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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

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

Science students recycle materials to create their winning entries in the Henkel Forscherwelt Science Lab school competition

The winning students in the Forscherwelt Science Lab competition have been announced at the German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. In an award ceremony led by Csaba Szendrei, President Henkel GCC last Thursday; Aliya Abdul Gafoor from Woodlem Park School, Riya Wynn from Gulf Indian High School, and Amaal Hamad from GEMS FirstPoint School, were celebrated for their creative designs, which stood out to the judges amongst the submissions from over 1,000 students aged 7 to 11 from 14 schools across Dubai.