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Henkel AG & Co. KGaA: Release of a capital market information
- Henkel to buy back up to €1 billion in shares.
- Preferred shares: max €800M; ordinary shares: €200M.
- Buyback starts May 12, 2025, ends by March 31, 2026.
EQS Post-admission Duties announcement: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA / Announcement pursuant to Art. 5 (1) (a) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 and Art. 2 (1) of Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2016/1052 // Acquisition of treasury shares (preferred shares and ordinary shares) / Announcement Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
Düsseldorf/Germany
SEC. CODE No. 604840 / ISIN: DE0006048408
SEC. CODE No. 604843 / ISIN: DE0006048432
Announcement pursuant to Art. 5 (1) (a) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 and Art. 2 (1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052
Acquisition of treasury shares (preferred shares and ordinary shares) / Announcement
The share buyback of Henkel preferred shares, ISIN DE0006048432 ("Preferred Shares"), and Henkel ordinary shares, ISIN DE0006048408 ("Ordinary Shares") as resolved by the Management Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA with the consent of the Shareholders’ Committee on March 11, 2025 and announced in the ad hoc release of even date will commence on May 12, 2025.
In the period from May 12, 2025 to March 31, 2026 at the latest, Preferred and Ordinary Shares with a total value of up to 1 billion euros are to be repurchased. From this total value a portion of up to 800 million euros will be allocated for the Preferred Shares ("Maximum Investment Amount Preferred Shares") and a portion of up to 200 million euros for the Ordinary Shares ("Maximum Investment Amount Ordinary Shares") (all amounts each excluding incidental acquisition costs).
At a market price of currently approx. EUR 68.40 per Preferred Share (XETRA closing price of May 8, 2025), the Maximum Investment Amount Preferred Shares corresponds to a total of approx. 11,695,906 Preferred Shares. Should the buyback be transacted at prices different from this price, the number of Preferred Shares purchased will change accordingly (with the Maximum Investment Amount Preferred Shares remaining unchanged). However, the number of Preferred Shares purchased in the course of the buyback program must not exceed 14,035,088 (approx. 7.88% of the Preferred Shares issued and approx. 3.20% of the company’s capital stock).