Prensa y Medios

• Las ventas del grupo en la primera mitad de 2022 crecieron orgánicamente en un +8,9%, a alrededor de 10.900 millones de euros ‏(+9,9% nominal), impulsado por todas las unidades de negocio y regiones.
• Las ganancias se vieron afectadas, como se esperaba, por los drásticos vientos en contra de los costos de los insumos:
  • El beneficio operativo ‏(EBIT)* alcanza los 1.166 millones de euros ‏(-18,5%)
  • Margen EBIT* al 10,7% ‏(-370 puntos básicos)
  • Beneficio por acción preferente ‏(EPS)* a 1,95 euros, -20,8% a tipos de cambio constantes
• Buen progreso en la implementación de la Agenda de Crecimiento con Propósito y en la fusión de los negocios de consumo en Henkel Consumer Brands.
• Las perspectivas para el año fiscal 2022 actualizadas:
  • Crecimiento orgánico de ventas: aumentó de +4,5 a 6,5%.
  • Maren EBIT*: Sin cambios en 9,0 a 11.0%.
  • Utilidad por acción preferente ‏(EPS)* con tipos de cambios constates: sin cambios, una disminución en el rango de -35 a -15%.

• Group sales increase organically by +7.1 percent to around 5.3 billion euros; nominal +6.1 percent:
  • Adhesive Technologies generates double-digit organic sales growth of +10.7 percent; nominal +11.6 percent
  • Beauty Care with slightly negative organic sales development of -1.2 percent; nominal -3.5 percent, due to implementation of planned portfolio measures
  • Laundry & Home Care records very strong organic sales growth of +4.9 percent; nominal +2.2 percent
• Emerging markets with double-digit sales growth, mature markets with strong growth
• Merger of Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care business units into integrated multi-category platform Henkel Consumer Brands:
  • Strengthening growth momentum and margin profile in the consumer business
  • Significant synergies: around 500 million euros gross savings targeted in the mid term
  • First phase of measures to be implemented by the end of 2023: around 250 million euros annualized net savings expected, around 2,000 jobs affected worldwide
  • Portfolio measures for businesses with total annual sales of up to 1 billion euros under review
• Outlook for fiscal 2022 updated on April 29
• Clear commitment to mid- to long-term financial ambition

• Creating one multi-category platform for growth with around 10 billion euros sales
• Continued optimization of consumer portfolio: clear focus on core brands and businesses with attractive growth and margin potential and a stronger basis for M&A across consumer space
• Significant synergies and efficiency gains expected through the combination
• Launch of share buyback program of up to 1 billion euros: leverage strong balance sheet and cashflow, optimize the capital structure and signal strong confidence in the future potential for profitable growth
• Preliminary results for 2021 published: Organic sales growth ‏(OSG) of +7.8 percent, EBIT margin* of 13.4 percent and earnings per preferred share* ‏(EPS) growth of +9.2 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates)
• Outlook for 2022: OSG: 2 to 4 percent, EBIT margin*: 11.5 to 13.5 percent, EPS* development: -15 to +5 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates), reflecting high level of market uncertainty and volatility
• New mid- to long-term financial ambition for Henkel: OSG of 3 to 4 percent, EBIT margin* of around 16 percent and mid- to high-single-digit percentage EPS* growth ‏(at constant exchange rates, incl. M&A)

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