FAQ

The next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on Friday, May 2, 2025.

The opening of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting by the meeting chair and the speech of the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors will be broadcast live online on May 2, 2025, and will be accessible to all and available as a recording after the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Shareholders can follow the entire Annual Shareholders’ Meeting live via the online service using their shareholder number and corresponding password.

Access to the online service

The opening of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting by the meeting chair and the speech of the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors are broadcasted live and will be available as a recording for two years on the website at www.basf.com/shareholdersmeeting.

If you have any questions regarding the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, please contact our Shareholder Hotline on +49 (621) 60-99888 (Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CET) or send an email to hv-service@basf.com.

Information material can be ordered online.

Registration and entry in the share register

The only persons who are entitled – personally or through authorized representatives – to participate in the virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and exercise voting rights are those shareholders who have registered by midnight (CEST) on Friday, April 25, 2025, either at the following address

Hauptversammlung BASF SE
c/o ADEUS Aktienregister-Service-GmbH
20784 Hamburg
Germany
Fax: +49 89 2070 37951
Email: hv-service@basf.com

or online according to the procedure laid down by the company at www.basf.com/asm-service and who are entered in the share register for the registered shares. For purposes of determining attendance and voting rights, the shares recorded in the share register at the end of April 25, 2025, are decisive. The receipt of the registration at the company is decisive for determining compliance with the registration deadline. Attendees participate by way of electronic connection.

If an intermediary is registered in the share register, it can only exercise the voting rights for shares that do not belong to it by virtue of a proxy issued by the shareholder.

Applications for share transfers in the share register that are received by the company after the end of April 25, 2025 (Technical Record Date) up to the end of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 2, 2025, will be executed in the company’s share register and take effect only after the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 2, 2025.

Owners of American Depositary Shares (ADS) receive the documents for the issue of a proxy from the Bank of New York Mellon (Depositary). Shares are not blocked by registration for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting; shareholders therefore remain free to dispose of their shares even after registration.
 

Connection

Attendance at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting takes place via electronic connection to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. The shareholder or his authorized representative can connect to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 2, 2025, using his login data via the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service and thereby exercise all rights of participation.

In the event a shareholder has authorized a third party to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the shareholder can only connect if he has rescinded the authorization of the third party (as set out below under number II. 6. c) “Voting by an authorized representative”). The same applies to the connection by an authorized representative if the shareholder has authorized multiple third parties to participate in the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. In the event a proxy is granted to a company-appointed proxy, no revocation of the proxy is required for the shareholder to connect.

A shareholder can also follow a live audio and video broadcast of the entire Annual Shareholders’ Meeting via the online service even if he has authorized a third party to exercise his shareholder’s rights. In such a case, the shareholder will not be included in the list of attendees.

The only persons who are entitled to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and exercise their voting rights are those shareholders who have registered not later than Friday, April 25, 2025 and who are entered in the share register for the registered shares.

For purposes of determining attendance and voting rights, the shares recorded in the share register at the end of April 25, 2025 are decisive.

In order to vote, the shareholder must be properly registered for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and entered in the share register for the registered shares. Shareholders may exercise their voting rights themselves or through an authorized representative by absentee voting or by a proxy granted to the company-appointed proxies.
 

Absentee voting

Shareholders can cast their votes in writing or by way of electronic communication (hereinafter “absentee voting”). To exercise voting rights, shareholders must register for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting prior to midnight (CEST) on April 25, 2025 (see above, under number II. 5. a) “Registration and entry in the share register”). Authorized representatives can also use absentee voting to cast their votes. This is likewise possible for authorized intermediaries, shareholder associations, proxy advisors and persons who tender, on a commercial basis, the service to shareholders of exercising their voting right at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Electronic absentee voting takes place via the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service using the online form provided there. Electronic absentee voting, including changes to or revocation of votes, is only possible via the online service until the end of voting.

If absentee votes are cast in paper form, the votes must be received by the end of voting during the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting at the following address:

Hauptversammlung BASF SE
c/o ADEUS Aktienregister-Service-GmbH
20784 Hamburg
Germany
Fax: +49 89 2070 37951
Email: hv-service@basf.com

To change or revoke votes cast by absentee voting outside of the online service, the abovementioned provisions relating to the possibilities for transmission and the deadlines apply accordingly.
 

Voting by company-appointed proxy

Shareholders can be represented at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting by proxies appointed by the company. The proxies can be authorized in text form or via the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service. Issuing proxies and providing or changing instructions to the proxies are possible via the online service until the end of voting.

Issuing, changing or revoking a proxy and instructions to the proxies can also be carried out in written form outside of the online service. These must be received by the company by the end of voting during the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting at the following address:

Hauptversammlung BASF SE
c/o ADEUS Aktienregister-Service-GmbH
20784 Hamburg
Germany
Fax: +49 89 2070 37951
Email: hv-service@basf.com

Please note that voting via proxy also requires registration prior to midnight (CEST) on April 25, 2025 (see above, under number II. 5. a) “Registration and entry in the share register”). Beatriz Rosa Malavé and Annette Buchen have been appointed proxies with the sole right of representation. The proxies exercise the voting rights solely on the basis of the instructions provided. In the event that an individual vote takes place on an Item of the Agenda, any instruction issued for this purpose will apply to each individual sub-item accordingly. Please note that the proxies appointed by the company will not accept any instructions to speak, file opposition to resolutions by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, ask questions or put forward motions on behalf of the shareholder.
 

Voting by an authorized representative

In addition to postal absentee voting and voting by proxy, shareholders entered in the share register can have their voting rights in the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting exercised by an authorized representative, for example, an intermediary, an association of shareholders or a proxy advisor. In this case as well, shareholders must register for the virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting prior to midnight (CEST) on April 25, 2025 (see above, under number II. 5. a) “Registration and entry in the share register”).

In order for the authorized representative to use the online service, the authorized representative must receive the login data in good time (see above, under number II. 4. “Access to the online service”).

In the case of an authorization of an intermediary, an association of shareholders, a proxy advisor, or any other person specified in Section 135(8) of the German Stock Corporation Act, the form of authorization is governed by the respective offer for exercising the voting right by the authorized representative.

The issuing of a proxy to anyone other than the abovementioned persons, its revocation, and proof of the authorization vis-à-vis the company must be in written form and sent to the company at the following address:

Hauptversammlung BASF SE
c/o ADEUS Aktienregister-Service-GmbH
20784 Hamburg
Germany
Fax: +49 89 2070 37951
Email: hv-service@basf.com

In addition, authorizations can be issued or revoked via the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service until the end of voting with respect to the voting rights and in all other respects until the conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Those intermediaries, associations of shareholders, and proxy advisors that participate in the company’s online service can also be authorized via the online service according to the procedure laid down by the company at www.basf.com/asm-service.

The physical participation of authorized representatives in the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting is also precluded and therefore they may only exercise voting rights at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting by absentee voting or by authorizing the companyappointed proxies. With regard to the exercise of further shareholder rights at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the information and instructions contained in this notice apply accordingly.
 

Forms provided by the company for registration and issuing proxies

For the registration or issuing proxies, the form prepared by the company for this purpose can be used. Shareholders who are entered in the share register but do not have their email address for receipt of the invitation recorded in the share register will be sent the form by post. Shareholders who are entered in the share register and whose email address for receipt of the invitation is recorded in the share register will receive the form along with the email invitation to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. The registration and proxy form is also available at www.basf.com/asm-service.

After the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of BASF SE on May 2, 2025, you will be able to download your voting confirmation from the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service.

Countermotions against a proposal by the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board on a specific Item of the Agenda and, in the event of an election to the Supervisory Board, electoral proposals for the election of members of the Supervisory Board or auditors must be sent to the following address only. Countermotions and electoral proposals sent to other addresses will not be taken into consideration.

BASF SE
CL/G – C007
67056 Ludwigshafen
Germany
Fax: +49 621 60-6620044
Email: hv2025@basf.com

Countermotions and electoral proposals, including any corresponding explanations, which are to be made accessible according to the German Stock Corporation Act and are received up to the end of April 17, 2025, at the above address with evidence of shareholder status will be published promptly on the internet at www.basf. com/shareholdersmeeting.

Countermotions and electoral proposals from shareholders that are to be made accessible in accordance with Sections 126 or 127 of the German Stock Corporation Act are in accordance with Section 126(4) of the German Stock Corporation Act considered as having been proposed at the time at which they are made accessible. Properly registered shareholders and their authorized representatives can exercise their voting rights with regard to these countermotions and electoral proposals. If the shareholder who presented the countermotion or the electoral proposal is not entered in the share register or is not properly registered for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the countermotion or electoral proposal must not be considered at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

In addition, countermotions and electoral proposals as well as other motions can also be submitted during the virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting by means of video communication during a spoken contribution.

Countermotions and electoral proposals that are to be made accessible according to the German Stock Corporation Act are published promptly on the internet at www.basf.com/shareholdersmeeting. Any replies from management will also be published at the above internet address.

Shareholders properly registered for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting can submit statements on Agenda Items by means of electronic communication prior to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. These statements must be in text form and in the German language and must be received by the company via the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service by midnight on April 26, 2025. A written statement may have a total length of no more than 10,000 characters (including spaces).

The statements to be made accessible are published, including the shareholder’s name and place of residence or headquarters, in the online service of the company at www.basf.com/asm-service by April 27, 2025, at the latest.

Motions, electoral proposals, questions and objections to the resolutions of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting contained in the statements will not be taken into account. This notice conclusively sets out the respective procedures to exercise these rights.

Shareholders and authorized representatives who are properly registered and are participating in the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting by electronic means have a right to speak at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting by means of video communication technology in accordance with Article 118a(1) sentence 2 number 7 in combination with Article 130a(5) and (6) of the German Stock Corporation Act. Motions and electoral proposals in accordance with Article 118a(1) sentence 2 number 3 of the German Stock Corporation Act and all requests for information in accordance with Article 131 of the German Stock Corporation Act may be part of the spoken contribution.

Requests to speak can be submitted on the day of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting starting at 9:45 a.m. CEST via the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service. During the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the meeting chairman will provide further details about how requests to speak are to be submitted and how permission to speak is given.

In accordance with Section 130a(6) of the German Stock Corporation Act, the company reserves the right to test the functionality of the video communication between the shareholder or the shareholder’s representative and the company during the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and prior to the spoken contribution. The company can refuse to admit the spoken contribution if said functionality is not assured. Shareholders and shareholder representatives therefore need an internet-capable device with a camera and microphone as well as a stable internet connection for live video sharing.

Via the online service at www.basf.com/asm-service you may access your data in the share register as well as update the entries you have made there. For any changes to your name, please contact your depositary bank.

The dividend will be paid out on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, i.e., on the third working day after the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 5, 2025, i.e., the first working day after the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. This is the day on which the shares are traded on the stock exchange without dividend entitlement for the first time.