Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus (SARS‑CoV‑2) in Germany, we will not be able to hold its Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 30, 2020 at the Rosengarten Congress Center as planned. The health of employees, shareholders and the service providers involved takes priority. The state of Baden-Württemberg has banned events with more than 100 participants for the time being until June 15, 2020.
Countermotions and election nominations by shareholders to be made available, including the shareholders’ names and any supporting information to be made available, will be made available on our website for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
Information material can be ordered online.
We will publish these details for the 2020 Annual Shareholders‘ Meeting in due time.
We will publish these details for the 2020 Annual Shareholders‘ Meeting in due time.
The only persons who are entitled to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and exercise their voting rights are those shareholders who have registered in due time and who are entered in the share register for the registered shares. For purposes of determining attendance and voting rights, the shares recorded in the share register at the deadline notice of intention at attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting are decisive.
For further information on proxies please feel free to contact BASF at the phone number +49 621 60-52629.
You can bring your cellular phone. However, we would like to ask you, though, to keep it switched off so as not to disturb other people attending the meeting.
Our staff at the information desks will be happy to answer your questions.
The speech of the Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE will be broadcast live on the internet and is accessible at www.basf.com/generalmeeting.
At the time of voting 51.2% of the share capital of BASF SE were represented.
| Fiscal year | Dividend per share | Annual Shareholders’ Meeting | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3.20 | 05/03/19 | 05/08/19 |
| 2017 | 3.10 | 05/04/18 | 05/09/18 |
| 2016 | 3.00 | 05/12/17 | 05/17/17 |
| 2015 | 2.90 | 04/29/16 | 05/02/16 |
| 2014 | 2.80 | 04/30/15 | 05/04/15 |
| 2013 | 2.70 | 05/02/14 | 05/05/14 |
| 2012 | 2.60 | 04/26/13 | 04/29/13 |
| 2011 | 2.50 | 04/27/12 | 04/30/12 |
| 2010 | 2.20 | 05/06/11 | 05/09/11 |
| 2009 | 1.70 | 04/29/10 | 04/30/10 |
| 2008 | 1.95 | 04/30/09 | 05/04/09 |
| 2007 | 1.95 | 04/24/08 | 04/25/08 |
| 2006 | 1.50 | 04/26/07 | 04/27/07 |
| 2005 | 1.00 | 05/04/06 | 05/05/06 |
| 2004 | 0.85 | 04/28/05 | 04/29/05 |
| 2003 | 0.70 | 04/29/04 | 04/30/04 |
| 2002 | 0.70 | 05/06/03 | 05/07/03 |
| 2001 | 0.65 | 04/30/02 | 05/02/02 |
| 2000 | 0.65 + 0.35 | 04/26/01 | 04/27/01 |
| 1999 | 0.57 | 04/27/00 | 04/28/00 |
No, there is no full transcript, video or sound recording of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. However, the speech of the Chairman of the Board of Execution Directors (live and replay) is available on our website for two years.
We will publish these details for the 2020 Annual Shareholders‘ Meeting in due time.