REIMAGINING & IMPROVING LIFE EVERY DAY

• Group sales rise to around 5.5 billion euros, +3.3 percent organic growth
• Organic sales increase driven by both business units:
  • Adhesive Technologies achieves strong organic growth of +3.7 percent
  • Consumer Brands reports good organic sales growth of +2.7 percent
• Ambitious climate protection targets expanded through net-zero roadmap: Greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to net-zero by 2045
• Sales and earnings guidance for fiscal 2024 reiterated – clear chance to reach upper half of earnings ranges

• Group sales grow organically by 2.9 percent in the first half of the year to around 10.8 billion euros ‏(nominal -1.0 percent) – growth in both business units
• Operating profit ‏(EBIT)*: very strong increase to 1,610 million euros ‏(+28.4 percent)
• EBIT margin* also improves very strongly to 14.9 percent ‏(+340 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* increase by around a third to 2.78 euros, +32.9 percent at constant exchange rates
• Very good free cash flow of around 800 million euros
• Further progress in implementing strategic growth agenda
• Earnings outlook for fiscal 2024 already raised in mid-July:
  • Organic sales growth: 2.5 to 4.5 percent ‏(unchanged)
  • Adjusted return on sales: 13.5 to 14.5 percent ‏(previously: 13.0 to 14.0 percent)
  • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS): increase in the range of +20.0 to +30.0 percent at constant exchange rates ‏(previously: +15.0 to +25.0 percent)
• Mid- to long-term financial ambition already to be reached mid-term

Henkel, a global leader in industrial and consumer products, is proud to announce the opening of its cutting-edge beauty care production facility in Riyadh.