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BASF Report 2019

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Million €		2019	2018	+/–
Sales^a	million €	59,316	60,220	(1.5%)
EBITDA before special items^a	million €	8,217	9,271	(11.4%)
EBITDA^a	million €	8,036	8,970	(10.4%)
EBIT before special items^a	million €	4,536	6,281	(27.8%)
EBIT^a	million €	4,052	5,974	(32.2%)
Net income	million €	8,421	4,707	78.9%
ROCE^a	%	7.7	12.0	–
Earnings per share	€	9.17	5.12	79.1%
Assets	million €	86,950	86,556	0.5%
Investments including acquisitions^b	million €	4,097	10,735	(61.8%)

Employees at year-end		117,628	122,404	(3.9%)
Personnel expenses	million €	10,924	10,659	2.5%
Research and development expenses^a	million €	2,158	1,994	8.2%
Greenhouse gas emissions^c	million metric tons of CO₂ equivalents	20.1	21.9	(8.2%)
Energy efficiency in production processes	kilograms of sales product/MWh	598	626	(4.5%)
Accelerator sales	million €	15,017	14,284	5.1%
Number of on-site sustainability audits of raw material suppliers		81	100	(19.0%)

^a Restated figures; for more information, see the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

^b Additions to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment

^c Excluding sale of energy to third parties

Segment data¹

Chemicals	Million €
	2019	2018
Sales	9,532	11,694
EBIT before special items	791	1,587

Steamcracker im BASF-Werk Ludwigshafen

Industrial Solutions	Million €
	2019	2018
Sales	8,389	9,120
EBIT before special items	820	668

Lösungen für die Halbleiterindustrie

Nutrition & Care	Million €
	2019	2018
Sales	6,075	5,940
EBIT before special items	793	736

Materials	Million €
	2019	2018
Sales	11,466	13,270
EBIT before special items	1,003	2,400

Cellasto-Elemente für den Automobilbau / Cellasto components for automotive construction

Surface Technologies	Million €
	2019	2018
Sales	13,142	11,199
EBIT before special items	722	617

Agricultural Solutions	Million €
	2019	2018
Sales	7,814	6,156
EBIT before special items	1,095	734

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Last Update February 28, 2020