September 23, 2009: Nomination of 40 Year Old Scientist Marks Succession from Fourth to Fifth Generation of Henkel Family

Simone Bagel-Trah has been elected as the new Chair of Henkel's Shareholders' Committee, taking over the reins from former Chairman, Albrecht Woeste. At the Supervisory Board meeting this week, Bagel-Trah will also be officially appointed as Chairwoman of that body in place of Woeste. In April 2008, Albrecht Woeste formally announced that he would like to see the 40-year-old doctor of microbiology named as his successor.

As a member of Henkel’s corporate bodies, Albrecht Woeste has been closely involved in the Henkel history for a number of decades. The 73-year-old has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders’ Committee since 1990 and a member of the committee since 1976. As the great-grandson of company founder Fritz Henkel, he represents the fourth generation of the Henkel family. “Albrecht Woeste has, for a great many years, had a decisive influence on Henkel’s development. And he has never lost sight of the company’s traditions. And for this I would like, on behalf of all Henkel’s employees, to express to him our deepest thanks,” said Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the Henkel Management Board. “We are also very much looking forward to working together with Simone Bagel-Trah in taking our company successfully forward."

As a great-great-granddaughter of the company founder, Simone Bagel-Trah is part of the fifth generation of the Henkel family. Bagel-Trah was a member of the Supervisory Board of Henkel KGaA from 2001 to 2005, and she has been on the Shareholders’ Committee since 2005. She was elected to the Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA in April 2008 and, at the same time, appointed Vice-chair of both the Shareholders’ Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and of the Supervisory Board of Henkel Management AG. Bagel-Trah is partner and director of the clinical microbiological research company "Antiinfectives Intelligence" domiciled in Rheinbach near Bonn, Germany. She is married with two children.