EANS-News: Henkel holds Annual General Meeting

Dividends approved at prior-year level

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Subtitle: Dividends approved at prior-year level

Düsseldorf (euro adhoc) - Held in Düsseldorf on April 19, the Annual
General Meeting of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA saw all of its agenda
resolutions passed by the voting shareholders, of whom a total of
some 2,000 attended the event.

Resolution on dividends The Annual General Meeting approved a
dividend of 0.51 euros per ordinary share and 0.53 euros per
preferred share, with dividend levels matching those of the previous
year.

Supervisory Board by-elections Dipl.-Kfm. Johann-Christoph Frey and
Dr. rer. nat. Kaspar Freiherr von Braun were elected as
shareholder-representative members of the Supervisory Board in place
of Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste who resigned his offices effective
September 22, 2009, and Konstantin von Unger who resigned his office
as of the end of the AGM.

Henkel has been committed to making people's lives easier, better and
more beautiful for more than 130 years. A Fortune Global 500 company,
Henkel offers strong brands and technologies in three areas of
competence: Home Care, Personal Care and Adhesive Technologies. Each
day, about 50,000 employees around the world are dedicated to
fulfilling Henkel's claim "A Brand like a Friend". In fiscal 2009,
Henkel generated sales of 13,573 million euros and adjusted operating
profit of 1,364 million euros.

Contact:
Lars Witteck Wulf Klüppelholz
Phone: +49-211-797-2606 Phone: +49-211-797-1875
Fax: +49-211-798-4040 Fax: +49-211-798-4040

press@henkel.com

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Further inquiry note:

Irene Honisch

Assistent Corporate Communications

Tel.: +49 (0)211 797-5668

E-Mail: irene.honisch@henkel.com

Branche: Consumer Goods
ISIN: DE0006048432
WKN: 604843
Index: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
Hannover / free trade
München / free trade
Berlin / regulated dealing