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BASF SE / Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous
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BASF SE
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- ISIN DE0005151005 -
- Stock Index Number 515 100 -
Cancellation
of the obsolete share certificates
The annual general meeting of BASF SE on April 24, 2008 inter alia resolved
a reclassification of the nominal capital (2 for 1 stock split) and the
necessary related modification of the articles of incorporation (Satzung).
The non-par value shares (hereinafter referred to as the 'shares') with an
imputed interest of EUR 2.56 each in the nominal capital were in each case
split into two (2) shares with an imputed interest of EUR 1.28 each in the
nominal capital. The relevant modification of the articles of incorporation
has been recorded in the commercial register of the local court
(Amtsgericht) Ludwigshafen am Rhein on May 29, 2008. The shareholders'
right to definitive share certificates is excluded under the articles of
incorporation.
Following the transformation into a European Company (SE) which has been
recorded in the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht)
Ludwigshafen am Rhein on January 14, 2008, the share certificates of our
company have become obsolete. Therefore, all share certificates which are
circulating since the exchange of share certificates in 2002 bearing the
former name of 'BASF Aktiengesellschaft' should be cancelled and exchanged
for shares exclusively held within the collective securities deposit
system. The local court (Amtsgericht) Ludwigshafen am Rhein has granted its
authorization to the cancellation of the obsolete share certificates on
April 28, 2008.
The shareholders of our company have been asked through the three requests
for handing over obsolete share certificates inter alia in electronic
Federal Gazette ('elektronischer Bundesanzeiger') on June 20, 2008, on July
24, 2008 and on August 26, 2008 to surrender their old share certificates
to an exchange agent which was named in the publications or to any other
credit institution for passing on to Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main,
within the conversion period in order to exchange for shares exclusively
held within the collective securities deposit system otherwise in
non-compliance the share certificates will be cancelled.
All not surrendered circulating share certificates bearing the former name
of 'BASF Aktiengesellschaft' having the issue date 'Ludwigshafen am Rhein,
in December 2001' represented by individual or collective certificates,
together with dividend coupons no. 27 through to no. 40 as well as talons
of the non-par value shares of our company will be cancelled herewith
pursuant to § 73 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG).
Instead of the cancelled share certificates the respective co-ownership
interests at the global certificate deposited by Clearstream Banking AG
have been recorded and will be held in favor of the authorized
shareholders. Even after the cancellation of the share certificates the
shareholders of the obsolete cancelled share certificates are entitled
until further notice to surrender them to Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am
Main, to be recorded with the respective co-ownership interests at the
global certificate of the shares of BASF SE deposited by Clearstream
Banking AG.
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, February 2009
BASF SE The Board of Executive Directors
(Vorstand)
05.03.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: BASF SE
Carl-Bosch-Straße 38
67056 Ludwigshafen
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)621 60-0
Fax: +49 (0)621 60-4 25 25
E-mail: info.service@basf.com
Internet: www.basf.com
ISIN: DE0005151005, DE000A0JRFB0, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE000A0JRFA2, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE000A0JQF26, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE000A0EUB86, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , DE0008846718, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,
WKN: 515 100, WKN A0JRFB, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0JRFA, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0JQF2, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0EUB8, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN 884671, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,
Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg;
Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign Exchange(s) London, SWX
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