- Group sales increased by 11.0 percent to 5.7 billion euros, organically +6.5 percent
- Adhesive Technologies: significant organic sales growth of 7.9 percent with strong price and positive volume developments
- Consumer Brands: very strong organic sales growth of 4.8 percent with significantly positive price and volume developments
- Organic sales growth driven by all regions
- All five acquisitions announced in 2026 successfully closed:
- Expansion into two adjacent businesses in Adhesive Technologies
- Strengthening of Hair business area in the Consumer Brands business unit
- Outlook for fiscal 2026 updated:
- Organic sales growth: 3.0 to 4.0 percent (previously: 1.5 to 3.5 percent)
- Adjusted return on sales: around 15 percent (previously: 14.5 to 16.0 percent)
- Adjusted earnings per preferred share (EPS): mid-single-digit percentage increase at constant exchange rates (previously: low to high single-digit percentage increase at constant exchange rates)
