BASF Quarterly Statement Q3 2020 These pages provide information on our business development in the third quarter of 2020. BASF Group Business Review Q3 2020 Sales €13,811 million Q3 2019: €14,556 million EBIT beforespecial items €581 million Q3 2019: €1,056 million EBIT –€2,638 million Q3 2019: €1,336 million Earnings per share –€2.31 Q3 2019: €1.00 Key figures BASF Group Q3 2020: Quarter-on-quarter growth in EBIT before special items, mainly driven by good business development in September Sales of €13.8 billion (plus 9% compared with the second quarter of 2020) EBIT before special items of €581 million, up €355 million from the second quarter of 2020 EBIT of minus €2.6 billion, mainly due to non-cash-effective impairments Strong free cash flow of €1.4 billion Outlook 2020: Sales of between €57 billion and €58 billion; EBIT before special items of between €3.0 billion and €3.3 billion Key figures Q3 2020 Chemicals Sales €1,783 million Q3 2019: €2,429 million Key figures Q3 2020 Materials Sales €2,657 million Q3 2019: €2,894 million Key figures Q3 2020 Industrial Solutions Sales €1,844 million Q3 2019: €2,130 million Key figures Q3 2020 Surface Technologies Sales €4,142 million Q3 2019: €3,325 million Key figures Q3 2020 Nutrition & Care Sales €1,427 million Q3 2019: €1,519 million Key figures Q3 2020 Agricultural Solutions Sales €1,474 million Q3 2019: €1,561 million At a glance Significant Events Outlook Statement of Income Balance Sheet Statement of Cash Flows Financial Calendar Downloads Downloads Entire Quarterly Statement Q3 2020 (428 kB) All tables from the Quarterly Statement Q3 2020 (114 kB)