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Comprehensive measures to take Purposeful Growth Agenda to the next level

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Consumer Brands

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Düsseldorf / Germany

Comprehensive measures to take Purposeful Growth Agenda to the next level

Henkel plans to merge Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care to create new “Consumer Brands” business unit

  • Creating one multi-category platform for growth with around 10 billion euros sales
  • Continued optimization of consumer portfolio: clear focus on core brands and businesses with attractive growth and margin potential and a stronger basis for M&A across consumer space
  • Significant synergies and efficiency gains expected through the combination
  • Launch of share buyback program of up to 1 billion euros: leverage strong balance sheet and cashflow, optimize the capital structure and signal strong confidence in the future potential for profitable growth
  • Preliminary results for 2021 published: Organic sales growth ‏(OSG) of +7.8 percent, EBIT margin* of 13.4 percent and earnings per preferred share* ‏(EPS) growth of +9.2 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates)
  • Outlook for 2022: OSG: 2 to 4 percent, EBIT margin*: 11.5 to 13.5 percent, EPS* development: -15 to +5 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates), reflecting high level of market uncertainty and volatility
  • New mid- to long-term financial ambition for Henkel: OSG of 3 to 4 percent, EBIT margin* of around 16 percent and mid- to high-single-digit percentage EPS* growth ‏(at constant exchange rates, incl. M&A)

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