EQS-PVR: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Düsseldorf, March 21, 2025

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf, has been notified that on March 19, 2025, the proportion of voting rights held by the members of the share-pooling agreement of the Henkel Family represents in total a percentage of 61.85 percent of the voting rights (160,677,029 votes) in Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE0006048408), held by

• 143 members of the families of the descendants of Fritz Henkel, the company’s founder,
• eighteen foundations set up by members of those families,
• three trusts set up by members of those families,
• two private limited companies (GmbH) set up by members of those families and twelve limited partnerships with a limited company as general partner (GmbH & Co. KG),

under the terms of a share-pooling agreement as envisaged in § 34 (2) of the German Securities Trading Law (WpHG), whereby the shares held by the two private limited companies and the twelve limited partnerships with a limited company as general partner representing a percentage of 15.89 percent (41,284,284 votes) are attributed (as envisaged in § 34 (1) No. 1 WpHG) to the family members who control those companies.

No party to the share-pooling agreement is obliged to notify that it has reached or exceeded 3 percent or more of the total voting rights in Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, even after adding voting rights expressly granted under the terms of usufruct agreements.

Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah, Germany, is the authorized representative of the parties to the Henkel Family share-pooling agreement.

(Latest release: November 27, 2023)

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA