Shareholder Structure

The ownership structure of our preferred shares – the significantly more liquid class of stock – shows a free float of 100 percent. A large majority of these shares are owned by institutional investors with globally distributed shareholdings.

According to notices of disclosure received by the company, members of the Henkel family own a majority of the ordinary shares amounting to 53.65 percent. We have received no further notices of disclosure from other shareholders indicating a shareholding in excess of 3 percent of the voting shares (notifiable ownership).