   PUMA and L'Oréal sign a License Agreement for Beauty Products
Herzogenaurach / Germany and Clichy / France, 26 September 2014 - Sports company PUMA SE and leading beauty company L'Oréal have signed a license agreement for beauty products, becoming effective 1 January 2015. PUMA's license contract with former personal care product licensee Procter & Gamble will terminate on 31 December 2014.
About PUMA
PUMA is one of the world's leading Sports Brands, designing, developing, selling and marketing footwear, apparel and accessories. For over 65 years, PUMA has established a history of making fast product designs for the fastest athletes on the planet. PUMA offers performance and sport-inspired lifestyle products in categories such as Football, Running, Training and Fitness, Golf, and Motorsports. It engages in exciting collaborations with renowned design brands such as Alexander McQueen and Mihara Yasuhiro to bring innovative and fast designs to the sports world. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Cobra Golf, Tretorn, Dobotex and Brandon. The company distributes its products in more than 120 countries, employs more than 10,000 people worldwide, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany. http://www.puma.com (http://www.puma.com/)
About L'Oréal
L'Oréal has devoted itself to beauty for over 105 years. With its unique portfolio of 28 international, diverse and complementary brands, the Group generated sales amounting to 23 billion euros in 2013 and employs 77,500 people worldwide. As the world's leading beauty company, L'Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores, hair styling salons, travel retail and branded retail.
Research and innovation, and a dedicated research team of 4,000 people, are at the core of L'Oréal's strategy, working to meet beauty aspirations all over the world and attract one billion new consumers in the years to come. L'Oréal's new sustainability commitment for 2020 "Sharing beauty with all" sets out ambitious sustainable development objectives across the Group's value chain. www.loreal.com (http://www.loreal.com)
Ulf Santjer - Corporate Communications - PUMA SE - +49 9132 81 2489 - ulf.santjer@puma.com (mailto:ulf.santjer@puma.com)
Anthony Ward - Global Licensing - PUMA SE +49 9132 81 3168 - Anthony.ward@puma.com (mailto:Anthony.ward@puma.com)
Contacts at L'Oréal
Individual shareholders and market authorities
Mr Jean Régis CAROF
Tel: +33 1 47 56 83 02
jean-regis.carof@loreal.com (mailto:jean-regis.carof@loreal.com)Â
Financial analysts and Institutional investors
Mrs Françoise LAUVIN
Tel: +33 1 47 56 86 82
francoise.lauvin@loreal.com (mailto:francoise.lauvin@loreal.com)
JournalistsÂ
Mrs Stephanie CARSON-PARKER
Tel: +33 1 47 56 76 71
stephanie.carsonparker@loreal.com (mailto:stephanie.carsonparker@loreal.com)
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Source: L'ORÉAL via Globenewswire
