BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals as well as oil and gas. As a reliable partner BASF helps its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF posted sales of more than €62 billion in 2008 and had approximately 97,000employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.

We help our customers to be more successful through intelligent system solutions and high-quality products. Through new technologies we can tap into additional market opportunities. We conduct our business in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company - The Chemical Company. As a reliable partner, we help our customers in almost all industries to be more successful. With high-value products and intelligent solutions, with innovations and new technologies, we open up new market opportunities for ourselves and our customers.

We aim to constantly increase the value of our company by growing profitably. With our products and services, we want to participate in successfully shaping the future of our customers, business partners and employees.

We combine economic success with social responsibility and environmental protection. We make our contribution to finding the answers to global challenges, such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. This is our contribution to a better future for us and for coming generations.