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20 Mar 2006 07:03

Body Shop International PLC20 March 2006 20 March 2006 BODY SHOP INTERNATIONAL PLC ("The Body Shop") Second Interim Dividend Further to the announcement made on 17 March 2006 of the recommended cash offerby L'Oreal for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of The Body Shop("the Offer"), The Body Shop announces that the board has resolved that thesecond interim dividend of 4.4p per ordinary share referred to in thatannouncement will no longer be conditional on the Offer becoming or beingdeclared wholly unconditional. Accordingly, the second interim dividend will bepaid with reference to a record date of close of business on 24 March 2006 ("theRecord Date") and not 16 March 2006 as previously indicated, with the sharesbecoming ex-dividend on 22 March 2006. The second interim dividend will be paid on 3 July 2006 to those shareholders onthe register on the Record Date. This announcement is made with the agreement of L'Oreal. Enquiries: Merrill Lynch +44 207 628 1000Mark AstairePeter TraceyWill Smith This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange