EANS-News: Henkel: Changes in Supervisory Board and Shareholders' Committee set for September

Albrecht Woeste to hand over to Simone Bagel-Trah

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Düsseldorf (euro adhoc) - Henkel: Changes in Supervisory Board and
Shareholders' Committee set for September Albrecht Woeste to hand
over to Simone Bagel-Trah 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.

Effective September 18, 2009, Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah will be taking
over from Albrecht Woeste the positions of Chair of the Supervisory
Board and of the Shareholders´ Committee at Henkel. In keeping with
the company´s traditions, the question of succession had been dealt
with well in advance of this date, Albrecht Woeste having announced
the generation change at last year´s AGM.

As a member of Henkel´s corporate bodies, Albrecht Woeste has been
intimately involved in the Henkel history for a number of decades.
The 73 year old has been Chair of the Supervisory Board and of the
Shareholders´ Committee of Henkel since 1990. A great-grandson of
company founder Fritz Henkel, he represents the fourth generation of
the family to have taken the helm of this tradition-rich company.
"With a unique set of outstanding personal qualities, Albrecht Woeste
has for many years contributed to making the mix of corporate
endeavor and family values a factor for success at Henkel. And for
this I would like, on behalf of all Henkel´s employees, to express to
him our deepest thanks," commented Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the
Henkel Management Board.

As a great-great-granddaughter of the company founder, Dr. Simone
Bagel-Trah is part of the fifth generation of the Henkel family
established since his time. "I would like to thank everybody for the
confidence that they have shown in me and am looking forward to
meeting the challenges that await me as the new chair of the two
corporate bodies," she said. The 40 year old doctor of microbiology
and mother of two is partner and director of the clinical
microbiological research company Antiinfectives Intelligence
domiciled in Rheinbach near Bonn in Germany.

Photo material and also the CVs of Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah and Albrecht
Woeste are available for downloading at: http://www.henkel.com/press.
For more than 130 years, Henkel has been a leader with brands and
technologies that make people's lives easier, better and more
beautiful. Henkel operates in three business areas - Home Care,
Personal Care, and Adhesive Technologies - and is ranked among the
Fortune Global 500 companies. More than 60 percent of Henkel´s sales
are in fast-moving consumer goods, while the industrial business
accounts for almost 40 percent of the company´s total sales. In
fiscal 2008, Henkel generated sales of 14,131 million euros and
adjusted operating profit of 1,460 million euros. Henkel´s more than
55,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to fulfilling the company´s
corporate claim, "A Brand like a Friend," and ensuring that people in
more than 125 countries can trust in brands and technologies from
Henkel.

Contact

Lars Witteck Wulf Klüppelholz
Tel. +49 211 797 - 2606 Tel. +49 211 797 - 1875
Fax +49 211 798 - 12606 Fax +49 211 798 - 9208

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Chief Communications Officer:
Ernst Primosch, Corporate Vice President

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