This is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors’ report issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience of English speaking readers. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.
To the Shareholders
14, rue Royale
75008 Paris
In our capacity as the Statutory Auditors of your Company and in accordance with article L.225-197-1 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), we hereby report to you on the proposed authorization of free grants of existing and/or newly issued shares to employees and corporate officers of L’Oréal and French or non-French entities related to your Company, within the meaning of article L.225-197-2 of the French Commercial Code, or to certain categories of said employees and corporate officers, a matter submitted for your approval.
The total number of shares likely to be granted under this authorization may not represent more than 0.6% of the Company’s share capital as of the date of the Board of Directors’ decision, it being specified that the aggregate amount of any share capital increases that may be carried out under this resolution will count towards the maximum limit for share capital increases set in the seventeenth resolution approved by the Annual General Meeting of April 20, 2021.
On the basis of its report, the Board of Directors invites you to authorize it, for a period of 26 months as from the date of this Annual General Meeting, to grant existing and/or newly issued shares on one or more occasions.
It is the role of the Board of Directors to prepare a report on the proposed transaction. It is our responsibility to provide you with our observations, if any, on the information provided to you on the proposed transaction.
We performed the procedures that we deemed necessary in accordance with professional standards applicable in France to such engagements. These procedures consisted in verifying in particular that the proposed terms and conditions of the transaction described in the Board of Directors' report comply with applicable legal provisions.
We have no matters to report on the information provided in the Board of Directors' report, with respect to the proposed authorization to grant free shares.
Neuilly-sur-Seine and Paris-La Défense, February 18, 2022
The Statutory Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit
Anne-Claire FERRIÉ
Deloitte & Associés
David DUPONT-NOEL