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Differentiated performance in increasingly difficult market environment

• Adhesive Technologies delivers robust performance
• Beauty Care below prior year
• Laundry & Home Care achieves good business development
• Group sales rise by 0.8% to 5,077 million euros, organic: -0.3%
• EBIT margin* at 16.7% ‏(-1.7 pp)
• Earnings per preferred share* reach 1.43 euros, nominal -9.5%, at constant exchange rates -10.8%
• Increased investments in brands and digitalization
• Very strong free cash flow: 823 million euros ‏(+339 million euros)

Henkel extends partnership with Plastic Bank

Henkel extends its collaboration with the social enterprise Plastic Bank for another five years. Following the achievements of the partnership launched in 2017, Henkel will support ongoing projects in Haiti, the Philippines and Indonesia and significantly contribute to developing an infrastructure of more than 400 Plastic Bank collection points in Egypt. Alone in 2020, Henkel will integrate more than 600 tons of the recycled material – called Social Plastic^® – in its product packaging.

Henkel and Shapeways to partner for large-scale industrial Loctite 3D printing solutions

Henkel as a global leading provider of advanced 3D printing materials, post processing solutions and services across a broad variety of industry segments and Shapeways, a leading tech platform for product creation through 3D printing, today are announcing a partnership to expand its capabilities for industrial large-scale additive manufacturing. The collaboration aims to further enhance the accessibility of Henkel's Loctite 3D printing materials to the company's customer base by using Shapeways’ proprietary technology and 3D production expertise. The partners will showcase its common program during the upcoming Formnext 2019 trade show in Frankfurt, Germany.