INVESTOR RELATIONS

• Group sales grows organically by 4.9 percent in the first half of the year to around 10.9 billion euros ‏(nominal 0.1 percent) – very strong growth in both business units
• Operating profit ‏(EBIT)* rises significantly to 1,254 million euros ‏(+7.6 percent)
• EBIT margin* with strong increase to 11.5 percent ‏(+80 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* increase to 2.13 euros, double-digit growth of +14.4 percent at constant exchange rates
• Implementation of strategic growth agenda consistently driven forward
• Sales and earnings guidance for fiscal year 2023 raised:
  • Organic sales growth: to 2.5 to 4.5 percent
  • Return on sales ‏(EBIT margin)*: to 11.0 to 12.5 percent
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: increase in the range of +5 to +20 percent at constant exchange rates

• Group sales increase organically by 6.6 percent to around 5.6 billion euros; nominal 6.4 percent
• Growth driven by very strong sales increases in both business units:
  • Adhesive Technologies with organic growth of 6.8 percent, nominal 6.1 percent
  • Consumer Brands achieves organic sales growth of 7.0 percent, nominal 7.3 percent
• Exit from business activities in Russia completed
• Further progress in implementing strategic growth agenda
• Outlook for fiscal 2023 confirmed

At the Annual General Meeting of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA on April 24, 2023, the shareholders approved all agenda items. A total of about 88 percent of the voting capital stock was represented. For the first time since April 2019, the Annual General Meeting was again held as an attendance event at the CCD-Stadthalle in Düsseldorf.

Henkel has signed an agreement on the sale of its business activities in Russia to a consortium of local financial investors. In April 2022, the company had announced the decision to exit from Russia.