Investors

Notification of Voting Rights

Under the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapier­handels­gesetz, WpHG) shareholders and individuals having access to voting rights are obliged to notify the issuer and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanz­dienst­leistungs­aufsicht, BaFin) immediately when reaching, exceeding or falling below the thresholds of 3 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 %, 20 %, 25 %, 30 %, 50 % or 75 % of the voting rights in a publicly listed company either through the acquisition or disposal of shares or other financial instruments or by any other means (§§ 33, 38 and 39, formerly §§ 21, 25 and 25 a WpHG). The issuer is obliged to release any notification of voting rights without delay.

Overview major shareholders

  • due to voting rights attached to shares pursuant to §§ 33, 34 WpHG (>3%): 
    BlackRock Inc. (5.75%, 07/01/2025)
    The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (3.06%, 04/10/2026)
  • due to instruments pursuant to § 38 WpHG (>5%):
    none
  • due to total of voting rights attached to shares pursuant to §§ 33, 34 WpHG and to instruments pursuant to § 38 WpHG (>5%):
    BlackRock Inc. (6.03%, 07/01/2025)

We kindly request that any shareholders obliged to inform BASF SE about changes in shares of voting power send a relevant notification to the following address:

BASF SE
Investor Relations
67056 Ludwigshafen
Germany
Telefax: +49 621 60 22500
Email: stefanie.wettberg@basf.com and ir@basf.com

Since January 1, 2013, BASF SE has received the following notifications of voting rights:

2026

Date on which threshold
was crossed or reached
Notifying entity/individual Kind of notification
(§§ 33, 38, 39 WpHG)
Release
04/10/2026 The Capital Group Companies, Inc. Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights 04/14/2026

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Last UpdateApril 14, 2026