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05.mai.2022,

Düsseldorf / Germany

Exceptionally challenging business environment

Henkel delivers significant organic sales growth in the first quarter

Group sales increase organically by +7.1 percent to around 5.3 billion euros; nominal +6.1 percent:
- Adhesive Technologies generates double-digit organic sales growth of +10.7 percent; nominal +11.6 percent
- Beauty Care with slightly negative organic sales development of -1.2 percent; nominal -3.5 percent, due to implementation of planned portfolio measures
- Laundry & Home Care records very strong organic sales growth of +4.9 percent; nominal +2.2 percent
Emerging markets with double-digit sales growth, mature markets with strong growth
Merger of Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care business units into integrated multi-category platform Henkel Consumer Brands:
- Strengthening growth momentum and margin profile in the consumer business
- Significant synergies: around 500 million euros gross savings targeted in the mid term
- First phase of measures to be implemented by the end of 2023: around 250 million euros annualized net savings expected, around 2,000 jobs affected worldwide
- Portfolio measures for businesses with total annual sales of up to 1 billion euros under review
Outlook for fiscal 2022 updated on April 29
Clear commitment to mid- to long-term financial ambition

29.apr.2022,

Düsseldorf / Germany

Henkel publishes sales performance in the first quarter based on preliminary figures

Henkel achieves significant organic sales growth in the first quarter and updates full-year guidance for 2022

Group sales increase organically by +7.1 percent to around 5.3 billion euros
- Adhesive Technologies: double-digit organic growth of +10.7 percent
- Beauty Care: slight organic decline of -1.2 percent
- Laundry & Home Care: very strong organic growth of +4.9 percent
Updated outlook for fiscal 2022 – extraordinarily strong rising costs for direct materials & logistics and significant effects from the exit of business activities in Russia and Belarus expected
- Organic sales growth: +3.5 to +5.5 percent
- Adjusted return on sales ‏(EBIT margin)*: between 9.0 and 11.0 percent
- Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* at constant exchange rates: decline in the range from -35 to -15 percent