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.

• 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)

• Strengthens professional hair care portfolio with category-leader in fast-growing curly hair segment
• Adds complementary product range with strong innovation capabilities
• Access to attractive distribution model

Henkel has announced that the current CEO Hans Van Bylen, for personal reasons, will not be available for a further term after about 35 years with the company, including about 15 years on the Management Board and 4 years as its CEO. He will therefore hand over the position as CEO to his successor Carsten Knobel effective January 1, 2020. Carsten Knobel joined Henkel in 1995 and has been on the Management Board since 2012, responsible for Finance, Purchasing and Integrated Business Solutions. His succession as Chief Financial Officer is still to be decided.

• Adhesive Technologies delivers robust performance
• Beauty Care below expectations
• Laundry & Home Care achieves good business development
• Sales of 5,121 million euros, almost at prior-year level, organic: -0.4%
• EBIT margin* at 16.5% ‏(-1.5 pp), earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* at 1.43 euros ‏(-9.5%)
• First successes from announced growth initiatives
• Investments in growth and digitalization
• Strong balance sheet with good cash management

• Sales rise by 2.8% to 4,969 million euros, organic growth +0.7%
• Operating profit ‏(EBIT)* amounts to 795 million euros ‏(-5.6%)
• EBIT margin* at 16.0% ‏(-140 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share* reach 1.34 euros, -6.3% at constant currencies
• Strong free cash flow development: 523 million euros
• Investing in growth and increasing competitiveness

• 銷售額為199億歐元：受外匯負面影響11億歐元；有機增長2.4%
• 營業利潤（息稅前利潤）提高：增長1.0%，達34.96億歐元
• 息稅前利潤率 進一步提升：增長30個基點，達17.6%
• 優先股每股收益‏(EPS)：增長2.7%，達6.01歐，以不變匯率計算增長7%
• 自由現金流強勁擴張：增長12.7%，達19.17億歐元
• 擬派股息 創新高：增長3.4%，優先股每股達1.85歐元
• 戰略重點的實施取得顯著進展
• 各項增長舉措凸顯了對盈利性增長的承諾

• 全球聚焦資源使用效率
• 積極助力氣候保護
• 全面承諾發展塑膠的迴圈經濟和可持續包裝
• 領跑國際評級與指數

西爾維·尼科爾（Sylvie Nicol，45歲），現任全球人力資源企業高級副總裁，已被任命為漢高管理委員會成員。自2019年4月9日起，在漢高年度股東大會結束後，她將接替現年55歲的凱薩琳·蒙格斯，負責人力資源和基礎建設服務。出於個人原因，凱薩琳·蒙格斯無法在管理委員會完成下一個任期。凱薩琳·蒙格斯於1999年加入公司。自2011年以來，她一直是漢高管理委員會的成員。

• 銷售額增至50.37億歐元，有機增長2.7%
• 息稅前利潤（EBIT）*提高：增長3.3%，達9.26億歐元
• 息稅前利潤（EBIT）率*進一步提高：增長40個基點，達18.4%
• 優先股每股收益（EPS）*：增長2.6%，達1.58歐元