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Business & Financial News | October 29, 2025

In a demanding environment, BASF achieves earnings slightly above market expectations and only slightly below Q3 2024

The third quarter of 2025 was characterized by challenging market dynamics. “Customer buying behavior in almost all industries and regions remained cautious. Even in this demanding market environment, BASF’s earnings came in slightly above market expectations and only slightly below the level of the prior-year quarter,” said Dr. Markus Kamieth, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF, when presenting the third-quarter figures together with Chief Financial Officer Dr. Dirk Elvermann. At €1.5 billion, BASF Group’s EBITDA before special items, including the discontinued coatings business, was down slightly by €78 million compared with the same quarter of the previous year.
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BASF-Fahnen am Standort Ludwigshafen
Business & Financial News | October 29, 2025

In a demanding environment, BASF achieves earnings slightly above market expectations and only slightly below Q3 2024

The third quarter of 2025 was characterized by challenging market dynamics. “Customer buying behavior in almost all industries and regions remained cautious. Even in this demanding market environment, BASF’s earnings came in slightly above market expectations and only slightly below the level of the prior-year quarter,” said Dr. Markus Kamieth, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF, when presenting the third-quarter figures together with Chief Financial Officer Dr. Dirk Elvermann. At €1.5 billion, BASF Group’s EBITDA before special items, including the discontinued coatings business, was down slightly by €78 million compared with the same quarter of the previous year.
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Business & Financial News | October 28, 2025

BASF to begin share buyback program in November 2025

In view of cash proceeds already received and further proceeds expected, particularly from portfolio measures, the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE has today, October 28, 2025, resolved on a share buyback program. The program, which has a volume of up to €1.5 billion, is scheduled to start in November 2025 and be concluded by the end of June 2026. It is part of the share buyback announced at the Capital Markets Day in September 2024, with a total volume of €4 billion until the end of 2028. BASF SE will cancel all repurchased shares and reduce the share capital accordingly
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Business & Financial News | October 28, 2025

Changes to BASF’s Board of Executive Directors

The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE is continuing to further develop the strategic direction of the company in line with its “Winning Ways” strategy. This includes the setup of the Board of Executive Directors. The Supervisory Board of BASF SE today, October 28, 2025, appointed Dr. Mary Kurian (48) and Dr. Livio Tedeschi (54) as members of the Board of Executive Directors effective May 1, 2026. At the same time, Michael Heinz (61) will retire as planned.
 
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Signing the license agreement (from left to right): Matthias Hoetzl, Director Commercial Sales, Andritz; Katharina Sandriesser, Legal Counsel, Andritz; Dr. Klaus Bärnthaler, Vice President Proposal & Business Development, Andritz; Dietmar Heinisser, Member of the Board, Andritz; Vasilios Galanos, Senior Vice President Intermediates Europe, BASF; Hamideh Ahi, Technical Marketing Manager OASE, BASF; Glenn Langguth, Global Commercial Management OASE, BASF. Photo: BASF
Trade News | October 23, 2025

BASF and ANDRITZ sign license agreement for OASE® technology

Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 23, 2025 – BASF SE (BASF) and ANDRITZ Group have signed a license agreement for the use of BASF’s proprietary gas treatment technology, OASE® blue, in a carbon capture project planned to be implemented in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. The project aims to capture approximately 435,000[1] tons of CO2 annually from the flue gases of a waste-to-energy plant for sequestration; the city of Aarhus has set itself the goal of becoming CO2-neutral by 2030. ANDRITZ, the selected supplier for the carbon capture plant, is currently conducting pre-engineering. The project’s implementation is contingent upon the customer receiving funding from the Danish CCS fund.
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Business & Financial News | October 23, 2025

Change in leadership at BASF communications

Dr. Nina Schwab-Hautzinger, Head of Corporate Communications & Government Relations, will leave BASF effective January 31, 2026, to take on a new professional opportunity. The company will announce the successor in due course.
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