- Adhesive Technologies delivers robust performance
- Beauty Care below prior year
- Laundry & Home Care achieves good business development
- Group sales rise by 0.8% to 5,077 million euros, organic: -0.3%
- EBIT margin* at 16.7% (-1.7 pp)
- Earnings per preferred share* reach 1.43 euros, nominal -9.5%, at constant exchange rates -10.8%
- Increased investments in brands and digitalization
- Very strong free cash flow: 823 million euros (+339 million euros)
