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Henkel AG & Co. KGaA: Henkel announces strategic measures to strengthen competitiveness and growth dynamics - Seite 3

Henkel also announced the key points of its sales and earnings development in fiscal 2021 on a preliminary basis: Henkel Group sales in fiscal 2021 were 20,066 million euros. Organic sales growth was 7.8 percent. On a preliminary basis, the Adhesive Technologies business unit achieved double-digit organic growth of 13.4 percent in 2021. Sales in the business unit amounted to 9,641 million euros. Organic growth in the Beauty Care business unit was 1.4 percent. Here, sales amounted to 3,678 million euros. Organic growth of Laundry & Home Care was 3.9 percent. Sales of this business unit amounted to 6,605 million euros.

In fiscal 2021, adjusted return on sales (EBIT margin) for Henkel on a preliminary basis was 13.4 percent. The Adhesive Technologies business unit achieved an adjusted return on sales of 16.2 percent. The Beauty Care business unit closed fiscal 2021 with an adjusted return on sales of 9.5 percent, while the adjusted return on sales of the Laundry & Home Care business unit was 13.7 percent (in each case on a preliminary basis).

Preliminary adjusted earnings per preferred share (EPS) in fiscal 2021 were 4.56 euros (+9.2 percent at constant exchange rates).

At its meeting today, the Management Board also approved the planning and the outlook for fiscal 2022 - in its current structure with three business units. In the context of the current assessment of the market environment, in particular the continuing tense situation in the markets for raw materials as well as in the supply chains and the related significant price increases were taken into account.

- Henkel expects organic sales growth for the Group in the range of 2 to 4 percent in 2022.

- For the Adhesive Technologies business unit, Henkel expects organic sales growth in the range between 5 and 7 percent.

- For the Beauty Care business unit, negative organic sales growth in the range between -5 and -3 percent is expected. The decrease is mainly due to measures already decided and in implementation to improve the portfolio, including the discontinuation of activities that will not be part of the future core business, amounting to around 5 percent of the business unit's sales in 2021.