Henkel preferred shares are publicly listed since 1985, the ordinary shares since 1996. Both share classes are predominantly traded on the Xetra electronic market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Henkel is also represented on the floor of this and the other regional stock exchanges in Germany.

Since the issue of Henkel’s preferred shares in 1985, investors who re-invested their dividends in further share purchases would, by the end of 2007, have achieved an average annual yield (ignoring tax) of 11.5 percent. Over the same period, DAX tracking would have provided an annual yield of 9.2 percent.

In the USA, investors are able to acquire Henkel preferred and ordinary shares by way of stock ownership certificates obtained through the Sponsored Level I ADR (American Depositary Receipt) program. Depositary Bank is the Bank of New York. The number of ADRs representing ordinary and preferred shares outstanding at the end of 2007 increased to around 9.0 million (end of 2006: 5.7 million).