Statement of Cash Flows

In the first quarter of 2020, BASF SE transferred securities in the amount of €80 million (first quarter of 2019: €300 million) to BASF Pensionstreuhand e.V., Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. This transfer was not cash effective and therefore had no effect on the statement of cash flows.

In 2020 and 2019, cash and cash equivalents presented in the statement of cash flows deviate from the figures in the balance sheet, as the relevant amounts were reclassified in the balance sheet to assets of disposal groups. The disposal group for the oil and gas business contained cash and cash equivalents of €219 million as of January 1, 2019, and €447 million as of March 31, 2019. There was no longer a deviation from the figure in the balance sheet as of June 30, 2019.
As of January 1, 2020, cash and cash equivalents deviate from the figure in the balance sheet due to the reclassification of cash and cash equivalents to the disposal groups for the construction chemicals business (€21 million) and the pigments business (€7 million). As of March 31, 2020, €24 million was reclassified in the balance sheet to the disposal group for the construction chemicals business, and €12 million to the disposal group for the pigments business. As of June 30, 2020, €538 million was reclassified to the disposal group for the construction chemicals business, and €12 million to the disposal group for the pigments business.