Kasper Rorsted new Chairman of Henkel's Management Board

Change in the Management Board as planned

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Düsseldorf (euro adhoc) - Effective the end of Henkel's 2008 Annual
General Meeting, Kasper Rorsted is the new Chairman of the
Management Board. Having reached the internally agreed age of
retirement, his predecessor, Ulrich Lehner, resigned as of the
same date. Lehner was appointed Chairman back in May 2000 and,
with a brief interruption, had been with Henkel since 1981. He
will, however, remain closely associated with the company as a
member of its Shareholders' Committee.

Kasper Rorsted is the new Chairman of the Henkel Management
Board. Henkel announced that the 46-year-old Dane was to be the
successor of Ulrich Lehner as Henkel Chairman back in December 2006.
Having taken this decision at an early stage, Henkel was able to
continue the good tradition of providing employees, customers,
business partners and participants in the capital markets early
planning security. For all stakeholders, this decision means a high
degree of continuity in the areas of corporate culture, people
management and sustainable business development.

"Ulrich Lehner has been a major force in driving Henkel's
internationality and profitability. By realigning our focus to our
brands and technologies, he set the direction for the continuous
successful development of Henkel," commented Albrecht Woeste,
Chairman of both the Shareholders' Committee and the
Supervisory Board at Henkel, in thanking the departing
Chairman for the outstanding contribution he made to the company
during his long tenure. Woeste went on: "I am sure that Kasper
Rorsted will go on to add further chapters to Henkel's success
story."

Rorsted, who has been with Henkel since April 2005, will be the
company's first Chairman from outside the German-speaking area. He
is also the first Chairman of Henkel's newly constituted
Management Board. Effective the end of today's Annual General
Meeting, the newly founded Henkel Management AG joined Henkel
KGaA as its sole personally liable partner. Henkel KGaA will in
the future operate under the name of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. The
Management Board of Henkel Management AG comprises the same
executives who made up the former Management Board of the KGaA -
with the exception of Prof. Dr. Lehner - with Kasper Rorsted
as Chairman. Ulrich Lehner will hand over his office to Kasper
Rorsted tonight at an evening function with 250 invited guests.

"I am very much looking forward to the tasks ahead of me.
Henkel is an internationally successful company with strong,
well-known brands," commented Kasper Rorsted. "I see it as my duty
to continue driving Henkel forward to success. This will mean
continuously and consistently augmenting our many and varied
strengths. One of the main focal points for 2008 will be the
integration of the Adhesives and Electronic Materials businesses
acquired from National Starch."

Kasper Rorsted already has a successful career behind him,
having occupied senior positions in the international managements
of Digital, Oracle, Compaq and Hewlett Packard. Before joining the
Henkel Management Board, he was Senior Vice President and General
Manager at Hewlett Packard responsible for the Europe, Middle
East & Africa operation, which accounted for some 40,000
employees and annual sales of around 20 billion euros. When
Kasper Rorsted joined the Henkel Management Board in April 2005, he
assumed responsibility for Human Resources, Purchasing, IT and
Infrastructure Services. In January 2007, he was appointed
Vice-Chairman of the Management Board.

In addition to Danish, Rorsted also speaks English, German and
Swedish. He is married with four children.

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 Adhesives Technologies - and ranks among the
Fortune Global 500 companies. In fiscal 2007, Henkel generated
sales of 13,074 million euros and operating profit of 1,344
million euros. Our 58,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to
fulfilling our corporate claim, "A Brand like a Friend," and
ensuring that people in more than 125 countries can trust in
brands and technologies from Henkel.

Press Contact:

Lars Witteck Wulf Klüppelholz
Phone: +49-211-797-2606 Phone: +49-211-797-1875
Fax: +49-211-798-9208 Fax: +49-211-798-9208

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Head of Corporate Communications
Ernst Primosch, Corporate Vice President

press@henkel.com

Photo material and CVs for download available at:
http://henkel.com/press

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Branche: Consumer Goods
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