Reaching new heights

Marco Swoboda to become new Henkel CFO

Effective January 1, 2020, Marco Swoboda ‏(48), Corporate Senior Vice President Finance, will become new Chief Financial Officer of Henkel. He will succeed Carsten Knobel ‏(50) who will take over the position as CEO effective January 1, 2020.

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)