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• Sales increase to new high: 5,143 million euros, organic growth +3.5%
• EBIT* reaches new high: 926 million euros ‏(+1.8%)
• EBIT margin* further improved: +20 basis points to 18.0%
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: 1.58 euros ‏(+1.9%), excluding currency effects: +7.7%
• North American consumer goods businesses back to normal service levels
• Henkel updates full year outlook, reflecting stronger headwinds from currencies and material prices, and expects organic group sales growth of 2 - 4% ‏(unchanged), an EBIT* margin of around 18% ‏(previously: more than 17.5%) and an EPS* growth of 3 - 6% ‏(previously: 5 - 8%)

Henkel is investing in its production site in Montornès del Vallès ‏(Barcelona, Spain): The company will build a new, state-of-the-art logistics center for the Laundry & Home Care business unit in southern Europe and expand its production capabilities with a new packaging line for liquid detergents.

Welcome to the future! As the personalization megatrend is continuously growing, new Schwarzkopf My Specialist is the first customized hair care e-brand that is scientifically designed to meet every costumers’ individual hair needs – based on advanced microscopic testing. In an exclusive cooperation with Chinese online shopping site T-Mall, Schwarzkopf My Specialist Hair Analysis is moving with the times by entering the e-commerce sector, and offering high-performance personalized haircare products through a trend-setting shopping experience.

Schwarzkopf extends the submission deadline for the Million Chances Award by two weeks. Until September 2, 2018 non-profit initiatives and projects that support girls and women worldwide can apply. The winners in each of the four award categories will receive a prize money of 10,000 euros.