Meeting attendance and independence

In the 2022 business year, meetings were held as follows:

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

All members attended all meetings of the Supervisory Board. The meetings of the Supervisory Board committees were also attended by all respective committee members. During the 2022 business year, the meetings of the Supervisory Board and its committees were held almost entirely as in-person meetings in compliance with appropriate safety measures with the additional option of virtual attendance via electronic communication. Only the Audit Committee held two of its five meetings as completely virtual meetings.

Meeting attendance of Supervisory Board members in Supervisory Board and Committee meetings of BASF SE in 2022 and assessment of independence ¹

Dr. Kurt Bock

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Shareholder representative

Independence: yes

Retired from the Supervisory Board on April 29, 2022:

Denise Schellemans

Employee representative

Independence: not independent due to BASF SE Supervisory Board membership for more than 12 years (since January 14, 2008) *

¹ For the criteria applied to assess the Supervisory Board members‘ independence, see BASF Report 2022

* BASF includes employee representatives in its assessment of independence, however, the fact of being an employee or an existing employment contract are not considered as reasons to compromise a Supervisory Board member’s independence.