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• Focus on ensuring employee safety, supplying customers and supporting communities
• Group half-year sales reach 9,485 million euros, nominal: -6.0%, organic: -5.2%
• Operating profit* at 1,191 million euros, -27.5%
• EBIT margin* at 12.6%, -370 basis points
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: -29.2% to 1.96 euros, -28.2% at constant exchange rates
• Free cash flow at 938 million euros, net financial position improved
• No new full-year outlook for 2020 due to continuing market uncertainties
• Implementation of new agenda for purposeful growth on track

• Further expanding digital D2C platforms in the beauty segment
• Leveraging 1:1 relationships to capture superior consumer insights
• Adding strong digital capabilities and unique brand building expertise

Henkel takes another step in combining attractive corporate financing instruments with progress in sustainability: As the first company globally, Henkel concluded a plastic waste reduction bond. The proceeds from this bond, a private placement with Japanese insurance companies Dai-ichi Life and Dai-ichi Frontier Life, will be specifically allocated to projects and expenditures related to Henkel’s activities to reduce plastic waste. The bond has a total volume of 70 million US dollars and a maturity of five years.