Henkel Plans to Save $531 Million in Consumer Brands Merger, Affecting 2000 Jobs
05 Mai 2022 - 8:52AM
Dow Jones News
By Ed Frankl
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA on Thursday laid out plans to save 500
million euros ($531.1 million) annually as part of the merger of
its consumer businesses.
The combination of its laundry & home care and beauty-care
units into a consumer brands business would affect around 2,000
jobs world-wide, mainly in sales and administration, with the first
phase of measures to be implemented by the end of 2023, Henkel
said.
The German company expects one-time costs of around EUR350
million on the move.
It is targeting around EUR500 million in gross savings in the
midterm, and to save around EUR250 million net each year, it
said.
For the consumer-brands segment, Henkel is targeting organic
sales growth of 3%-4% and an adjusted EBIT margin in the mid-teens
percentage range, Henkel said.
The Dusseldorf-based company added that it is reviewing its
portfolio brands worth up to EUR1 billion in annual sales.
Separately, Henkel said first-quarter sales increased on year by
6.1% to EUR5.27 billion, driven by higher prices, despite what it
called a "very challenging environment."
It kept its full-year guidance, but said it now expects material
prices to increase in the mid-twenties percentage range compared
with 2021 amid tight supply chains made worse by the Ukraine
war.
Write to Ed Frankl at edward.frankl@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 05, 2022 02:37 ET (06:37 GMT)
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