichy, France, preferably by appointment. See also the
www.loreal-finance.com. website.
7.1. Information relating totheCompany
L’Oréal is a French limited company listed on the Paris stock market. This chapter sets out the information relating to
its share capital and the main details of its legal form and its Articles of Association. All the information on the L’Oréal
share and L'Oréal share market are also included in this chapter.