• Laundry & Home Care has substantially higher earnings
• Cosmetics/Toiletries continues very successful performance
• Adhesive Technologies shows strong recovery throughout the year
• Adjusted return on sales in Q4/2009 is 12.4 percent
• Net debt reduced by 1 billion euros
• Proposed dividends kept at prior-year levels

•  25 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions*
• 26 percent lower energy consumption*
• 37 percent lower water consumption*
• 12 percent less waste*

At Henkel, sustainability is a core business factor. This is why Henkel is today publishing its Sustainability Report 2009 simultaneously with its Annual Report. The Sustainability Report provides an overview of the main ecological and social developments in fiscal 2009.

Sustainability is fundamental to Henkel’s business DNA. However, affirmation of this through specific forms of recognition from industrial and retail customers and experts is as important as it is gratifying. In 2009, Henkel’s ‘Year of the Customer’, major international business partners and industry analyst firms awarded the company for special contributions made to their own efforts in the sustainability domain.

Global warming, green house gas emissions from automotive combustion engines and shortages in natural oil resources is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. More and more automotive manufacturers admit their responsibility and engage in new energy powered automotive developments. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCV) are a good example. On the one hand, HFCV have the advantage of producing zero emissions because they only convert hydrogen gas to water with nearly no environment pollution. On the other hand, from an energy resources point of view, hydrogen is a recyclable energy source which has a significant potential to replace conventional fuels.

• Sales down 7.3 percent to 3,485 million euros
• Decline in organic sales reduced to 2.5 percent
• Operating profit up 191 million euros to 290 million euros
• Adjusted operating profit down 1.5 percent to 385 million euros

“In the third quarter, we were again able to continue our positive performance of recent quarters”, says Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the Henkel Management Board. “We achieved excellent results at Laundry & Home Care, and our Cosmetics/Toiletries business sector was also able to once again exceed the very good performance of the previous quarters. There was also a further improvement in the results of the Adhesive Technologies business sector in the course of the year, albeit on a lower level than in the previous year.” Rorsted continued: “The encouraging results registered in this last quarter reflect both the stabilization in our markets and our programs on structural and cost alignment.”

Henkel’s leadership in ecological and sustainable technology allows faster production of wind blades, facilitates improvements in quality and reliability, and finally helps manufacturing equipment last longer.

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

China’s Business Watch has released the list of China’s Top 50 Green Companies for 2009, with Henkel receiving the accolade of being in the Top 10.

Weight reduction has become a major trend for the global automobile industry, as the world economy moves to recover from an unprecedented financial crisis, which calls for higher energy-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the industry. Market surveys showed plastic use in automobiles is growing, while consumers are looking to spend less on running their vehicles. Construction of these structures has become more technically feasible than ever, thanks to the introduction of high-performance structural adhesive products such as Loctite® 3038.

• Sales fall 5.0 percent to 3,485 million euros
• Organic sales decline 5.3 percent
• Operating profit increases from 113 million euros to 279 million euros
• Adjusted operating profit decreases 17.2 percent to 308 million euros

“Again in the second quarter of 2009, Henkel felt the effects of the continuing world economic recession. Nevertheless, all our business sectors were again able to outstrip their relevant markets,” said Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the Henkel Management Board. “Our Laundry & Home Care business sector actually surpassed the good results of the first quarter, while Cosmetics/Toiletries again showed a very positive performance. Compared to the first quarter, we also registered an improvement at Adhesive Technologies.” Rorsted continued: “These developments are attributable to the countermeasures we were able to put in place early on. Hence we remain firmly convinced 2009 will not be a lost year. Rather, it will be a major step toward achieving our long-term objectives.”

International consumer goods manufacturer Henkel has garnered honors in two renowned US communications competitions. For the fourth time in a row, the company received the highest accolade in the roll of the world's best with the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) conferring platinum on the 2008 Henkel annual report in the "Consumer Consumables – Household/Personal" category. And in the globally established Stevie International Business Awards, Henkel's new training film explaining the company's corporate branding strategy garnered gold.

Henkel has made a gain of 20 places in the annual survey of the world's 500 highest-revenue companies published by the US business magazine Fortune. In the overall ranking, Henkel holds position number 448 compared to 468 last year. And for the first time, Henkel has also gained entry this year in the list of companies making the biggest jump in profits, taking 36th place in that ranking.

Innovative ways to train, engage and communicate with its customers

Henkel Teroson India won the coveted "Best Cooperation Company "Award in April 09

For more than 133 years, Henkel has been combining leading brand performance with responsibility toward people and the environment. In Cologne on May 19, Henkel received the 2009 Plus X Award – conferred as part of a major European technology competition – for its standing as an “Ecologically Committed Company”. Also recognized were the company’s new liquid laundry detergents marketed under the Terra Activ brand.

• Sales increase of 3.1 percent to 3,258 million euros
• Organic sales decline of 7.0 percent
• Adjusted operating profit fell 26.1 percent to 235 million euros
• Adjusted earnings per preferred share declined 39.2 percent to 0.31 euros

“At the beginning of this new financial year, Henkel too has felt the effects of the persistently adverse economic climate, with our businesses turning in a very mixed set of results for the first quarter of 2009,” commented Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the Henkel Management Board. “Our two consumer goods business sectors, Laundry & Home Care and Cosmetics/Toiletries, continued to perform very well, while the Adhesive Technologies business sector suffered from the challenges encountered in major customer industries worldwide.” Rorsted continued: “We are dissatisfied with our start to fiscal 2009. However, we are convinced that, as a result of our early introduction of countermeasures and based on our solid financial position, we will emerge from this still difficult economic environment stronger than before.”

Henkel Corporation received the 2009 Automotive News PACE Award for its new conversion coating process, TecTalis. The prestigious award recognizes automotive suppliers for superior innovation, technological advancement and business performance.

In response to industry initiatives and legislation designed to protect the environment from halogenated materials, Henkel has introduced a new line of Loctite® adhesives and sealants that meet the requirements of IPC IEC #61249-2-21. Used primarily in handheld electronics such as cell phones, PDAs, notebook/laptop computers and hard disk drives, these adhesives are formulated to contain less than 900 ppm bromine and chlorine, and 1500 ppm total halogens. Often halogen levels in these products are undetectable.

Henkel has once again received public recognition as a socially responsible company: for the second time running, the Ethisphere Institute and Forbes Magazine, both of the USA, have included Henkel in their list of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies”. Only two German companies have made it to this list. Among the selection criteria are corporate social responsibility, management style and innovative strength.

Albrecht Woeste, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA announced at today's Annual General Meeting of the company that he would be retiring from these offices in September 2009 and would be proposing to the members of both corporate bodies that they elect Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah as his successor. This handing-over of the corporate baton from the fourth to the fifth generation of the Henkel family was first announced last year.

Today’s Annual General Meeting of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA in Düsseldorf provided around 2,500 shareholders with an overview of the company’s development and performance in fiscal 2008.

U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart has selected Henkel to receive the “Wal-Mart Sustainability Award".

According to the annual survey conducted by the American business magazine Fortune, Henkel is Germany’s most admired company. The Fortune ranking of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” is one of the most renowned corporate rankings worldwide. On the international front, moreover, Henkel took second place behind Procter & Gamble in the “Soaps and Cosmetics” category.

Henkel committed to sustainability dialog

Global competition is posing new challenges for all market players. In meeting these challenges, it is becoming increasingly important to combine product performance with responsibility toward people and the environment. Henkel has already been working toward achieving sustainable development for more than 130 years. The company sees its sustainability strategy – which encompasses the entire value chain – as an opportunity to set itself apart from its competitors and offer added value to customers and consumers.

Business results reflect National Starch acquisition and Ecolab sale

Some things are just too amazing to be true. At least, that’s what some people think. Nevertheless, true they most certainly are! And at Henkel, the development hit list is constantly being replenished with product innovations that not only prove doubters wrong, but also occasionally turn the market on its head. Each year the “Fritz Henkel Awards for Innovation" are conferred for just that kind of “interference”. Named after the company's founder, appropriately these accolades are in recognition of the kind of genius and business acumen that he represented in his time and that Henkel’s employees are to this day encouraged to emulate.

Combining economic success with corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a constant feature of Henkel’s business philosophy for over 130 years now. And in international terms, too, Henkel counts among the leading companies in this domain. So when it came to conferral of the first ever “European Corporate Responsibility Award” in Prague on February 5 this year, Henkel was once again among the finalists.

Customers are the real winners in Henkel’s acquisition of National Adhesives.

At the 2009 Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention, January 27 to 31, 2009 in the United States, Henkel Laundry & Home Care awards two prizes.

Henkel at the MRO Middle East Conference and Exhibition 2009