Advance Notice First-Quarter Interim Report 2009

On the occasion of the Annual Meeting we will publish BASF’s First-Quarter Interim Report and the news release on April 30, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. (CEST).

On April 30, 2009, you can obtain further information from the Internet at the following addresses:

Interim Report (from 7:00 a.m. CEST)
corporate.basf.com/interimreport           (English)
corporate.basf.com/zwischenbericht     (German)

Press release (from 7:00 a.m. CEST)
corporate.basf.com/pressrelease                (English)
corporate.basf.com/pressemitteilungen    (German)

Live Transmission – Telephone Conference for Analystsand Investors (from 8:30 a.m. CEST) as well as Information about BASF shares
corporate.basf.com/share       (English)
corporate.basf.com/aktie        (German)

Live Transmission – Speech Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht (from 10:00 a.m. CEST)
corporate.basf.com/shareholdermeeting       (English)
corporate.basf.com/hauptversammlung       (German)

Speech Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht – print version (from 11:30 a.m. CEST)
corporate.basf.com/pcon         (English)
corporate.basf.com/pk             (German)

Photos from the Annual Meeting (from 1:00 p.m. CEST)
www.basf.com/pressphoto-database      (English)
www.basf.com/pressfoto-datenbank       (German)

Note to Editors:

You can download press photos from the Internet at the following links as of April 29, 2009:
www.basf.com/pressphoto-database      (English)
www.basf.com/pressefoto-datenbank     (German)

You can download general corporate press photos from the Internet at:
www.basf.com/pressphotos          (English)
www.basf.com/pressefotos           (German)

Current TV footage is available at:
www.tvservice.basf.com            (English)
www.tvservice.basf.com            (German) 

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