The Supervisory Board of BASF SE has announced the following changes to the Board of Executive Directors: Effective at the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011, Margret Suckale and Michael Heinz will be newly named to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. Suckale will become Industrial Relations Director and head of Ressort II, and Heinz will take over as head of Ressort IV. Effective at the same time, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel will become Chief Financial Officer and will be responsible for Ressort III. He will be located in the United States. Dr. Harald Schwager will succeed Engel as head of Ressort V. As previously announced, Dr. Kurt Bock will succeed Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors. Hambrecht and Dr. John Feldmann, member of the Board, are retiring at the end of the Annual Meeting in 2011. The new responsibilities on BASF’s board will take effect at the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011.
