Henkel KGaA Annual General Meeting

Dividend increase approved

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Düsseldorf (euro adhoc) - Today's Annual General Meeting of Henkel
KGaA in Düsseldorf provided around 2500 shareholders with an
overview of the company's development and performance in fiscal
2007.

"Fiscal 2007 was another successful year for Henkel. Founded on
strong organic growth, we were able to further increase both sales
and profits," said Ulrich Lehner, Chairman of the Management Board
of Henkel KGaA. "In increasing the dividend payout, we are
ensuring that our shareholders participate in the success of
the company."

Resolution on dividends

The Annual General Meeting approved a dividend of 0.51 euros (+
6.3 percent) per ordinary share and 0.53 euros (+ 6.0 percent) per
preferred share.

Authorization to purchase own shares

Once again, the Annual General Meeting authorized management to
purchase the company's own ordinary or preferred shares, subject
to a maximum aggregate holding of ten percent of the company's
capital stock.

Elections to the Supervisory Board

Dr. Friderike Bagel, Thomas Manchot, Konstantin von Unger, Bernhard
Walter and Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste were re-elected as
shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board. Dr. Simone
Bagel-Trah, Dr. sc. nat. Michael Kaschke, member of the
Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen (Germany) and
Thierry Paternot, Operating Partner, Duke Street Capital, Paris
(France) were newly elected to the Supervisory Board.

Elections to the Shareholders' Committee Dr. Paul Achleitner, Dr.
Simone Bagel-Trah, Stefan Hamelmann, Dr. h.c. Ulrich Hartmann, Dr.
h.c. Christoph Henkel, Konstantin von Unger, Karel Vuursteen and
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste were re-elected to the Shareholders'
Committee. Newly elected to the Shareholders' Committee were Prof.
Dr. Ulrich Lehner and Werner Wenning, Chairman of the Board of
Management of Bayer AG, Leverkusen (Germany). Formerly, Wenning
had been a member of the Supervisory Board of Henkel KGaA since
2003.

Amendments to the Articles of Association Effective the end of the
Annual General Meeting, Henkel Management AG joined Henkel KGaA
as its sole personally liable partner. The sole shareholder of
Henkel Management AG is Henkel KGaA. The Management Board of Henkel
Management AG is made up of the members of the former Management
Board of Henkel KGaA, with the exception of Prof. Dr. Lehner.
The amendments to the Articles of Association resulting from
this measure were ratified by the Annual General Meeting. The
company name has been changed from "Henkel KGaA" to "Henkel AG &
Co. KGaA".

Kasper Rorsted succeeds Ulrich Lehner Having reached the internally
agreed age of retirement, today Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner resigned
his post as Chairman of the Management Board of Henkel KGaA. His
successor is Kasper Rorsted (46) who was appointed Vice Chairman
of the Management Board back in January 2007. Kasper Rorsted will,
in future, be the Chairman of the Management Board of Henkel
Management AG. In welcoming him to his new post, Ulrich Lehner
said: "I am delighted to have in Mr. Rorsted a successor in
whose hands I am convinced Henkel will prosper." 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 for download available at: http://henkel.com/press
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Further inquiry note:

Heike Ambaum

Tel.: +49 (0)211 797-2942

E-Mail: heike.ambaum@henkel.com

Branche: Consumer Goods
ISIN: DE0006048432
WKN: 604843
Index: DAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share
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