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Management Changes/Henkel

Düsseldorf (euro adhoc) - December 13, 2011

Henkel names successor for CFO Lothar Steinebach

Carsten Knobel to become new Henkel CFO mid-2012

Düsseldorf/Germany - Effective July 1, 2012, Carsten Knobel (42),
Corporate Senior Vice President and Financial Director of Henkel´s
Cosmetics/Toiletries business and responsible for Corporate
Controlling, will succeed Lothar Steinebach (63) as Chief
Financial Officer of Henkel. Steinebach will retire end of June
2012 after more than 30 years with Henkel in a number leading
positions and serving since 2003 on the Management Board as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

"We are pleased to name Carsten as a highly-qualified and experienced
successor to our Chief Financial Officer. This decision is testament
to our strong talent pipeline and people development at Henkel.
It is also in line with our tradition to decide timely on
upcoming changes at the Management Board," said Kasper Rorsted,
Chief Executive Officer of Henkel.

Carsten Knobel graduated from Technical University of Berlin with a
degree in Business Administration and Technical Chemistry and
started his career with Henkel in 1995 in R&D. From 1998 onwards,
he held several management positions in Finance/Controlling and
International Marketing, including the post merger integration in
the US after the acquisition of Dial Corporation. In 2006 he
took over responsibility for Group Strategy and Corporate
Controlling. Since 2009, he is Financial Director for the
Cosmetics/Toiletries business of Henkel.

Lothar Steinebach joined Henkel in 1980 as legal counsel in
the Legal Department in which he held several leading
positions. In 1995, he was appointed to Corporate Senior Vice
President Finance/Controlling. Since 2003, he is a member of the
Management Board as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, responsible for Finance/Controlling, IT, Legal and
Purchasing.

Henkel operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies
in three business areas: Laundry & Home Care,
Cosmetics/Toiletries and Adhesive Technologies. Founded in 1876,
Henkel holds globally leading market positions both in the
consumer and industrial businesses with well-known brands such as
Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Henkel employs about 48,000
people and reported sales of 15,092 million euros and adjusted
operating profit of 1,862 million euros in fiscal 2010. Henkel´s
preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX and
the company ranks among the Fortune Global 500.

This document contains forward-looking statements which are
based on the current estimates and assumptions made by the
corporate management of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. Forward-looking
statements are characterized by the use of words such as expect,
intend, plan, predict, assume, believe, estimate, anticipate,
forecast and similar formulations. Such statements are not to be
understood as in any way guaranteeing that those expectations will
turn out to be accurate. Future performance and the results
actually achieved by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and its affiliated
companies depend on a number of risks and uncertainties and may
therefore differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
Many of these factors are outside Henkel´s control and cannot be
accurately estimated in advance, such as the future economic
environment and the actions of competitors and others involved in
the marketplace. Henkel neither plans nor undertakes to update
forward-looking statements.

Contact

Lars Witteck Wulf Klüppelholz
Tel. +49 211 797 - 2606 Tel. +49 211 797 - 1875
Fax +49 211 798 - 4040 Fax +49 211 798 - 4040

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

http://www.henkel.com{0>

press@henkel.com

Further inquiry note:
Irene Honisch
Corporate Communications
Tel.: +49 (0)211 797-5668
E-Mail: irene.honisch@henkel.com

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company: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Henkelstr. 67
D-40191 Düsseldorf
phone: +49 (0)211 797-0
FAX: +49 (0)211 798-4008
WWW: http://www.henkel.com
sector: Consumer Goods
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