Personnel Changes at BASF

BASF has announced the following changes in its management team:

Raimar Jahn (61), President, Performance Materials, BASF Belgium Coordination Center Comm. V., Waterloo, will retire effective August 31, 2019.

Martin Jung (50), Senior Vice President, Surface Treatment, Chemetall GmbH, Frankfurt, will join Performance Materials on August 1, 2019, and will, as President, succeed Raimar Jahn effective September 1, 2019.

Christophe Cazabeau (49), Vice President, Senior Project Integration Engineering Plastics, BASF Polyurethanes GmbH, Lemförde, will, as Senior Vice President, succeed Martin Jung effective August 1, 2019.

Ramkumar Dhruva (51), President, South & East Asia, ASEAN & ANZ, BASF East Asia RHQ Ltd., Hong Kong, will assume responsibility for the Division Monomers, BASF Belgium Coordination Center Comm. V., Waterloo, effective July 1, 2019. The current head, Kenneth T. Lane (51), has decided to leave the company.

Carola Richter (46), until December 2018 Senior Vice President Economic Evaluations, will, as President, succeed Ramkumar Dhruva effective July 1, 2019.

About BASF

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 122,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €63 billion in 2018. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.

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