Virginia Man Wins $5,000 for Story of How Duct Tape Saved the Day

-Henkel Corporation Announces Winners of Its Saves the Day
Promotion-
AVON, Ohio--(Business Wire)--Whether it saved the day at a family outing, conquered a traveling
mishap or salvaged an outdoor adventure, nearly everyone has their own
story of how duct tape came to their rescue. For the last seven
months, people across the country entered their duct tape "saves the
day" stories with the hope that their unique tale might win them the
first place prize in the Duck(R) brand Duct Tape Saves the Day
Promotion sponsored by Henkel Corporation. It was Dan Gardner, from
Gladstone, Va., who took home the $5,000 grand prize and a year's
supply of Duck(R) brand duct tape for his handy use of duct tape.

During the contest period, more than 2,650 stories from the United
States and Canada were submitted, providing a variety of creative,
original and inventive uses for America's favorite fix-all, ranging
from in-a-bind automotive applications to quick fixes on the road to
clever home repair remedies. Gardner's story included the use of duct
tape, disposable diapers and antibiotic ointment to save the life of
an injured horse, which had become lame due to severe hoof damage.

Rather than destroy the horse, the rescue facility that Gardner
was volunteering at decided to try to save its life. "After two years
and hundreds of rolls of duct tape, the horse made a full recovery,"
said Gardner. "Today the horse is my youngest daughter's foxhunter and
event horse."

In addition to Gardner, 10 additional winners were chosen at
random and received $500 as well as a year's supply of Duck(R) brand
duct tape.

All the entries in the 2007 Duck(R) brand Duct Tape Saves the Day
Promotion can be viewed at www.ducktapesavestheday.com.

DUCK(R) BRAND DUCT TAPE

Duck(R) brand duct tape is available nationally at mass
merchandise, hardware and craft retailers. Duck(R) brand duct tape is
available in 20 colors and patterns, including aqua, camouflage,
fluorescent green, pink, orange and yellow, standard silver, and an
assortment of other traditional colors such as red, yellow, black and
blue. More information on where to buy Duck(R) brand duct tape is
listed at www.ducktapeclub.com.

The Duck brand offers an array of tapes, packaging supplies and
home products that provide simple, imaginative and helpful solutions
for a variety of tasks around the home, school and office. Visit
www.duckproducts.com for additional product information.

Duck brand products are developed and marketed by Henkel
Corporation, a part of Henkel, a worldwide leader in adhesives and a
European leader in laundry/home care and personal care products.
Henkel's North American consumer adhesive brands include Duck(R),
Loctite(R), LePage(R) (for Canada only), PL(R), Pro-Series(R),
Polyseamseal(R), Pritt(R) and Painter's Mate Green(R) brands. With
more than 50,000 employees worldwide, Henkel generated combined sales
of 12.740 billion euros in 2006. For additional information, please
visit www.henkel.us.

Liggett Stashower
Michelle Leitzy, 216-373-8429
mleitzy@liggett.com

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