BASF SE

Share Issue/Capital Change • Mar 10, 2011

BASF SE / Miscellaneous

10.03.2011 17:47

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BASF SE intends to place up to around 19.7 million shares of K+S Aktiengesellschaft (representing 10.3% of the company's share capital) with institutional investors in an accelerated bookbuilding transaction. With the expected capital gain from the sale, BASF aims to further optimize its balance sheet and continue to reduce its debt as previously announced.

The 19.7 million shares will not be or have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Frau Jennifer Moore-Braun, Phone: +49 621 60-99123, jennifer.moore-braun@basf.com

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Language:	English
Company:	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:	DE000BASF111, DE000A0JRFB0, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0JRFA2, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0JQF26, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0EUB86, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000884
Indices:	DAX, EURO STOXX 50
Listed:	Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt
	(Prime Standard), Hamburg, Hannover, München,
	Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; London, SIX
Category Code:	MSC
LSE Ticker:	BFA
Sequence Number:	729
Time of Receipt:	March 10, 2011 17:14:13
End of Announcement	DGAP News-Service

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