Sheet 1: Index

	
	

		
Index – BASF Report 2021
	
	

		
Weighting of BASF shares in important indexes
	
	

		
Key BASF share data
	
	

		
Investments and acquisitions
	
	

		
Gross domestic product
	
	

		
Growth in key customer industries
	
	

		
Chemical production (excluding pharmaceuticals)
	
	

		
Factors influencing sales of the BASF Group
	
	

		
Special items
	
	

		
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
	
	

		
Capital employed
	
	

		
EBITDA before special items
	
	

		
EBITDA
	
	

		
Adjusted earnings per share
	
	

		
Sales and earnings
	
	

		
Sales and earnings by quarter in 2021
	
	

		
Sales and earnings by quarter in 2020
	
	

		
Consolidated balance sheets – Assets
	
	

		
Consolidated balance sheets – Equity and liabilities
	
	

		
Net debt
	
	

		
Statement of cash flows
	
	

		
Free cash flow
	
	

		
Segment overview
	
	

		
Segment – Sales
	
	

		
Segment – Income from operations (EBIT) before special items
	
	

		
Segment – Income from operations (EBIT)
	
	

		
Chemicals – Factors influencing sales
	
	

		
Chemicals – Segment data 
	
	

		
Chemicals – Division sales by region
	
	

		
Materials – Factors influencing sales
	
	

		
Materials – Segment data
	
	

		
Materials – Division sales by region
	
	

		
Industrial Solutions – Factors influencing sales
	
	

		
Industrial Solutions – Segment data
	
	

		
Industrial Solutions – Division sales by region
	
	

		
Surface Technologies – Factors influencing sales
	
	

		
Surface Technologies – Segment data
	
	

		
Surface Technologies – Division sales by region
	
	

		
Nutrition & Care – Factors influencing sales
	
	

		
Nutrition & Care – Segment data
	
	

		
Nutrition & Care – Division sales by region
	
	

		
Agricultural Solutions – Factors influencing sales
	
	

		
Agricultural Solutions – Segment data
	
	

		
Agricultural Solutions – Division sales by region
	
	

		
Other – Financial data 
	
	

		
Sales by Region
	
	

		
Sales, investments and operating expenses
	
	

		
Leaders and professionals in the BASF Group
	
	

		
BASF Group new hires
	
	

		
BASF Group personnel expenses
	
	

		
Costs and provisions for environmental protection in the BASF Group
	
	

		
BASF Group’s greenhouse gas emissions according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
	
	

		
Additional key indicators for energy and climate protection in BASF operations
	
	

		
Emissions to air
	
	

		
Waste generation in the BASF Group
	
	

		
Forecast by segment
	
	

		
Capital expenditures: Selected projects
	
	

		
Statement of income
	
	

		
Statement of comprehensive income
	
	

		
Consolidated balance sheet 
	
	

		
Consolidated statement of cash flows
	
	

		
Consolidated statements of changes in equity 2021
	
	

		
Consolidated statements of changes in equity 2020
	
	

		
Accounting policies applied for the first time
	
	

		
IFRSs and IFRICs not yet to be considered but already endorsed by the E.U.
	
	

		
IFRSs and IFRICs not yet to be considered and not yet endorsed by the E.U.
	
	

		
Selected exchange rates
	
	

		
Scope of consolidation
	
	

		
Overview of impact of changes to the scope of consolidation
	
	

		
Preliminary purchase price allocation for the acquisition of assets and liabilities of the BASF Shanshan companies
	
	

		
Effects of acquisitions
	
	

		
Calculation of disposal loss on the global pigments business
	
	

		
Effects of divestitures
	
	

		
Disposal groups
	
	

		
Income from operations (EBIT) of Other
	
	

		
Reconciliation of the assets of Other to the assets of the BASF Group
	
	

		
Reconciliation of segment income to income before income taxes
	
	

		
Development by segments 2021
	
	

		
Development by segments 2020
	
	

		
Development by regions 2021
	
	

		
Development by regions 2020
	
	

		
Earnings per share
	
	

		
Sales by division and by indication and sector
	
	

		
Other operating income
	
	

		
Other operating expenses
	
	

		
Income from integral companies accounted for using the equity method
	
	

		
Reconciliation of the carrying amounts of integral shareholdings accounted for using the equity method
	
	

		
Financial information on BASF-YPC Company Ltd.
	
	

		
Reconciliation of the carrying amount of the shareholding in BASF-YPC Company Ltd.
	
	

		
Income from non-integral companies accounted for using the equity method
	
	

		
Reconciliation of the carrying amounts of non-integral investments accounted for using the equity method
	
	

		
Financial information on Wintershall Dea
	
	

		
Reconciliation of the carrying amount of the shareholding in Wintershall Dea
	
	

		
Net income from other shareholdings
	
	

		
Carrying amounts of other financial assets
	
	

		
Financial result
	
	

		
Tax expense
	
	

		
Reconciliation of income taxes and the effective tax rate
	
	

		
Deferred tax assets and liabilities 2021
	
	

		
Deferred tax assets and liabilities 2020
	
	

		
Noncontrolling interests in profits and losses
	
	

		
Noncontrolling interests
	
	

		
Intangible assets – Weighted average amortization in years
	
	

		
Intangible assets – Goodwill of cash-generating units
	
	

		
Intangible assets – Development 2021
	
	

		
Intangible assets – Development 2020
	
	

		
Property, plant and equipment – Weighted average depreciation in years
	
	

		
Development of property, plant and equipment including right-of-use assets arising from leases in 2021
	
	

		
Development of property, plant and equipment including right-of-use assets arising from leases in 2020
	
	

		
Lease liabilities
	
	

		
Expenses and income in the statement of income from leases for BASF as lessee
	
	

		
Future lease payments to BASF from operating lease contracts
	
	

		
Income from leases for BASF as lessor
	
	

		
Inventories
	
	

		
Other receivables and miscellaneous assets
	
	

		
Impairments on receivables
	
	

		
Retained earnings
	
	

		
Financial indebtedness
	
	

		
Breakdown of financial indebtedness by currency
	
	

		
Maturities of financial indebtedness
	
	

		
Other liabilities
	
	

		
Carrying amounts of assets used to secure liabilities
	
	

		
Assumptions used to determine the defined benefit obligation
	
	

		
Assumptions used to determine expenses for pension benefits in the respective business year
	
	

		
Sensitivity of the defined benefit obligation
	
	

		
Composition of expenses for pension benefits
	
	

		
Development of defined benefit obligations
	
	

		
Development of plan assets
	
	

		
Development of net defined benefit liability
	
	

		
Regional allocation of defined benefit plans
	
	

		
Structure of plan assets
	
	

		
Current funding situation of the pension plans
	
	

		
Other provisions
	
	

		
Development of other provisions
	
	

		
Other financial obligations
	
	

		
Obligations arising from purchase contracts
	
	

		
Exposure and sensitivity by currency
	
	

		
Carrying amounts of nonderivative interest-bearing financial instruments
	
	

		
Nominal and fair values of combined interest rate and currency swaps
	
	

		
Exposure due to commodity derivatives
	
	

		
Maturities of contractual cash flows from financial liabilities as of December 31, 2021
	
	

		
Maturities of contractual cash flows from financial liabilities as of December 31, 2020
	
	

		
Sensitivities virtual PPA contract for difference for electricity (United States) 
	
	

		
Sensitivities physical PPAs (Europe)
	
	

		
Carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments as of December 31, 2021
	
	

		
Carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments as of December 31, 2020
	
	

		
Offsetting of derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2021
	
	

		
Offsetting of derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2020
	
	

		
Net gains and losses from financial instruments
	
	

		
Fair value of derivative instruments
	
	

		
Hedge accounting effects in 2021
	
	

		
Hedge accounting effects in 2020
	
	

		
Statement of cash flows
	
	

		
Reconciliation according to IAS 7 for 20211
	
	

		
Reconciliation according to IAS 7 for 2020
	
	

		
Personnel expenses
	
	

		
Number of employees
	
	

		
Average number of employees
	
	

		
Fair value of PSUs and parameters used
	
	

		
Number of free shares to be granted
	
	

		
Compensation of the Board of Executive Directors and Supervisory Board
	
	

		
Sales to related parties
	
	

		
Trade accounts receivable from/trade accounts payable to related parties
	
	

		
Other receivables from/liabilities to related parties
	
	

		
Services provided by the external auditor
	
	

		
Ten-year summary – Statement of income and other key data
	
	

		
Ten-year summary – Consolidated balance sheets (IFRS)
	



Sheet 2: sha-share-indices

	
	
	

		
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BASF Report 2021
		
	

		
Weighting of BASF shares in important indexes as of December 31, 2021
		
	

		


		


	
	

		
DAX 40
		
4.0%
	
	

		
EURO STOXX 50
		
1.8%
	
	

		
MSCI World Chemicals
		
4.6%
	



Sheet 3: sha-share-key-data

	
	
	
	

		
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BASF Report 2021
		
	

		
Key BASF share data
		
	

		


		


		


		


		


		


		


	
	

		


		


		
2017
		
2018
		
2019
		
2020
		
2021
	
	

		
Year-end price
		
€
		
91.74
		
60.40
		
67.35
		
64.72
		
61.78
	
	

		
Year high
		
€
		
97.46
		
97.67
		
74.49
		
68.29
		
72.61
	
	

		
Year low
		
€
		
79.64
		
58.40
		
56.20
		
39.04
		
57.88
	
	

		
Year average
		
€
		
88.16
		
80.38
		
64.77
		
53.31
		
66.20
	
	

		


		


		


		


		


		


		


	
	

		
Daily trade in sharesa
		


		


		


		


		


		


	
	

		


		
million €
		
185.7
		
229.6
		
187.6
		
219.2
		
170.8
	
	

		


		
million shares
		
2.1
		
2.9
		
2.9
		
4.1
		
2.6
	
	

		


		


		


		


		


		


		


	
	

		
Number of shares December 31
		
million shares
		
918.5
		
918.5
		
918.5
		
918.5
		
918.5
	
	

		
Market capitalization December 31
		
billion €
		
84.3
		
55.5
		
61.9
		
59.4
		
56.7
	
	

		


		


		


		


		


		


		


	
	

		
Earnings per share
		
€
		
6.62
		
5.12
		
9.17
		
–1.15
		
6.01
	
	

		
Adjusted earnings per share
		
€
		
6.44
		
5.87
		
4.00
		
3.21
		
6.76
	
	

		
Dividend per share
		
€
		
3.10
		
3.20
		
3.30
		
3.30
		
3.40
	
	

		
Dividend yieldb
		
%
		
3.38
		
5.30
		
4.90
		
5.10
		
5.50
	
	

		
Payout ratio
		
%
		
47
		
63
		
36
		
.
		
57
	
	

		
Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)b
		


		
13.9
		
11.8
		
7.3
		
.
		
10.3
	
	

		
a Average, Xetra trading
		
	

		
b Based on year-end share price