Dividend and Financing
Please note
The audited BASF Report will be published on March 21, 2025. The key financial figures published here are therefore to be regarded as preliminary. From today's perspective, no adjustments are expected.
The content of this section is not part of the statutory audit of the annual financial statements but has undergone a separate limited assurance by our auditor.
The content of this section is voluntary, unaudited information, which was critically read by the auditor.
Dividend
As part of its new strategy, BASF continues to offer its shareholders an attractive dividend yield. In the medium term, we are committed to keeping the overall distribution to shareholders at least at prior-year levels through a combination of dividends and share buybacks. We have set ourselves the target of distributing at least €12 billion to shareholders from 2025 to 2028. Specifically, we strive to pay out a dividend of at least €2.25 per share annually or distribute around €2 billion per year to our shareholders. The proposed dividend1 for the 2024 business year is consequently €2.25 per share.
Financing
In 2025, we expect cash outflows in the equivalent amount of around €1.7 billion from the scheduled repayment of bonds. To refinance maturing bonds and to optimize our maturity profile, we continue to have medium- to long-term corporate bonds and our global commercial paper program at our disposal (for more information, see page Financing policy and credit ratings).
1 Dividend proposed by the Board of Executive Directors
These contents fulfill the disclosure requirements of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).