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Exhibit 4.2


List of Shares Held 2003

Contents

I. Fully, proportionally and equity consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates accounted for in the Consolidated Financial Statements

 
1.
 
Fully consolidated subsidiaries (Section 290, Paragraph 2 of the German Commercial Code)

 
 
 
/*/ Germany

 
 
 
/*/ Europe (excluding Germany)

 
 
 
/*/ North America

 
 
 
/*/ South America

 
 
 
/*/ Asia, Pacific Area, Africa

 
2.
 
Proportionally consolidated affiliates (Section 310 of the German Commercial Code)

 
 
 
/*/ Germany

 
 
 
/*/ Europe (excluding Germany)

 
 
 
/*/ South America

 
 
 
/*/ Asia, Pacific Area, Africa

 
3.
 
Equity consolidated subsidiaries (Section 312 of the German Commercial Code)

 
 
 
/*/ Germany

 
 
 
/*/ Europe (excluding Germany)

 
 
 
/*/ South America

 
 
 
/*/ Asia, Pacific Area, Africa

 
4.
 
Equity consolidated affiliates (Section 312 of the German Commercial Code)

 
 
 
/*/ Germany

 
 
 
/*/ Europe (excluding Germany)

II.
Other subsidiaries, affiliates and other participating interests

 
1.
 
Non-consolidated minor subsidiaries
(Section 296 [2] of the German Commercial Code)

 
 
 
/*/ Germany

 
 
 
/*/ Europe (excluding Germany)

 
 
 
/*/ North America

 
 
 
/*/ South America

 
 
 
/*/ Asia, Pacific Area, Africa

 
2.
 
Non-consolidated minor affiliates
(Section 311 [2] of the German Commercial Code)

 
3.
 
Participating interests of between 5 and 20 percent in major corporations (Section 285, No. 11 of the German Commercial Code)

 
 
 
/*/ Germany

III.
Information on subsidiaries
(exemptions under Section 264, Paragraph 3 and Section 264 b of the German Commercial Code)

 
 
 
/*/ Germany

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BASF Group and BASF Aktiengesellschaft List of Shares Held 2003

Pursuant to Section 313, Paragraph 2 and Section 285, No. 11 of the German Commercial Code

I. Fully, proportionally and equity consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates accounted for in the Consolidated Financial Statements

1.
Fully consolidated subsidiaries (Section 290, Paragraph 2 of the German Commercial Code)

Company and headquarters
   Capital
held
(%)
   Thereof
BASF AG
(%)
   Stock-
holders'
equity
(millions)
   Net
income
(millions)
   Currency
(ISO code)
Germany                    
Achte BASF Finanzbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   1.8   7.8   EUR
BASF Agro Trademarks GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   0.0   0.0   EUR
BASF Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   1,749.0   (99.0 ) EUR
BASF CIS Trading GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   2.7   (0.8 ) EUR
BASF Coatings AG
Münster		   100.0       239.6   *   EUR
BASF Drucksysteme GmbH
Stuttgart		   100.0       38.6   *   EUR
BASF Handels- und Export GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   1.5   *   EUR
BASF Immobilien-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. Pigment KG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0       9.1   (0.7 ) EUR
BASF Immobilien-Gesellschaft mbH & Co.
Drucksysteme KG,
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0       6.2   1.9   EUR
BASF IT Services GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0       23.3   9.3   EUR
BASF PharmaChemikalien GmbH & Co. KG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   37.9   (18.2 ) EUR
BASF Pigment GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0       11.8   *   EUR
BASF Plant Science GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   91.0       3.1   *   EUR
BASF Plant Science Holding GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   183.5   0.1   EUR
BASF Schwarzheide GmbH
Schwarzheide		   100.0       209.1   *   EUR
Chemische Fabrik Wibarco GmbH
Ibbenbüren		   100.0       10.0   2.6   EUR
Dr. Wolman GmbH
Sinzheim		   100.0       4.8   2.0   EUR
                     

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Elastogran GmbH
Lemförde		   100.0       42.4   *    
GEWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   97.0       41.1   *   EUR
Guano-Werke GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   1,908.0   45.6   EUR
Haidkopf GmbH Kassel   100.0       0.2   *   EUR
LUWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0       41.7   *   EUR
Ultraform GmbH & Co. KG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0   19.1   5.6   EUR
Untertage-Speicher-Gesellschaft mbH Kassel
 		  100.0       1.4   2.7   EUR
WINGAS GbR
Kassel
 		  65.0       0.0   *   EUR
WINGAS GmbH
Kassel
 		  65.0       123.5   *   EUR
Wintershall AG
Kassel
 		  100.0       2,065.7   *   EUR
Wintershall Erdgas Beteiligungs-GmbH Kassel
 		  100.0       207.7   *   EUR
Wintershall Explorations- und Produktions-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Kassel   100.0       46.6   *   EUR
Wintershall Erdgas Verwaltungs-GmbH Kassel   100.0       156.5   *   EUR
* Profit/loss transfer agreement                    

Europe (excluding Germany)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASF (Schweiz) AG
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland
 		  100.0   100.0   19.4   4.4   CHF
BASF A/S
Copenhagen, Denmark
 		  100.0   100.0   73.8   1.7   DKK
BASF AB
Göteborg, Sweden
 		  100.0   100.0   88.2   16.0   SEK
BASF Agri-Production S.A. S.
Gravelines, France
 		  100.0       47.9   7.1   EUR
                     

4

BASF Agro B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands
 		  100.0       1,246.4   0.2   EUR
BASF Agro Hellas Industrial and Commercial S.A.
Athens, Greece
 		  100.0   100.0   6.3   1.4   EUR
BASF Agro S.A. S.
Tassin-La-Demi-Lune, France
 		  100.0       61.7   (1.3 ) EUR
BASF Agro SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy
 		  100.0   100.0   7.9   (0.8 ) EUR
BASF Agrochemical Products B.V. Arnhem, the Netherlands
 		  100.0       258.0   (0.6 ) USD
BASF Antwerpen N.V.
Antwerp, Belgium
 		  100.0       1,239.9   261.0   EUR
BASF AS
Asker, Norway		   100.0   100.0   63.1   14.7   NOK
BASF Belgium S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
 		  100.0   100.0   22.2   2.7   EUR
BASF Coatings Holding B.V. Maarssenbroek, the Netherlands
 		  100.0       204.5   21.9   EUR
BASF Coatings Ltd.
Deeside, United Kingdom
 		  100.0       4.9   1.1   GBP
BASF Coatings S.A. S.
Clermont de l'Oise, France
 		  100.0       53.1   10.9   EUR
BASF Coatings SpA
Burago Molgora, Italy
 		  100.0       10.9   (1.3 ) EUR
BASF Coatings S.A.
Guadalajara, Spain
 		  99.7       44.2   12.3   EUR
BASF Coordination Center Comm. V. Antwerp, Belgium
 		  100.0   73.4   8,216.7   217.2   EUR
BASF Curtex S.A.
 		  100.0       25.7   3.5   EUR
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain                    
BASF Drukinkt B.V.
 		  100.0       6.5   1.0   EUR
Doetinchem, the Netherlands                    
                     

5

BASF Española S.A.
Tarragona, Spain
 		  100.0       216.3   19.5   EUR
BASF France S.A. S.
Levallois-Perret, France		   100.0   100.0   49.0   7.2   EUR
BASF Health & Nutrition A/S
Ballerup, Denmark
 		  100.0   100.0   209.1   12.2   DKK
BASF Holding Española S. L.
Barcelona, Spain
 		  100.0   100.0   27.2   21.0   EUR
BASF Hungaria Kft. Budapest, Hungary
 		  100.0   100.0   2,400.4   336.9   HUF
BASF Interservice SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy
 		  100.0   90.0   86.8   2.5   EUR
BASF Intertrade AG
Zug, Switzerland		   100.0   100.0   32.1   30.5   CHF
BASF IT Services B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands		   100.0   100.0   99.2   13.5   EUR
BASF Italia SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy
 		  100.0       48.4   1.7   EUR
BASF Nederland B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands
 		  100.0   100.0   1,585.2   4.8   EUR
BASF Austria Gesellschaft m. b. H.
 		  100.0   1.00   12.7   1.1   EUR
Vienna, Austria                    
BASF Operations B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands
 		  100.0       2.8   0.2   EUR
BASF OY
Helsinki, Finland
 		  100.0   100.0   11.6   (10.6 ) EUR
BASF plc
Wembley, United Kingdom
 		  100.0       109.5   11.9   GBP
BASF Polska Sp. z. o. o.
Warsaw, Poland
 		  100.0   100.0   70.1   10.2   PLN
BASF Printing Systems Ltd.
Horsham, United Kingdom
 		  100.0       6.2   (0.6 ) GBP
BASF SONATRACH Propanchem S.A. Tarragona, Spain
 		  51.0       47.4   (23.7 ) EUR
                     

6

BASF Systèmes d'Impression S.A. S. Clermont de l'Oise, France
 		  100.0       23.3   (1.2 ) EUR
BASF UK Holdings Ltd.
Cheadle, United Kingdom
 		  100.0   100.0   30.8   –   GBP
BASF Vernici e Inchiostri SpA
Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
 		  100.0       19.6   0.3   EUR
Elastogran France S.A.
Mitry-Mory, France
 		  100.0       4.7   0.1   EUR
Elastogran Italia SpA (ELIT)
Villanova d'Asti, Italy
 		  100.0       21.7   2.4   EUR
Elastogran S.A.
Rubí (Barcelona), Spain
 		  100.0       11.1   2.8   EUR
Elastogran U. K. Ltd. (EUK)
Alfreton, United Kingdom
 		  100.0       2.6   0.1   GBP
Frank Wright Limited
Ashbourne, United Kingdom
 		  100.0       11.8   0.6   GBP
Société Foncière et Industrielle S.A. S.
Clermont de l'Oise, France		   100.0       7.3   0.1   EUR
Wintershall Nederland Petroleum B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   100.0       20.3   18.5   EUR
Wintershall Nederland-Group
 		  100.0       135.9   44.6   EUR
  Includes:                    
  Wintershall Dubai
Petroleum B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   100.0       20.3   1.6   EUR
  Wintershall Nederland B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   100.0       59.3   4.1   EUR
  Wintershall Nederland
Transport and Trading B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   100.0       7.1   2.3   EUR
  Wintershall Noordzee B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   100.0       65.2   36.5   EUR
Wintershall Oil AG
Zug, Switzerland		   100.0       2.7   1.0   CHF
Wintershall Petroleum (E & P) B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands
 		  100.0       10.9   (7.2 ) USD
ZAO BASF
Moscow, Russia		   100.0   100.0   16.1   3.6   EUR
                     

7


North America
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASFIN Corporation
Mount Olive,
New Jersey		   100.0   100.0   3,094.7   0.0   USD
BASF Americas Group
 		  100.0       2,759.0   (59.6 ) USD
  Includes:                    
  BASF Americas Corporation
Mount Olive, New Jersey		   100.0       3,140.0   11.6   USD
  BASF Corporation
Mount Olive,
New Jersey		   100.0       840.6   (110.4 ) USD
  BASF AgGenetics LLC
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina		   100.0       (3.4 ) 0.2   USD
  BASF Canada Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		   100.0   100.0   139.8   30.3   CAD
  BASF FINA Petrochemicals Ltd. Partnership
Port Arthur, Texas		   60.0       143.4   16.7   USD
  BASF Plant Science Holding's Inc.
Mount Olive, New Jersey		   100.0       0.1   0.0   USD
  BASF Plant Science LLC
Mount Olive, New Jersey		   100.0       (10.3 ) (5.7 ) USD
  BASF Printing Systems LLC
Charlotte, North Carolina		   100.0       1.8   0.3   USD
  BASF Properties Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		   100.0       3.6   0.2   CAD
  BodyShopmall.com Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		   100.0       (0.5 ) (0.2 ) CAD
  BodyShopmall.com LLC
Southfield, Michigan		   100.0       11.1   2.0   USD
  Micro Flo Company LLC
Memphis, Tennessee		   100.0       90.5   18.0   USD
  Sabina Petrochemicals LLC*
Wilmington, Delaware		   23.4       (62.0 ) (29.2 ) USD
  Thousand Springs Trout Farms Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware		   100.0       0.0   0.0   USD
  Tradewinds Chemicals Corporation
Mount Olive, New Jersey		   100.0       359.4   1.9   USD
  BASF de Mexico Group   100.0       1,650.8   (318.0 ) MXN
BASF Coatings de Mexico, S.A. de C. V.
Mexico City, Mexico		   100.0       377.2   88.1   MXN
BASF Interservicos, S.A. de C. V.
Mexico City, Mexico		   100.0   0.01   (26.8 ) (28.3 ) MXN
BASF de Mexico, S.A. de C. V.
Mexico City, Mexico		   100.0   100.0   1,651.7   (318.0 ) MXN
                     

8

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C. V.
Mexico City, Mexico		   100.0       2,168.0   (261.5 ) MXN
* Proportionally consolidated affiliate        

South America
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASF Argentina S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina		   100.0   99.9   137.9   169.1   ARS
BASF S.A. Group
Brazil		   100.0       974.7   42.8   BRL
  Includes:                    
  BASF S.A.
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil		   100.0       832.5   (193.2 ) BRL
  BASF Poliuretanos Ltda.
Maua, Brazil		   100.0       30.7   8.1   BRL
BASF Chile S.A.
Santiago, Chile		   100.0   99.9   22,889.0   1,509.0   CLP
BASF de Costa Rica, S.A.
San José, Costa Rica		   100.0   100.0   4,421.4   960.7   CRC
BASF Peruana S.A.
Lima, Peru		   99.8   99.8   28.4   3.6   PEN
BASF Quimica Colombiana S.A.
Bogotá, Colombia		   100.0   100.0   65,891.0   14,800.0   COP
Wintershall BM-C-10 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		   100.0       (172.4 ) (172.9 ) BRL
Wintershall Energía S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina		   100.0       577.3   258.8   ARS

Asia, Pacific Area, Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASF (China) Company Ltd.
Peking, China		   100.0   100.0   1,182.4   16.5   CNY
BASF (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia		   100.0       95.5   19.5   MYR
BASF (Thai) Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand		   100.0   100.0   1,398.6   173.8   THB
BASF Agro Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		   100.0       229.0   173.0   JPY
BASF Australia Group                    
  Includes:                    
  BASF Australia Ltd.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		   100.0   100.0   32.0   9.6   AUD
  Cyanamid Agriculture PTY. Ltd.
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia		   100.0       9.0   0.6   AUD
BASF Chemicals Company Ltd.
Shanghai, China		   100.0       767.0   0.0   CNY
BASF China Limited
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China		   100.0   100.0   265.7   113.1   HKD
BASF Colorants and Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Pudong, Shanghai, China		   100.0       995.6   191.8   CNY
                     

9

BASF Company Ltd. Seoul,
South Korea		   100.0       399,840.0   (24,016.0 ) KRW
BASF FZE
Dubai, UAE Dubai		   100.0   100.0   6.2   5.2   AED
BASF India Ltd. Mumbai,
India		   52.7   52.7   2,458.5   338.9   INR
BASF Japan Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		   100.0   100.0   18,601.0   1,735.0   JPY
BASF New Zealand Ltd.
Auckland, New Zealand		   100.0   100.0   12.7   2.0   NZD
BASF Pakistan (Private) Ltd.
Karachi, Pakistan		   51.0   51.0   302.5   77.4   PKR
BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia		   60.0   60.0   1,157.5   (26.2 ) MYR
BASF Philippines, Inc.
Canlubang, Calamba Laguna, Philippines		   100.0   100.0   741.5   17.5   PHP
BASF Services (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia		   100.0   100.0   228.8   0.1   MYR
BASF Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Singapore		   100.0   100.0   15.2   2.5   SGD
BASF South Africa (Pty.) Ltd.
Halfway House, South Africa		   100.0   100.0   141.1   22.8   ZAR
BASF South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
Singapore		   100.0   100.0   402.4   70.8   SGD
BASF Styrenics Holding Company Port Louis, Mauritius
 		  100.0   100.0   43.5   0.0   USD
BASF Styrenics Private Ltd. Mumbai, India
 		  100.0       639.1   (200.5 ) INR
BASF Taiwan Ltd.
Taipei, Taiwan		   100.0   100.0   465.6   328.7   TWD
BASF Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Shanghai, China		   100.0       52.1   28.9   CNY
BASF Türk Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti.
Istanbul, Turkey		   100.0   99.0   3,585,349.0   196,905.0   TRL
BASF Vitamins Company Ltd.
Shenyang, China		   98.0   60.0   163.4   0.5   CNY
P. T. BASF Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia		   97.0   97.0   194,156.0   39,565.0   IDR
Yangzi-BASF Styrenics Co. Ltd.
Nanjing, China		   60.0   50.0   1,505.8   150.4   CNY

2. Proportionally consolidated affiliates (Section 310 of the German Commercial Code)

BASF GE Schwarzheide GmbH & Co. KG
Schwarzheide
 
50.0
 
50.0
 
15.3
 
4.1
 
EUR
                     

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Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus GmbH (WIEH)
Berlin		   50.0       0.1   *   EUR

Europe (excluding Germany)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ELLBA C. V.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands		   50.0       150.8   41.7   EUR
Produits et Engrais Chimiques du Rhin S.A. (PEC Rhin)
Ottmarsheim, France		   50.0   50.0   27.9   5.9   EUR
Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus AG
Zug, Switzerland		   50.0       15.4   64.8   CHF

North America
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polioles, S.A. de C. V.
Mexico City, Mexico		   50.0       827.1   34.6   MXN

Asia, Pacific Area, Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASF Inoac Polyurethanes, Ltd. (BIP)
Shinshiro-Shi, Aichi, Japan		   50.0       3,708.0   290.0   JPY
BASF NOF Coatings Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		   50.0       19,963.0   230.0   JPY
BASF-YPC Company Ltd.
Nanjing, China		   50.0   10.0   7,034.5   0.0   CNY
ELLBA Eastern Private Ltd.
Singapore		   50.0       59.9   0.0   USD
Shanghai Gao Qiao-BASF Dispersions Co. Limited
Shanghai, China		   50.0   40.0   359.0   57.7   CNY

3. Equity consolidated subsidiaries (Section 312 of the German Commercial Code)

BASF Future Business GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)
 
100.0
 
100.0
 
25.7
 
*
 
EUR
BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0       22.8   (3.1 ) EUR
Lucura Rückversicherungs GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0       34.7   4.7   EUR
Tensid-Chemie Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Cologne		   100.0       2.3   *   EUR
Wintershall Lenkoran GmbH
Kassel		   100.0       0.0   0.0   EUR
Wintershall Wolga Petroleum GmbH**
Kassel		   100.0       18.2   2.9   EUR
* Profit/loss transfer agreement                    
** Including earnings of consolidated subsidiaries/Group                    

Europe (excluding Germany)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASF Coatings Refinish AG
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland		   100.0       1.2   0.1   CHF
                     

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BASF Coatings Refinish Ltd.
Didcot, United Kingdom		   100.0       3.1   0.1   GBP
BASF Coatings Refinish SpA
Burago Molgora, Italy		   100.0       8.6   0.2   EUR
BASF Ireland Limited
Dublin, Ireland		   100.0   100.0   2.5   0.3   EUR
BASF Sistemas de Impresión, S.A.
Vilanova del Valles, Spain		   100.0       5.1   0.1   EUR

South America
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASF Ecuatoriana S.A.
Quito, Ecuador		   100.0   99.9   3.7   0.4   EUR
BASF Poliuretanos S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina		   100.0   3.2   (45.3 ) (40.8 ) ARS
BASF Venezolana, S.A.
Caracas, Venezuela		   100.0   100.0   6,523.3   2,669.5   VEB
Wintershall BM-C-19 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		   100.0       0.2   0.0   BRL
Wintershall BM-ES-7 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		   100.0       0.2   0.0   BRL
Wintershall BM-S-14 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		   100.0       0.2   0.0   BRL
* Profit/loss transfer agreement
** Including earnings of consolidated subsidiaries/Group		                    

Asia, Pacific Area, Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BASF Polyurethanes (Taiwan) Co. Ltd.
Hsinchu, Taiwan		   100.0   100.0   87.9   21.0   TWD
BASF JCIC Neopentylglycol Company Ltd.
Jilin City, China		   60.0   50.0   134.2   24.3   CNY
BASF Polyurethanes (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia		   100.0       11.3   2.2   MYR
BASF Shanghai Coatings Company Ltd.
Shanghai, China		   60.0       98.7   26.2   CNY

4. Equity consolidated affiliates (Section 312 of the German Commercial Code)

Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Solvin GmbH & Co. KG*
Hanover		   25.0   25.0   352.1   (5.6 ) EUR
Basell N.V.*
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0   17.8   3,075.7   (69.3 ) EUR
Svalöf Weibull AB*
Svalöv, Sweden		   40.0       539.0   0.0   SEK
* Including earnings of consolidated subsidiaries/Group                    

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II. Other subsidiaries, affiliates and other participating interests

1.
Non-consolidated minor subsidiaries (Section 296 [2] of the German Commercial Code)

Company and headquarters
   Capital
held (%)
   Thereof
BASF AG (%)
Germany        
ART-Autolack-Systeme GmbH
Dortmund		   100.0    
Ausbildungsplatzinitiative Pfalz GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   97.0   97.0
BASF Akquisitions- und Objektverwertungs-gesellschaft mbH,
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
BASF Chemikalien GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
BASF ChemTrade GmbH
Burgbernheim		   100.0   100.0
BASF Immobilien-Gesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
BASF Innovationsfonds GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
BASF Isocyanate China Investment GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0    
BASF Jobmarkt GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
BASF Katalysatorproduktionsgesellschaft Cologne mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
BASF Lizenz GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0    
BASF Mobilienleasing GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0    
BASF Performance Polymers GmbH
Rudolstadt		   100.0    
BASF Power GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
BASF Spezialdünger – Pensionsverwaltung GmbH
Münster		   100.0    
Dr. Heinrich von Brunck Gedächtnisstiftung für Werksangehörige der BASF GmbH,
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   95.0   95.0
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lackkunst mbH
Münster		   100.0    
Gewerkschaft des konsolidierten Steinkohlenbergwerks Breitenbach GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
Gewerkschaft Röchling GmbH
Kassel		   100.0    
Glasurit GmbH
Münster-Hiltrup		   100.0    
Guano-Werke Pensionsverwaltung GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0    
         

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Guano-Werke Vermögensverwaltung AG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   99.8    
Ink Logistic Management GmbH
Stuttgart		   100.0    
K + E Druckfarben Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Stuttgart		   100.0    
LUCARA Immobilienverwaltungs GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
ME Projektabwicklung GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0    
Metanomics GmbH & Co. KGaA
Berlin-Charlottenburg		   80.0    
Metanomics Health GmbH
Berlin		   65.1    
Metanomics Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Berlin-Charlottenburg		   100.0    
Neunte BASF Chemiebeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
Neunte BASF Erwerbsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
Neunte BASF Finanzbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
PEG Personalentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
Cologne		   100.0    
Projektentwicklungs-GmbH Friesenheimer Insel
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
R-M Autolacke Vertriebs GmbH
Heusenstamm		   100.0    
SEWOGE Service- und Wohnungsunternehmen GmbH
Schwarzheide		   100.0   100.0
SGS-Schwarzheider Gastronomie und Service GmbH
Schwarzheide		   100.0    
Simpex GmbH
St. Ingbert		   100.0    
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Gatersleben		   66.0    
SunGene Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Gatersleben		   100.0    
Ultraform Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
Vitamultina Pharmazeutische und Nahrungsergänzungsprodukte GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   100.0
Wintershall Bank GmbH
Kassel		   100.0    
Wintershall Libyen Oil & Gas GmbH
Kassel		   100.0    
Wintershall Nordkaspische Exploration und Production GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0    
         

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Wintershall Urengoi GmbH
Kassel		   100.0    
Wintershall Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0    
Zweite BASF Immobilien-Gesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   100.0   95.0

Europe (excluding Germany)
 
 
 
 
ART Autolack-Systeme, S.A.
Guadalajara, Spain		   99.7    
Auto Make-up S.A.R.L.
Maurepas, France		   100.0    
Awiag Ltd.
Valetta, Malta		   100.0    
BASCOM AG
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland		   100.0    
BASF Automotive Coatings Services S.A.R.L.
Clermont de l'Oise, France		   100.0    
BASF Automotive Coatings Services S.R.O.
Bratislava, Slovakia		   100.0    
BASF Automotive Coatings Services Sp. z. o. o.
Swarzedz, Poland		   100.0    
BASF Automotive Storitve ZA Avtomobilske d. o. o.
Ljubljana, Slovenia		   100.0    
BASF Biocides Ltd.
Ruddington, United Kingdom		   100.0   100.0
BASF Coatings Nederland B. V.
Maarssenbroek, the Netherlands		   100.0    
BASF Coatings Refinish GmbH
Eugendorf, Austria		   100.0    
BASF Coatings Refinish Norden AB
Hisings Kaerra, Sweden		   100.0    
BASF Coatings Refinish S.A./N.V.
Brussels, Belgium		   100.0    
BASF Coil Coatings SpA
Caronno Pertusella, Italy		   100.0    
BASF Colorants Trading S. A.
San Vittore, Switzerland		   100.0   100.0
BASF Curtex Productos Químicos Ltda
Porto, Portugal		   100.0    
BASF Croatia d. o. o.
Zagreb, Croatia		   100.0   100.0
BASF Drucksysteme Austria GmbH
Vienna, Austria		   100.0    
BASF Drucksysteme Schweiz GmbH
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland		   95.0    
BASF EOOD
Sofia, Bulgaria		   100.0   100.0
BASF Finance Europe N.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands		   100.0   100.0
         

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BASF IT Services Holding Ltd.
Cheadle, United Kingdom		   100.0    
BASF IT Services Ltd.
Wilmslow, United Kingdom		   100.0    
BASF IT Services N.V.
Antwerp, Belgium		   100.0    
BASF IT Services S.A.
Barcelona, Spain		   100.0    
BASF IT Services SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy		   100.0    
BASF Jugoslavija d. o. o.
Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro		   100.0   100.0
BASF Masterbatch N.V.
Kuurne, Belgium		   100.0    
BASF Portuguesa Lda.
Prior Velho, Portugal		   100.0   70.5 _>
BASF Printing Systems Ireland Ltd.
Blackrock, Ireland		   100.0    
BASF Printing Systems S.A.
Vilvoorde, Belgium		   99.9    
BASF Schou Tryksystemer A/S
Vamdrup, Denmark		   100.0    
BASF Slovenija d. o. o.
Ljubljana, Slovenia		   100.0   100.0
BASF Slovensko spol. s r. o.
Bratislava, Slovakia		   100.0   100.0
BASF spol. s r. o.
Prague, Czech Republic		   100.0   100.0
BASF SRL
Bucharest, Romania		   100.0   100.0
BASF Styrodur Iberica, S. L.
Tudela, Spain		   100.0    
BASF Tovarystvo z Obmezenoju Vidpovdal'nistju
Kiev, Ukraine		   100.0   99.0
BASF Trading Centre-Distribuicao de productos químicos especials Lda.
Marinha Grande, Portugal		   100.0    
BASF Wostok OOO
Moscow, Russia		   100.0    
Boots Galenika d.o.o.
Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro		   51.0   51.0
BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution S. L.
Barcelona, Spain		   100.0    
BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy		   100.0    
BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution B. V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands		   100.0    
BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution GmbH
Vienna, Austria		   100.0    
         

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BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution Ltd.
Cheshire, United Kingdom		   100.0    
BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution S.A. S.
Levallois Perret, France		   100.0    
BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution Benelux S.A.
Brussels, Belgium		   100.0    
BTC Specialty Chemical Distribution A/S
Copenhagen, Denmark		   100.0    
COMPAREX Information Systems Ltd.
Cheadle, United Kingdom		   100.0    
Couleurs-Paris S.A.R.L.
Clermont de l'Oise, France		   100.0    
Cyanamid Agro S.A./N.V.
Gembloux, Belgium		   100.0    
Cyanamid Ireland Limited
Clonee, Ireland		   100.0    
Cyanamid Russ A/O
Moscow, Russia		   100.0   100.0
Cyanamid Slovakia S.R.O.
Bratislava, Slovakia		   100.0   100.0
Elastogran Kemipur Poliuretan System Kft.
Solymar, Hungary		   90.0    
Fishburn Printing Ink Company, Ltd.
Cheadle, United Kingdom		   100.0    
Frank Wright (Feed Supplements) Limited
Ashbourne, United Kingdom		   100.0    
Frank Wright (Transport) Limited
Ashbourne, United Kingdom		   100.0    
Frank Wright Feeds (International) Limited
Ashbourne, United Kingdom		   100.0    
Haus am Kai 1, OOO
Moscow, Russia		   100.0   19.6
Himmoba AG
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland		   100.0    
Inmont Limited
Cheadle, United Kingdom		   100.0    
Knoll Polska Sp. z. o. o.
Warsaw, Poland		   100.0   100.0
Lipogene AB
Svalöv, Sweden		   91.0    
Minden Farmaceutical Lda.
Lisbon, Portugal		   100.0   100.0
Organchemie Gesellschaft m. b. H.
Vienna, Austria		   100.0   1.0
Plant Science Sweden AB
Svalöv, Sweden		   91.0    
R-M Automotive Refinish Limited
Enfield, United Kingdom		   100.0    
         

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Valentine Limited
Cheadle, United Kingdom		   100.0    
WINGAS Belgium S. P. R. L. /B. V. B. A.
Brussels, Belgium		   65.4    
Wintershall Gas spol. s r. o.
Prague, Czech Republic		   100.0    
Wintershall Services B. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   100.0    
North America    
Automotive Refinish Technologies, LLC
Dearborn, Michigan		   100.0    
Automotive Refinish Technology, Inc. (ART)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		   100.0    
BASF Nichiyu Coatings North America Inc.
Mount Olive, New Jersey		   100.0    
BASF Pipeline Holding LLC
Houston, Texas		   100.0    
BASF Venture Capital America Inc.
Santa Barbara, California		   100.0    
BASF Venture Capital Canada Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		   100.0    
BF Textile Colours Holding Inc.
Wilmington, North Carolina		   100.0   100.0
DNA Landmarks Inc.
St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada		   81.9    
Micro Flo de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico		   100.0    
Transpharm Inc.
Mount Olive, New Jersey		   100.0    
South America        
Aislapol S.A.
Santiago, Chile		   100.0   99.9
Basanil S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina		   100.0   100.0
BASF Bolivia S. R. L.
La Paz, Bolivia		   100.0   100.0
BASF de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.
San Salvador, El Salvador		   100.0   100.0
BASF de Guatemala S.A. de C.V.
Guatemala City, Guatemala		   100.0   99.0
BASF de Nicaragua S.A.
Managua, Nicaragua		   99.9    

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Company and headquarters
   Capital
held (%)
   Thereof
BASF AG (%)
BASF Dominicana, S.A.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic		   100.0   100.0
BASF Panama S.A.
Panama City, Panama		   100.0   100.0
BASF Uruguaya S.A.
Montevideo, Uruguay		   100.0   100.0
Cyanamid El Salvador S. R. L.
San Salvador, El Salvador		   100.0   100.0
Cyanamid de Uruguay S.A.
Montevideo, Uruguay		   100.0    
Tintas Graficas S.A.
Santiago, Chile		   92.5    
Tintas Graficas S.A.
San Luis, Argentina		   92.5    
Wintershall BM-ES-1 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		   100.0    
Wintershall do Brasil Serviços Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		   100.0    

Asia, Pacific Arca, Africa
 
 
 
 
ART Automotive Refinish Technologies (PTY) Ltd.
Milnerton, South Africa		   100.0    
BASF (Ethiopia) Ltd. P.L.c.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia		   100.0   100.0
BASF (Ghana) Ltd.
Accra, Ghana		   100.0   100.0
BASF (Nigeria) Ltd.
Lagos, Nigeria		   100.0   100.0
BASF Agro Ltd.
Seoul, South Korea		   100.0    
BASF Animal Nutrition (Pty.) Ltd.
Beaconvale, South Africa		   100.0    
BASF Bangladesh Ltd.
Dacca, Bangladesh		   76.4   76.4
BASF Chemdyes Sdn. Bhd.
Perai, Malaysia		   51.0   51.0
BASF Chemicals and Polymers (Pvt.) Ltd.
Karachi, Pakistan		   100.0   100.0
BASF Coatings International Trade (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Shanghai, China		   100.0    
BASF Coatings (Pty.) Ltd.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)		   100.0    
BASF Coatings (Pty.) Ltd.
Wetherill Park, New South Wales, Australia		   51.0    
BASF Coatings + Inks Philippines Inc.
Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines		   100.0    
BASF Coatings Inc.
Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna, Philippines		   100.0    
         

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BASF Coatings (Pvt.) Ltd.
Mumbai, India		   100.0    
BASF Coatings PMB (Pty.) Ltd.
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa		   100.0    
BASF Colorants Pte. Ltd.
Singapore		   100.0   100.0
BASF East Africa Ltd.
Nairobi, Kenya		   100.0   100.0
BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Limited
Hong Kong, China		   100.0   100.0
BASF Idemitsu Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		   67.0   67.0
BASF Industries Private Ltd.
Mumbai, India		   100.0   100.0
BASF Iran AG
Teheran, Iran		   100.0   100.0
BASF Ltd.
Cairo, Egypt		   100.0   99.0
BASF Maroc S.A.
Casablanca, Morocco		   100.0   100.0
BASF Polyurethanes (China) Co. Ltd.
Panyu Guangdong, China		   100.0    
BASF S. P. A.
Hydra, Algeria		   100.0   100.0
BASF Tai Ching Crop Protection Chemicals Corp.
Taipai, Taiwan		   55.0   55.0
BASF Takeda Vitamins Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		   66.0    
BASF Textile and Leather Centre Asia Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia		   100.0   100.0
BASF-Finlay (Private) Limited
Colombo, Sri Lanka		   66.7   66.7
Cyanamid Agricultural Products Sdh. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia		   100.0   100.0
Cyanamid Limited
Lilongwe, Malawi		   100.0    
Cyanamid Zimbabwe (PVT) Ltd.
Workington, Zimbabwe		   100.0    
CSJ K. K.
Tokyo, Japan		   100.0    
Elastogran Polürethan Sanayi ve Ticaret A. S.
Pendik-Istanbul, Turkey		   100.0    
ME Vitamin Pte. Ltd. i. L.
Singapore		   100.0   100.0
Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Company
Shanghai, China		   70.0    

2. Non-equity-consolidated minor affiliates (Section 311 [2] of the German Commercial Code)

Germany
 
 
 
 
         

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Aurentum Innovationstechnologien GmbH
Mainz		   25.2    
Axaron Bioscience AG
Heidelberg		   43.5   43.5
Basell Bayreuth Chemie GmbH
Eschborn		   47.0    
Basell Chemie Cologne GmbH
Wesseling		   50.0    
Basell Deutschland GmbH
Mainz		   50.0    
Basell Germany Holding GmbH
Düsseldorf		   50.0    
Basell Holding Middle East GmbH
Wesseling		   50.0    
Basell Polyolefine GmbH
Kehl		   50.0    
BASF GE Schwarzheide Beteiligungs GmbH
Schwarzheide		   50.0   50.0
CWD Chemie-Wirtschaftsdatenbanken GmbH
Frankfurt (Main)		   50.0   50.0
CWK Software und Service GmbH
Mannheim		   27.2    
DATASOUND Gesellschaft zur Entwicklung und Vermarktung
digitaler Audio- und Informationssysteme, Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   25.0    
DyStar Textilfarben GmbH*
Frankfurt (Main)		   30.0   30.0
DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Germany KG*
Frankfurt (Main)		   30.0   30.0
Emsland-Erdölleitung GmbH
Osterwald		   25.0    
Envimax GmbH
Heddesheim		   50.0    
Erdgasverkaufsgesellschaft mbH
Münster		   28.8    
Gesellschaft für Wohnungs-, Gewerbe- und Städtebau Aktiengesellschaft
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   30.0    
Ginger GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   22.0   22.0
KGS KETO-Gulonsäure Vertriebsgesellschaft beschränkt haftende OHG
Krefeld		   33.3   33.3
M-Exchange AG
Frankfurt (Main)		   46.5    
Projektförderung Initiative für Beschäftigung GmbH
Münster		   25.0    
PSG Procurement Service GmbH
Lohmar		   50.0    
RAIL4Chem Eisenbahnverkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Essen		   25.0   25.0
         

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Rheingas Erdgasleitungsgesellschaft mbH i. L.
Hanover		   50.0   50.0
Solvin Europe GmbH
Hanover		   25.2   25.2
Stuttgarter IT Gesellschaft mbH
Stuttgart		   50.0    
S. T. E. P. Personalentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)		   33.4   33.4
Thermische Rückstandsverwertung Verwaltungs-GmbH
Wesseling		   30.0    
Thermische Rückstandsverwertung GmbH & Co KG (TRV)
Wesseling		   30.0    
WV Elektro GmbH & Co. Handels-KG
Frankfurt (Main)		   50.0    
WV Energie AG
Frankfurt (Main)		   50.0    
WV Service GmbH
Frankfurt (Main)		   50.0    
WV Versicherungsmakler GmbH
Frankfurt (Main)		   25.0    
* Included under other assets        

Europe (excluding Germany)
 
 
 
 
Amylogene Handelsbolaget
Svalöv, Sweden		   45.5    
Basell Arabia Holding B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell Belgium S.A.
Brussels, Belgium		   50.0    
Basell Benelux B. V.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell Brindisi SpA
Milan, Italy		   50.0    
Basell Coordination Company N.V.
Zaventem, Belgium		   50.0    
Basell Europe Holding B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell Finance Company B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell Finance Italia S. R. L.
Milan, Italy		   50.0    
Basell Fos S.A.
Levallois-Perret, France		   50.0    
Basell France S.A.
Levallois-Perret, France		   50.0    
Basell Iberica Poliolefinas Holding S. L.
Barcelona, Spain		   50.0    
Basell International Holding B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
         

22

Basell Investissements S.A.
Paris, France		   50.0    
Basell Italia S. R. L.
Cesano Maderno, Italy		   50.0    
Basell Italy Holding SpA
Milan, Italy		   50.0    
Basell Nederland B. V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell Nordic AB
Göteborg, Sweden		   50.0    
Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sp. z. o. o.
Plock, Poland		   50.0    
Basell Plasticos, Lda
Lisbon, Portugal		   50.0    
Basell Poliolefinas Comercial Española S. L.
Barcelona, Spain		   50.0    
Basell Poliolefinas Iberica S.A.
Barcelona, Spain		   50.0    
Basell Polipropilene S. R. L.
Milan, Italy		   50.0    
Basell Polyethylene S.A.
Strasbourg, France		   50.0    
Basell Polyolefine Italia SpA
Milan, Italy		   50.0    
Basell Polyolefines France S.A.
Paris, France		   50.0    
Basell Polyolefins Company N.V.
Zaventem, Belgium		   50.0    
Basell Polyolefins UK Ltd.
Manchester, United Kingdom		   50.0    
Basell Polypropylene S.A.
Lillebonne, France		   50.0    
Basell Polypropylene Ltd.
Manchester, United Kingdom		   50.0    
Basell Production France S.A.
Levallois-Perret, France		   50.0    
Basell Service Company B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell Taiwan Holding B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell Technology Company B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell (Thailand) Holdings B. V.
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Basell UK Holding Ltd.
Carrington, United Kingdom		   50.0    
Basell UK Ltd.
Cheadle, United Kingdom		   50.0    
         

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BASF Huntsman Shanghai Isocyanate Investment B. V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands		   50.0    
BASF Naber S.A.
Valencia, Spain		   50.0    
BASF Nutrition Animale S.A. S.
Chateau Gontier, France		   50.0    
BASF Poligrafia Polska Sp. z. o. o.
Lodz, Poland		   50.0    
Compagnie Industrielle des Polyethylenes de Normandie
Notre-Dame de Gravenchon, France		   25.0    
CSEBER Csomagoloeszköz Begyüjtesi Rendeszer KHT
Budapest, Hungary		   22.8    
Compleyo Industrial Taqsa AIE
Tarragona, Spain		   42.5    
Elastokam OOO
Nishnekamsk Promsona, Russia		   50.0    
ELLBA B. V.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands		   50.0    
Gestio de residus especiales de Catalunya S.A.
Tarragona, Spain		   33.3    
Hisane A. I. E.
Reus (Tarragona), Spain		   37.5    
Indurisk Rückversicherungs-GmbH
Luxembourg, Luxembourg		   50.0    
Lameskin S. R. L.
Milan, Italy		   50.0    
L5C Production B. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   30.0    
L8B Production B. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   25.0    
N.V. Noordwinning K 13
The Hague, the Netherlands		   30.3    
Noordwinning L8AB. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   30.3    
Omnexus N.V. i. L.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands		   21.0   21.0
OOO Achimgaz
Novy Urengoy, Russia		   50.0    
P2A (Groep) B. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   22.2    
P6-(Groep) B. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   27.0    
Q4 (Groep) B. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   29.9    
Q8 (Groep) B. V.
The Hague, the Netherlands		   30.0    
Retiflex SpA
Milan, Italy		   50.0    
         

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SCI de Plastiques de Normandie
Lillebonne, France		   50.0    
Severoceska Plynarenska A. S.
Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic		   20.2    
Societe Civile Immobiliere des Plastiques de Normandie
Lillebonne, France		   41.4    
Societe du Craqueur de L'Aubette SAS
Berre L'Etang, France		   25.0    
Stredoceska Plynarenska A.S.
Prague, Czech Republic		   31.0    
Société de participation dans l'industrie et le Transport du Petrole
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France		   27.2    
TDP A. I. E.
Tarragona, Spain		   25.0    
Transformadora de Propileno A. I. E.
Tarragona, Spain		   25.0    
Texmet SpA
Lamezia Terme, Italy		   50.0    
UNA S.A.
Barcelona, Spain		   25.0    
WIEE Romania SRL
Bucharest, Romania		   50.0    
Wirom Gas S.A.
Bucharest, Romania		   25.0    
Wolgodeminoil OOO
Volgograd, Russia		   50.0    

North America
 
 
 
 
Aislantes y Acusticos de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V.
Santa Catarina, N. L. C. P., Mexico		   50.0    
Basell American Finance Corporation
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
Basell Asia-Pacific Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
Basell Canada Inc.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada		   50.0    
Basell Capital Corporation
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
Basell de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Colonia del Valle, Mexico		   50.0    
Basell Finance USA Inc.
Albany, New York		   50.0    
Basell Impact Holding Company
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
Basell North America Inc. (US)
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
Basell Polyethylene Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
Basell USA Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
         

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BasellTech USA Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
CHD Enterprises Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    
Indelpro S.A. de C.V.
Garza Garzia, Mexico		   24.5    
Polymer Resource Group Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware		   50.0    

South America
 
 
 
 
Basell Brasil Poliolefinas Ltda.
São Paulo, Brazil		   50.0    
Petroken Petroquimica Ensenada S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina		   25.0    
Polibrasil Participacoes S.A.
São Paulo, Brazil		   25.0    
Tintas Graficas Vencedor S.A.
San Juan de Lurigancho Lima, Peru		   46.2    
Ingredia S.A.
Caracas, Venezuela		   37.2    

Asia, Pacific Area, Africa
 
 
 
 
Basell Australia Holding PTY
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		   50.0    
Basell Australia PTY Ltd.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		   50.0    
Basell China Ltd.
Hong Kong, China		   50.0    
Basell Korea Ltd.
Seoul, South Korea		   50.0    
BASF AKZO Nobel Automotive OEM Coatings PTY. Limited
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		   50.0    
BASF Kanoo Gulf FZE
Dubai, UAE Dubai		   49.0    
BASF Kanoo Gulf LLC
Dubai, UAE Dubai		   49.0   49.0
BASF Tunisie S.A.
Megrine, Tunisia		   49.0   49.0
Chunichi Paint Co., Ltd.
Nagoya, Japan		   50.0    
Kartal Kimya San. ve Tic. A. S.
Istanbul, Turkey		   25.1   25.1
Kyushu Nissan Paint Co., Ltd.
Fukuoka, Japan		   50.0    
Machino-Basell India Ltd.
Delphi, India		   25.0    
Nisso BASF Agro Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		   45.0   45.0
NOF Kansai Marine Coatings Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		   25.0    
         

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NOF (Thailand) Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand		   20.0    
Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Ltd. i. L.
Laverton, Victoria, Australia		   50.0    
Poly Pacific Polymers Sdh. Bhd.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		   25.0    
Poly Pacific PTY Ltd.
Dandenong, Victoria, Australia		   25.0    
Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Company
Shanghai, China		   35.0    
Taiwan NOF Coatings Ltd.
Taipei, Taiwan		   35.0    
Vitacolor Industries, Inc.
Manila, Philippines		   40.0   40.0
Yasar BASF Automotive Coatings Company Ltds.
Izmir, Turkey		   50.0    

3. Participating interest of between 5 and 20 percent in major corporations (Section 285, No. 11 of the German Commercial Code)

Company and headquarters
 
Capital
held
(%)
 
Thereof
BASF AG
(%)
 
Stock-
holders'
equity
(millions)
 
Net
income
(millions)
 
Currency
(ISO code)
Germany                    
K + S Aktiengesellschaft
Kassel		   10.0   10.0   513.4*   103.8*   EUR
VNG-Verbundnetz Gas AG
Leipzig		   15.8   465.3   105.0   EUR    

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III. Information on subsidiaries

The German subsidiaries listed below, which have the legal form of either a corporation or a partnership, make use of the exemptions offered by Section 264, Paragraph 3 or Section 264 b of the German Commercial Code, respectively.

Company and headquarters

Germany
BASF Coatings AG Münster

BASF Drucksysteme GmbH Stuttgart

BASF PharmaChemikalien GmbH & Co. KG Ludwigshafen (Rhine)

BASF Pigment GmbH Ludwigshafen (Rhine)

BASF Schwarzheide GmbH Schwarzheide

Elastogran GmbH Lemförde GEWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH Ludwigshafen (Rhine)

Haidkopf GmbH Kassel

LUWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH Ludwigshafen (Rhine)

Tensid-Chemie Vertriebsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Cologne

Ultraform GmbH & Co. KG Ludwigshafen (Rhine)

WINGAS GmbH Kassel

Wintershall AG Kassel

Wintershall Erdgas Beteiligungs-GmbH Kassel

Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus GmbH Berlin

Wintershall Explorations- und Produktions-Beteiligungsges. mbH Kassel

Wintershall Libyen Explorations- und Produktions-GmbH Kassel

 

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