Meeting attendance and independence

In the 2024 business year, meetings were held as follows:

• The Supervisory Board met six times.
• The Personnel Committee met three times.
• The Audit Committee met five times.
• The Nomination Committee did not meet.
• The Strategy Committee met three times.

All members attended all meetings of the Supervisory Board. The meetings of the Supervisory Board committees were attended by all respective committee members. During the 2024 business year, the meetings of the Supervisory Board and its committees were held almost entirely as general in-person meetings with the additional option of virtual attendance. Only the Audit Committee held one of its five meetings as a hybrid meeting.

Meeting attendance of Supervisory Board members in Supervisory Board and Committee meetings of BASF SE in 2024 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 2024

* 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.