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Solar-powered across the Australian Outback: In just over a week, the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge will kick off in Australia. This international competition, held since 1987, brings together teams from around the world to race self-built, solar-powered vehicles across the continent. It is considered the toughest test of its kind globally. Among the participants is a student team from Aachen, Germany, with a race car powered by high-performance adhesives from Henkel.

• Group sales in the first half of the year organically at prior-year level: 10.4 billion euros ‏(organic -0.1 percent; Q2: +0.9 percent)
• Operating profit ‏(EBIT)* increases to 1,614 million euros ‏(+0.2 percent)
• EBIT margin* improves to 15.5 percent ‏(+60 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* rises to 2.81 euros, +5.0 percent at constant exchange rates
• Implementation of Purposeful Growth Agenda further progressed
  • Clear focus on global megatrends strengthens competitiveness and resilience of Adhesive Technologies in a challenging market environment
  • Significant volume improvement in Consumer Brands – Top 10 brands deliver good organic sales growth
• Outlook for fiscal 2025 updated:
  • Organic sales growth: 1.0 to 2.0 percent ‏(previously: 1.5 to 3.5 percent)
  • Adjusted return on sales: 14.5 to 15.5 percent ‏(previously: 14.0 to 15.5 percent)
  • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS): increase in the low to high single-digit percentage range at constant exchange rates ‏(unchanged)