BASF share performance BASF share gains 3.9% in 2017 Long-term performance continues to clearly exceed benchmark indexes The BASF share closed the 2017 stock market year with a closing price of €91.74. This equates to a 3.9% rise in the value of BASF shares compared with the previous year’s closing price, which also marked the high for 2016. Assuming that dividends were reinvested, BASF shares gained 7.4% in value in 2017. The benchmark indexes of the German and European stock markets – the DAX 30 and the EURO STOXX 50 – rose by 12.5% and 9.2% over the same period, respectively. The global industry index MSCI World Chemicals gained 23.6%. The BASF share reached a new high of €97.46 over the course of 2017. Viewed over a 10-year period, the long-term performance of BASF shares still clearly surpasses the German, European and global benchmark indexes. The assets of an investor who invested €1,000 in BASF shares at the end of 2007 and reinvested the dividends in additional BASF shares would have increased to €2,676 by the end of 2017. This represents an annual yield of 10.3%, placing BASF shares above the returns for the DAX 30 (4.8%), EURO STOXX 50 (0.8%) and MSCI World Chemicals (6.8%) indexes. Change in value of an investment in BASF shares in 2017(With dividends reinvested; indexed) Long-term performance of BASF shares compared with indexes(Average annual increase with dividends reinvested) (XLS:) Download Weighting of BASF shares in important indexes as of December 31, 2017 DAX 30 8.1% EURO STOXX 50 3.5% MSCI World Chemicals 8.6% Further information on BASF share Securities code numbers Germany BASF11 United Kingdom 0083142 Switzerland 11450563 United States (CUSIP number) 055262505 ISIN International Securities Identification Number DE000BASF111 International ticker symbols Deutsche Börse BAS London Stock Exchange BFA Swiss Exchange BAS back next