Meeting attendance and independence

In the 2023 business year, meetings were held as follows:

• The Supervisory Board met five times.
• The Personnel Committee met four times.
• The Audit Committee met five times.
• The Nomination Committee met once..
• The Strategy Committee met once.

With the exception of one meeting, at which two members were absent, all respective members attended all meetings of the Supervisory Board. With the exception of one meeting of the Audit Committee, at which one member was absent, and the meeting of the Strategy Committee, at which one member was absent, all respective members attended all meetings of the Supervisory Board’s committees. During the 2023 business year, the meetings of the Supervisory Board and its committees were held almost entirely as in-person meetings with the additional option of virtual attendance via electronic communication. Only the Audit Committee held one of its five meetings as completely virtual meetings.

Meeting attendance of Supervisory Board members in Supervisory Board and Committee meetings of BASF SE in 2023 and assessment of independence¹

Dr. Kurt Bock

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Shareholder representative

Independence: yes

¹ For the criteria applied to assess the Supervisory Board members‘ independence, see BASF Report 2023

* BASF includes employee representatives in its independence assessment, however, the mere role of an employee or an employment by BASF are not considered to be a reason for excluding the independence.