Share Ownership by Members of the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board
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No member of the Board of Executive Directors or the Supervisory Board owns shares in BASF SE and related options or other derivatives that account for 1% or more of the share capital. Furthermore, the total volume of BASF SE shares and related financial instruments held by all members of the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board accounts for less than 1% of the shares issued by the company.
Share dealings of the Board of Executive Directors and Supervisory Board
(Directors’ dealings to be notified and publicly disclosed under Article 19(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 (MAR))
As legally stipulated by Article 19(1) MAR, all members of the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as close family relatives are required to disclose the purchase or sale of financial instruments of BASF SE (for example, shares, bonds, options, forward contracts, swaps) to the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) and to the company if transactions within the calendar year exceed the threshold of €20,000. In 2024, a total of 16 purchases by members of the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board of BASF SE and members of their families subject to disclosure were reported as directors’ dealings, involving between 1,032 and 21,279 BASF shares or BASF ADRs (American Depositary Receipts). The price per share was between €42.61 and €48.57. The volume of the individual transactions was between €49,965.93 and €999,666.13. The disclosed securities transactions are published on BASF SE’s website.
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