Exhibit 4.2

GRAPHIC

List of Shares Held 2004

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CONTENTS

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|I.   | Fully, proportionally and equity consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates accounted for in the Consolidated Financial Statements | 3                                                                                                                            
|     | 1.                                                                                                                               | Fully consolidated subsidiaries (Section 290, Paragraph 2 of the German Commercial Code)                                      | 3   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 3   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Europe (excluding Germany)                                                                                                 | 4   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   North America                                                                                                              | 6   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   South America                                                                                                              | 7   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                                                                 | 8   
|     | 2.                                                                                                                               | Proportionally consolidated affiliates (Section 310 of the German Commercial Code)                                            | 9   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 9   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Europe (excluding Germany)                                                                                                 | 9   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   North America                                                                                                              | 9   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                                                                 | 9   
|     | 3.                                                                                                                               | Equity consolidated subsidiaries (Section 312 of the German Commercial Code)                                                  | 9   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 9   
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Europe (excluding Germany)                                                                                                 | 10  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   South America                                                                                                              | 10  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                                                                 | 10  
|     | 4.                                                                                                                               | Equity consolidated affiliates (Section 312 of the German Commercial Code)                                                    | 10  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 10  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Europe (excluding Germany)                                                                                                 | 10  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                                                                 | 10  
|II.  | Other subsidiaries, affiliates and other participating interests                                                                 | 11                                                                                                                           
|     | 1.                                                                                                                               | Non-consolidated minor subsidiaries (Section 296 [2] of the German Commercial Code)                                           | 11  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 11  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Europe (excluding Germany)                                                                                                 | 12  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   North America                                                                                                              | 15  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   South America                                                                                                              | 15  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                                                                 | 16  
|     | 2.                                                                                                                               | Non-consolidated minor affiliates (Section 311 [2] of the German Commercial Code)                                             | 17  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 17  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Europe (excluding Germany)                                                                                                 | 18  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   North America                                                                                                              | 19  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   South America                                                                                                              | 19  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                                                                 | 19  
|     | 3.                                                                                                                               | Participating interests of between 5 and 20 percent in major corporations (Section 285, No. 11 of the German Commercial Code) | 20  
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 20  
|III. | Information on subsidiaries (exemptions under Section 264, Paragraph 3 and Section 264b of the German Commercial Code)           | 20                                                                                                                           
|     |                                                                                                                                  |   Germany                                                                                                                    | 20  

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BASF Group and BASF Aktiengesellschaft List of Shares Held 2004Pursuant 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               |  | 3.7                               |  | 1.9                   |   | EUR                
|BASF Agro Trademarks GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                         |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0               |  | 0.1                               |  | 0.1                   |   | EUR                
|BASF Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                 |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0               |  | 2,046.4                           |  | (572.6                | ) | EUR                
|BASF Coatings AG
Münster                                               |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 227.5                             |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|BASF Handels- und Export GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                     |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0               |  | 481.5                             |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|BASF Immobilien-Gesellschaft mbH & Co.
Pigment KG Ludwigshafen (Rhine) |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 12.2                              |  | 1.8                   |   | EUR                
|BASF Isocyanate China Investment GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)             |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 0.0                               |  | 0.0                   |   | EUR                
|BASF IT Services GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                             |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 28.2                              |  | 2.4                   |   | EUR                
|BASF Performance Polymers GmbH
Rudolstadt                              |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 43.5                              |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|BASF PharmaChemikalien GmbH & Co. KG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)              |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0               |  | 43.2                              |  | 14.7                  |   | EUR                
|BASF Pigment GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                 |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 14.0                              |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|BASF Plant Science GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                           |  | 91.0             |  |                     |  | 3.1                               |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|BASF Plant Science Holding GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                   |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0               |  | 183.7                             |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|BASF Schwarzheide GmbH
Schwarzheide                                    |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 211.3                             |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|BPG Immobilien GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                               |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 8.5                               |  | (0.2                  | ) | EUR                
|Chemische Fabrik Wibarco GmbH
Ibbenbüren                               |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 8.0                               |  | 0.1                   |   | EUR                
|Dr. Wolman GmbH
Sinzheim                                               |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 2.7                               |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|Elastogran GmbH
Lemförde                                               |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 102.4                             |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|GEWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)          |  | 97.0             |  |                     |  | 44.8                              |  | 3.7                   |   | EUR                
|Guano-Werke GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                  |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0               |  | 2,956.6                           |  | 48.5                  |   | EUR                
|Haidkopf GmbH
Kassel                                                   |  | 100.0            |  |                     |  | 0.2                               |  | *                     |   | EUR                
|                                                                       |  |                  |  |                     |  |                                   |  |                       |   |                    

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|LUWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                   |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 42.6    |  | *     |  | EUR
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|Metanomics GmbH & Co. KGaA
Berlin-Charlottenburg                                |  | 91.0  |  |       |  | 0.1     |  | *     |  | EUR
|Metanomics Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Berlin-Charlottenburg                    |  | 91.0  |  |       |  | 0.0     |  | *     |  | EUR
|SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Gatersleben                                             |  | 91.0  |  |       |  | 0.1     |  | *     |  | EUR
|SunGene Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Gatersleben                                 |  | 91.0  |  |       |  | 0.0     |  | *     |  | EUR
|Ultraform GmbH & Co. KG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                    |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 19.0    |  | 5.4   |  | EUR
|Untertage-Speicher-Gesellschaft mbH
Kassel                                      |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 3.6     |  | 2.1   |  | EUR
|WINGAS GbR
Kassel                                                               |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 0.0     |  | *     |  | EUR
|WINGAS GmbH
Kassel                                                              |  | 65.0  |  |       |  | 226.5   |  | *     |  | EUR
|Wintershall AG
Kassel                                                           |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 2,106.9 |  | *     |  | EUR
|Wintershall Erdgas Beteiligungs-GmbH
Kassel                                     |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 207.7   |  | *     |  | EUR
|Wintershall Erdgas Verwaltungs-GmbH
Kassel                                      |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 156.5   |  | *     |  | EUR
|Wintershall Explorations- und Produktions-
Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Kassel |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 510.5   |  | *     |  | EUR
|Zehnte BASF Erwerbsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                        |  | 91.0  |  |       |  | 0.0     |  | *     |  | EUR
|Zehnte BASF Finanzbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)             |  | 91.0  |  |       |  | 0.0     |  | *     |  | EUR
|Europe (excluding Germany)                                                      |  |      
|BASF A/S
Copenhagen, Denmark                                                    |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 48.5    |  | 15.9  |  | DKK
|BASF AB
Göteborg, Sweden                                                        |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 4,878.5 |  | 68.8  |  | EUR
|BASF Agri-Production S.A.S.
Gravelines, France                                  |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 66.0    |  | 13.0  |  | EUR
|BASF Agro B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands                                          |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 2,510.0 |  | 28.1  |  | EUR
|BASF Agro Hellas Industrial and Commercial S.A.
Athens, Greece                  |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 7.8     |  | 1.3   |  | EUR
|BASF Agro S.A.S.
Ecully, France                                                 |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 91.4    |  | 19.1  |  | EUR
|BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands                         |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 490.4   |  | 28.1  |  | USD
|BASF Antwerpen N.V.
Antwerp, Belgium                                            |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 2,680.5 |  | 268.7 |  | EUR
|BASF AS
Asker, Norway                                                           |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 22.6    |  | 13.5  |  | NOK
|BASF Belgium S.A.
Brussels, Belgium                                             |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 25.8    |  | 3.2   |  | EUR
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|BASF Coatings Holding B.V.
Maarssenbroek, the Netherlands |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 229.0   |  | 24.4  |   | EUR
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|BASF Coatings Ltd.
Deeside, United Kingdom                |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 6.6     |  | 2.8   |   | GBP
|BASF Coatings S.A.S.
Clermont de l'Oise, France           |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 58.8    |  | 18.2  |   | EUR
|BASF Coatings SpA
Burago Molgora, Italy                   |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 17.9    |  | (1.5  | ) | EUR
|BASF Coatings S.A.
Guadalajara, Spain                     |  | 99.7  |  |       |  | 48.7    |  | 16.5  |   | EUR
|BASF Coordination Center Comm.V.
Antwerp, Belgium         |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 8,386.2 |  | 169.5 |   | EUR
|BASF Curtex S.A.
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain         |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 25.6    |  | 4.9   |   | EUR
|BASF Española S.A.
Tarragona, Spain                       |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 273.7   |  | 58.5  |   | EUR
|BASF France S.A.S.
Levallois-Perret, France               |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 53.7    |  | 3.9   |   | EUR
|BASF Health & Nutrition A/S
Ballerup, Denmark             |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 156.7   |  | (27.4 | ) | DKK
|BASF Holding Española S.L.
Barcelona, Spain               |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 27.8    |  | 0.7   |   | EUR
|BASF Hungaria Kft.
Budapest, Hungary                      |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 3,246.8 |  | 846.3 |   | HUF
|BASF Interservice SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy               |  | 100.0 |  | 90.0  |  | 89.3    |  | 2.5   |   | EUR
|BASF Intertrade AG
Zug, Switzerland                       |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 39.2    |  | 37.9  |   | USD
|BASF IT Services B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands             |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 102.1   |  | 1.3   |   | EUR
|BASF Italia SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy                     |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 54.8    |  | 6.4   |   | EUR
|BASF Nederland B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands               |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 1,591.0 |  | 4.6   |   | EUR
|BASF Austria GmbH
Vienna, Austria                         |  | 100.0 |  | 1.00  |  | 14.0    |  | 1.1   |   | EUR
|BASF Operations B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands              |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 3.3     |  | 0.5   |   | EUR
|BASF OY
Helsinki, Finland                                 |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 11.3    |  | (0.4  | ) | EUR
|BASF plc
Wembley, United Kingdom                          |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 119.2   |  | 18.2  |   | GBP
|BASF Polska Sp. z.o.o.
Warsaw, Poland                     |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 100.6   |  | 30.5  |   | PLN
|BASF Switzerland AG
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland             |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 25.9    |  | 3.2   |   | PLN
|BASF SONATRACH Propanchem S.A.
Tarragona, Spain           |  | 51.0  |  |       |  | 47.9    |  | 0.5   |   | EUR
|BASF UK Holdings Ltd.
Cheadle, United Kingdom             |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 30.8    |  | 8.5   |   | GBP
|Elastogran France S.A.
Mitry-Mory, France                 |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 5.1     |  | 0.7   |   | EUR
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|Elastogran Italia SpA (ELIT)
Villanova d'Asti, Italy               |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 22.8    |         | 0.8   |        | EUR
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|Elastogran S.A.
Rubí (Barcelona), Spain                            |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 10.7    |         | 2.8   |        | EUR
|Elastogran U.K. Ltd. (EUK)
Alfreton, United Kingdom                |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 3.2     |         | 0.9   |        | GBP
|Frank Wright Limited
Ashbourne, United Kingdom                     |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 11.8    |         | 1.0   |        | GBP
|Société Foncière et Industrielle S.A.S.
Clermont de l'Oise, France |                                                                             | 92.9  |       |       |       | 7.2     |         | (0.1  | )      | EUR
|Wintershall Nederland Group                                        |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 181.5   |         | 634.2 |        | EUR
|                                                                   | Includes:                                                                   |       |       |       |       |         |         |       |        |    
|                                                                   | Wintershall Dubai
Petroleum B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands                 |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 24.4    |       | 1.9    |    
|                                                                   | Wintershall Nederland B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands                       |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 181.5   |       | 2.7    |    
|                                                                   | Wintershall Nederland
Transport and Trading B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 8.3     |       | 594.7  |    
|                                                                   | Wintershall Noordzee B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands                        |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 529.0   |       | 35.0   |    
|Wintershall Oil AG
Zug, Switzerland                                |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 8.8     |         | 0.2   |        | USD
|Wintershall Petroleum (E & P) B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands      |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 40.4    |         | 29.5  |        | USD
|ZAO BASF
Moscow, Russia                                            |                                                                             | 100.0 |       | 100.0 |       | 17.3    |         | 1.3   |        | EUR
|North America                                                      |                                                                             |       |       |       |       |         |         |       |        |    
|BASFIN Corporation
Florham Park, New Jersey                        |                                                                             | 100.0 |       | 100.0 |       | 3,094.8 |         | 0.1   |        | USD
|BASF Americas Group                                                |                                                                             | 100.0 |       |       |       | 2,535.1 |         | 8.8   |        | USD
|                                                                   | Includes:                                                                   |       |       |       |       |         |         |       |        |    
|                                                                   | BASF Americas Corporation
Florham Park, New Jersey                          |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 3,153.9 |       | 13.9   |    
|                                                                   | BASF Corporation
Florham Park, New Jersey                                   |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 469.2   |       | (111.6 | )  
|                                                                   | BASF AgGenetics LLC
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina                  |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | (3.1    | )     | 0.3    |    
|                                                                   | BASF Canada Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada                                   |       | 100.0 |       | 100.0 |         | 178.2   |       | 38.1   |    
|                                                                   | BASF Fina Petrochemicals Ltd. Partnership
Port Arthur, Texas                |       | 60.0  |       |       |         | 58.7    |       | 97.3   |    
|                                                                   | BASF Pipeline Holdings LLC
Houston, Texas                                   |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 11.5    |       | 0.8    |    
|                                                                   | BASF Plant Science Holding's Inc.
Florham Park, New Jersey                  |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 0.1     |       |        |    
|                                                                   | BASF Plant Science LLC
Florham Park, New Jersey                             |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | (19.5   | )     | (9.2   | )  
|                                                                   | BASF Properties Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada                               |       | 100.0 |       |       |         | 4.3     |       | 0.5    |    
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|                                                 | BodyShopmall.com Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada           |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | (0.4    | )        | (0.1  | )     | CAD
|------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- |  | -------- | ------- | -------- | ----- | ----- | ---
|                                                 | BT Propylene LLC
Florham Park, New Jersey                |                                                           | 60.0  |       |  |          | 14.8    |          | 0.0   |       | USD
|                                                 | Foam Enterprises Inc.
Plymouth, Minnesota                |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 45.0    |          | 1.6   |       | USD
|                                                 | Micro Flo Company LLC
Memphis, Tennessee                 |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 105.5   |          | 15.0  |       | USD
|                                                 | MTO Reality Holding LLC
Florham Park, New Jersey         |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 0.0     |          | 0.0   |       | USD
|                                                 | Sabina Petrochemicals LLC*
Wilmington, Delaware          |                                                           | 22.8  |       |  |          | 67.6    |          | 3.2   |       | USD
|                                                 | Thousand Springs Trout Farms Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware   |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 0.0     |          | 0.0   |       | USD
|                                                 | Tradewinds Chemicals Corporation
Mount Olive, New Jersey |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 362.4   |          | 3.0   |       | USD
|                                                 | BASF de Mexico Group                                     |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 1,757.7 |          | 154.5 |       | MXN
|                                                 |                                                          | Includes:                                                 |       |       |  |          |         |          |       |       |    
|                                                 |                                                          | BASF Coatings de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico |       | 100.0 |  |          |         | 47.1     |       | 79.3  |    
|                                                 |                                                          | BASF Interservicos, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico      |       | 100.0 |  |          |         | (24.7    | )     | 3.1   |    
|                                                 |                                                          | BASF de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico          |       | 100.0 |  | 100.0    |         | 1,757.7  |       | 154.5 |    
|                                                 |                                                          | BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico           |       | 100.0 |  |          |         | 1,480.4  |       | (32.8 | )  
|South America                                    |                                                          |                                                           |       |       |  |          |         |          |       |      
|BASF Argentina S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina      |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       | 99.9  |  | 238.7    |         | 100.8    |       | ARS  
|BASF S.A. Group
Brazil                           |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       |       |  | 1,327.9  |         | 440.6    |       | BRL  
|                                                 | Includes:                                                |                                                           |       |       |  |          |         |          |       |       |    
|                                                 | BASF S.A.
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil                  |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 1,327.9 |          | 440.6 |       | BRL
|                                                 | BASF Poliuretanos Ltda.
Maua, Brazil                     |                                                           | 100.0 |       |  |          | 48.2    |          | 17.4  |       | BRL
|BASF Chile S.A.
Santiago de Chile, Chile         |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       | 99.9  |  | 28,816.0 |         | 6,889.0  |       | CLP  
|BASF de Costa Rica, S.A.
San José, Costa Rica    |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       | 100.0 |  | 2,973.4  |         | 1,475.0  |       | CRC  
|BASF Peruana S.A.
Lima, Peru                     |                                                          | 99.8                                                      |       | 99.8  |  | 39.2     |         | 13.3     |       | PEN  
|BASF Quimica Colombiana S.A.
Bogotá, Colombia    |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       | 100.0 |  | 92,225.0 |         | 22,704.0 |       | COP  
|Wintershall BM-C-19 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       |       |  | (69.8    | )       | (29.6    | )     | BRL  
|Wintershall BM-ES-7 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       |       |  | (105.8   | )       | (54.5    | )     | BRL  
|Wintershall BM-S-14 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       |       |  | (109.6   | )       | (54.8    | )     | BRL  
|Wintershall Energía S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina |                                                          | 100.0                                                     |       |       |  | 704.7    |         | 308.4    |       | ARS  
|                                                 |                                                          |                                                           |       |       |  |          |         |          |       |      
|* Proportionally consolidated affiliate.         |                                                          |                                                           |       |       |  |          |         |          |       |      

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|Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                    |  |       |  |       |  |           |  |          |   |    
|------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- |  | ----- |  | --------- |  | -------- | - | ---
|BASF (China) Company Ltd.
Beijing, China                      |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 1,224.7   |  | 35.9     |   | CNY
|BASF (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia             |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 127.4     |  | 36.9     |   | MYR
|BASF (Thai) Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand                            |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 1,260.2   |  | 224.6    |   | THB
|BASF Agro Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan                                   |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 487.0     |  | 258.0    |   | JPY
|BASF Australia Ltd.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia            |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 49.6      |  | 17.6     |   | AUD
|BASF Auxiliary Chemicals Company Ltd.
Pudong, Shanghai, China |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 1,144.2   |  | 184.6    |   | CNY
|BASF Chemicals Company Ltd.
Shanghai, China                   |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 688.4     |  | (113.2   | ) | CNY
|BASF China Limited
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China                  |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 327.0     |  | 174.4    |   | HKD
|BASF Company Ltd.
Seoul, South Korea                          |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 447,643.0 |  | 47,803.0 |   | KRW
|BASF FZE
Dubai, UAE Dubai                                     |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 10.0      |  | 9.0      |   | AED
|BASF Idemitsu Co. Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan                           |  | 67.0  |  | 67.0  |  | 1,808.0   |  | 535.0    |   | JPY
|BASF India Ltd.
Mumbai, India                                 |  | 52.7  |  | 52.7  |  | 2,529.3   |  | 445.6    |   | INR
|BASF Japan Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan                                  |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 18,874.0  |  | 1,574.0  |   | JPY
|BASF JCIC Neopentylglycol Company Ltd.
Jilin City, China      |  | 60.0  |  | 50.0  |  | 225.0     |  | 90.9     |   | CNY
|BASF New Zealand Ltd.
Auckland, New Zealand                   |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 14.8      |  | 2.1      |   | NZD
|BASF Pakistan (Private) Ltd.
Karachi, Pakistan                |  | 51.0  |  | 51.0  |  | 309.9     |  | 79.9     |   | PKR
|BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia     |  | 60.0  |  | 60.0  |  | 321.6     |  | 17.0     |   | USD
|BASF Philippines, Inc.
Canlubang, Calamba Laguna, Philippines |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 554.6     |  | (175.4   | ) | PHP
|BASF Services (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia    |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 218.1     |  | (10.6    | ) | MYR
|BASF Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Singapore                            |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 21.6      |  | 6.4      |   | SGD
|BASF South Africa (Pty.) Ltd.
Halfway House, South Africa     |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 158.6     |  | 17.6     |   | ZAR
|BASF South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
Singapore                      |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 394.3     |  | 70.9     |   | 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 |  |       |  | 314.7     |  | (53.9    | ) | INR
|BASF Taiwan Ltd.
Taipei, Taiwan                               |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 434.0     |  | 297.1    |   | TWD
|BASF Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Shanghai, China              |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 120.0     |  | 64.1     |   | CNY
|                                                              |  |       |  |       |  |           |  |          |   |    

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|BASF Türk Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti.
Istanbul, Turkey |  | 100.0 |  | 99.0 |  | 31,355.466.0 |  | (3,295.804.0 | ) | TRL
|------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----- |  | ---- |  | ------------ |  | ------------ | - | ---
|BASF Vitamins Company Ltd.
Shenyang, China                   |  | 98.0  |  | 60.0 |  | 159.5        |  | 2.9          |   | CNY
|P. T. BASF Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia                      |  | 97.0  |  | 97.0 |  | 245,621.0    |  | 58,937.0     |   | IDR
|Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Company
Shanghai, China           |  | 70.0  |  |      |  | 767.5        |  | (5.2         | ) | CNY
|Yangzi-BASF Styrenics Co. Ltd.
Nanjing, China                |  | 60.0  |  | 50.0 |  | 1,628.0      |  | 272.6        |   | CNY

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

|                                                                           |  |      |  |      |  |          |  |        |   |    
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- |  | ---- |  | -------- |  | ------ | - | ---
|Germany                                                                    |  |      |  |      |  |          |  |        |   |    
|BASF GE Schwarzheide GmbH & Co. KG
Schwarzheide                            |  | 50.0 |  | 50.0 |  | 8.7      |  | 3.4    |   | EUR
|Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus GmbH & Co. KG (WIEH)
Berlin                 |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 0.1      |  | *      |   | EUR
|Europe (excluding Germany)                                                 |  |      |  |      |  |          |  |        |   |    
|ELLBA C. V.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands                                     |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 216.6    |  | 65.8   |   | EUR
|Produits et Engrais Chimiques du Rhin S. A. (PEC Rhin)
Ottmarsheim, France |  | 50.0 |  | 50.0 |  | 31.1     |  | 7.3    |   | EUR
|Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus Zug AG
Zug, Switzerland                     |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 25.4     |  | 56.2   |   | USD
|North America                                                              |  |      |  |      |  |          |  |        |   |    
|Polioles, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico                                 |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 829.3    |  | 88.8   |   | MXN
|Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                 |  |      |  |      |  |          |  |        |   |    
|BASF Inoac Polyurethanes, Ltd. (BIP)
Shinshiro-Shi, Aichi, Japan           |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 4,084.0  |  | 550.0  |   | JPY
|BASF NOF Coatings Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan                                   |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 20,204.0 |  | 244.0  |   | JPY
|BASF-YPC Company Ltd.
Nanjing, China                                       |  | 50.0 |  | 10.0 |  | 8,184.8  |  | (608.3 | ) | 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 |  | 365.8    |  | 61.7   |   | CNY

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

|                                                  |  |       |  |       |  |      |  |      |   |    
|------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- |  | ----- |  | ---- |  | ---- | - | ---
|Germany                                           |  |       |  |       |  |      |  |      |   |    
|BASF Future Business GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)    |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 25.7 |  | *    |   | EUR
|BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)    |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 22.8 |  | (3.8 | ) | EUR
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution GmbH
Cologne |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 2.3  |  | *    |   | EUR
|                                                  |  |       |  |       |  |      |  |      |   |    

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|Lucura Rückversicherungs AG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 35.8     |  | 4.6      |  | EUR
|--------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- |  | ----- |  | -------- |  | -------- |  | ---
|Wintershall Wolga Petroleum GmbH**
Kassel                       |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 0.2      |  | 2.3      |  | EUR
|Europe (excluding Germany)                                      |  |       |  |       |  |          |  |          |  |    
|BASF Coatings Refinish AG
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland             |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 2.0      |  | 0.7      |  | CHF
|BASF Ireland Limited
Dublin, Ireland                            |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 2.6      |  | 0.1      |  | EUR
|South America                                                   |  |       |  |       |  |          |  |          |  |    
|BASF Ecuatoriana S.A.
Quito, Ecuador                            |  | 100.0 |  | 99.9  |  | 4.9      |  | 0.7      |  | USD
|BASF Poliuretanos S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina                  |  | 100.0 |  | 3.2   |  | 1.9      |  | 8.5      |  | ARS
|BASF Venezolana, S.A.
Caracas, Venezuela                        |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 16,351.3 |  | 11,610.5 |  | VEB
|Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                      |  |       |  |       |  |          |  |          |  |    
|BASF Polyurethanes (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |  | 100.0 |  |       |  | 13.0     |  | 3.6      |  | MYR
|BASF Polyurethanes (Taiwan) Co. Ltd.
Hsinchu, Taiwan            |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0 |  | 120.9    |  | 43.4     |  | TWD
|BASF Shanghai Coatings Company Ltd.
Shanghai, China             |  | 60.0  |  |       |  | 80.0     |  | 9.6      |  | CNY

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

|                                                                          |  |      |  |      |  |         |  |       |   |    
|------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- |  | ---- |  | ------- |  | ----- | - | ---
|Germany                                                                   |  |      |  |      |  |         |  |       |   |    
|Solvin GmbH & Co. KG*
Hanover                                             |  | 25.0 |  | 25.0 |  | 271.4   |  | 67.6  |   | EUR
|Europe (excluding Germany)                                                |  |      |  |      |  |         |  |       |   |    
|Basell N.V.*
Hoofddorp, the Netherlands                                   |  | 50.0 |  | 17.8 |  | 3,200.6 |  | 150.5 |   | EUR
|BASF Huntsman Shanghai Isocyanate Investment B.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 26.1    |  | (0.1  | ) | EUR
|Indurisk Rückversicherungs-AG
Luxembourg, Luxembourg                      |  | 50.0 |  |      |  | 5.1     |  | 0.0   |   | EUR
|Svalöf Weibull AB*
Svalöv, Sweden                                         |  | 40.0 |  |      |  | 581.8   |  | 40.1  |   | SEK
|Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                |  |      |  |      |  |         |  |       |   |    
|Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Co. Ltd.
Shanghai, China                     |  | 35.0 |  |      |  | 419.9   |  | 0.0   |   | CNY

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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 Jobmarkt GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                                            |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0              
|BASF Katalysatorproduktionsgesellschaft Köln mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                              |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0              
|BASF Lizenz GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                                              |  | 100.0            |  |                    
|BASF Mobilienleasing GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                                     |  | 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               
|Elastogran Schwarzheide GmbH
Schwarzheide                                                          |  | 100.0            |  |                    
|Elfte BASF Chemiebeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                 |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0              
|Elfte BASF Erwerbsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                            |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0              
|Elfte BASF Finanzbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                 |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0              
|Elfte BASF Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                |  | 100.0            |  | 100.0              
|Envimax GmbH
Heddesheim                                                                            |  | 100.0            |  |                    
|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            |  |                    
|                                                                                                   |  |                  |  |                    

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|Guano-Werke Pensionsverwaltung GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                             |  | 100.0 |  |      
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----- |  | -----
|Guano-Werke Vermögensverwaltung AG i. L.
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                        |  | 99.8  |  |      
|LUCARA Immobilienverwaltungs GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                               |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|ME Projektabwicklung GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                       |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Metanomics Health GmbH
Berlin                                                        |  | 65.1  |  |      
|Projektentwicklungs-GmbH Friesenheimer Insel
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                    |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|SEWOGE Service- und Wohnungsunternehmen GmbH
Schwarzheide                            |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|SGS-Schwarzheider Gastronomie und Service GmbH
Schwarzheide                          |  | 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 |  |      
|WIEH Verwaltungs-GmbH
Kassel                                                         |  | 100.0 |  |      
|WINGAS Verwaltungs-GmbH
Kassel                                                       |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Wintershall Lenkoran GmbH
Kassel                                                     |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Wintershall Libyen Oil & Gas GmbH
Kassel                                             |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Wintershall Nordkaspische Exploration und Production GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)       |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Wintershall Urengoi GmbH
Kassel                                                      |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Wintershall Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Zehnte BASF Chemiebeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                  |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|Zehnte BASF Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                 |  | 100.0 |  | 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.
Mitry-Mory, 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 |  |      
|                                                                                     |  |       |  |      

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|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 Chemicals Ltd.
Cheshire, United Kingdom                        |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings Nederland B.V.
Maarssenbroek, the Netherlands         |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings Refinish GmbH
Eugendorf, Austria                      |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings Refinish Ltd.
Didcot, United Kingdom                  |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings Refinish Norden AB
Hisings Kaerra, Sweden             |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings Refinish S.A./N.V.
Brussels, Belgium                  |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Colorants Trading S.A.
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland               |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Croatia d.o.o.
Zagreb, Croatia                                 |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Curtex Productos Químicos Ltda.
Porto, Portugal                |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF EOOD
Sofia, Bulgaria                                           |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Finance Europe N.V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands                    |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|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 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
|                                                                    |  |       |  |      

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|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-Distribuiçao de Produtos Químicos Especiais Lda.
Marinha Grande, Portugal |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF UAB
Vilnius, Lithuania                                                                   |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Wostok OOO
Moscow, Russia                                                                |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Boots Galenika d.o.o.
Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro                                             |  | 51.0  |  | 51.0 
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution S.R.O.
Bratislava, Slovakia                              |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution S.L.
Barcelona, Spain                                    |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution SpA
Cesano Maderno, Italy                                |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution B. V.
Arnhem, the Netherlands                            |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution Ltd.
Cheshire, United Kingdom                            |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution S.A.S.
Levallois-Perret, France                          |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution N.V./S.A.
Brussels, Belgium                              |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution A/S
Copenhagen, Denmark                                  |  | 100.0 |  |      
|COMPAREX Information Systems Ltd.
Cheadle, United Kingdom                                     |  | 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
|Elastogran Kemipur Poliuretan System Kft.
Solymar, Hungary                                    |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Elastogran Lagomat Nordic AB
Angered, Sweden                                                  |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Haus am Kai 1, OOO
Moscow, Russia                                                             |  | 100.0 |  | 19.6 
|Himmoba AG
Wädenswil/Au, Switzerland                                                          |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Lipogene AB
Svalöv, Sweden                                                                    |  | 91.0  |  |      
|OOO Megatron NVK
Machachkala, Russia                                                          |  | 70.0  |  |      
|Plant Science Sweden AB
Svalöv, Sweden                                                        |  | 91.0  |  |      
|                                                                                              |  |       |  |      

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|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
Southfield, Michigan          |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Automotive Refinish Technology, Inc. (ART)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |  | 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  |  |      
|MTO Realty Holdings LLC
Florham Park, New Jersey                    |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Transpharm Inc.
Florham Park, New Jersey                            |  | 100.0 |  |      
|South America                                                       |  |       |  |      
|Aislapol S.A.
Santiago de Chile, Chile                              |  | 100.0 |  | 99.9 
|Basanil S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina                                |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Bolivia S.R.L.
Santa Cruz, 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  |  |      
|BASF Dominicana S.A.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic              |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Panama S.A.
Panama City, Panama                                |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Paraguaya S.A.
Asunción, Paraguay                              |  | 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 |  | 99.9 
|Tintas Graficas S.A.
Santiago de Chile, Chile                       |  | 96.2  |  |      
|Tintas Graficas S.A.
San Luis, Argentina                            |  | 92.5  |  |      
|Wintershall BM-C-10 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil                    |  | 100.0 |  |      
|                                                                    |  |       |  |      

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|Wintershall BM-ES-1 Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil                        |  | 100.0 |  |      
|----------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- |  | -----
|Wintershall do Brasil Serviços Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil             |  | 100.0 |  |      
|Asia, Pacific Area, 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 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.
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa                  |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings (Pty.) Ltd.
Wetherill Park, New South Wales, Australia    |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings + Inks Philippines Inc.
Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings Inc.
Canlubang, Calamba Laguna, Philippines               |  | 100.0 |  |      
|BASF Coatings (Pvt.) Ltd.
Mumbai, India                                 |  | 100.0 |  | 44.6 
|BASF Coatings PMB (Pty.) Ltd.
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa              |  | 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 Industries Private Ltd.
Mumbai, India                              |  | 100.0 |  | 100.0
|BASF Iran AG
Tehran, 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.
Taipei, Taiwan           |  | 55.0  |  | 55.0 
|                                                                        |  |       |  |      

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|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 
|CSJ K.K.
Tokyo, Japan                                                  |  | 100.0 |  |      
|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 |  |      
|Elastogran Polürethan Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
Pendik-Istanbul, Turkey   |  | 100.0 |  |      

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

|Germany                                                                                                               |  |      |  |     
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- |  | ----
|Aurentum Innovationstechnologien GmbH
Mainz                                                                           |  | 25.2 |  |     
|Axaron Bioscience AG
Heidelberg                                                                                       |  | 43.5 |  | 43.5
|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 |  |     
|Emsland-Erdölleitung GmbH
Osterwald                                                                                   |  | 25.0 |  |     
|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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|Rhinegas 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.PersonalentwicklungsgesellschaftmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)  |  | 33.4 |  | 33.4
|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 |  |     
|Europe (excluding Germany)                                        |  |      |  |     
|Amylogene Handelsbolaget
Svalöv, Sweden                           |  | 45.5 |  |     
|BASF Naber S.A.
Valencia, Spain                                   |  | 50.0 |  |     
|BASF Nutrition Animale S.A.S.
Chateau Gontier, France             |  | 50.0 |  |     
|Cseber Csomagoloeszköz Begyüjtesi Rendeszer KHT
Budapest, Hungary |  | 22.8 |  |     
|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 |  |     
|HydroWingas Ltd.
Twickenham, United Kingdom                       |  | 32.5 |  |     
|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 L8A B.V.
The Hague, the Netherlands                  |  | 30.3 |  |     
|Omnexus N.V.
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 |  |     
|Severoceska Plynarenska A.S.
Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic       |  | 20.2 |  |     
|                                                                  |  |      |  |     

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|Société Civile Immobilière des Plastiques de Normandie
Lillebonne, France                      |  | 41.4 |  |     
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- |  | ----
|Stredoceska Plynarenska A.S.
Prague, Czech Republic                                            |  | 31.0 |  |     
|Société de Participation dans l'Industrie et le Transport du Pétrole
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |  | 27.2 |  |     
|WIEE Romania SRL
Bucharest, Romania                                                            |  | 50.0 |  |     
|Wirom Gas S.A.
Bucharest, Romania                                                              |  | 25.6 |  |     
|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 |  |     
|Buckeye Products Pipeline, LP
Houston, Texas                                                   |  | 22.0 |  |     
|Fort Amanda Specialities, LLC
Lima, Ohio                                                       |  | 50.0 |  |     
|Gulf Coast Pipeline, LP
Houston, Texas                                                         |  | 22.0 |  |     
|South America                                                                                  |  |      |  |     
|Ingredia Alimentacion Animal S.A.
Caracas, Venezuela                                           |  | 37.2 |  |     
|Asia, Pacific Area, Africa                                                                     |  |      |  |     
|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
|BNC Color Techno Service Co. Ltd.
Fukuoka, Japan                                               |  | 50.0 |  |     
|Kartal Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.
Istanbul, Turkey                                                |  | 25.1 |  | 25.1
|Nisso BASF Agro Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan                                                         |  | 45.0 |  | 45.0
|NOF Kansai Marine Coatings Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan                                              |  | 25.0 |  |     
|NOF (Thailand) Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand                                                          |  | 20.0 |  |     
|Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Ltd. i. L.
Laverton, Victoria, Australia                    |  | 50.0 |  |     
|Toray BASF PBT Resin Sdn. Bhd.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia                                          |  | 50.0 |  | 50.0
|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 |  |     

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3.     Participating interests 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                |  | 555.4*                            |  | 101.3*                |  | EUR                
|VNG-Verbundnetz Gas AG
Leipzig  |  | 15.8             |  |                     |  | 504.0*                            |  | 124.0*                |  | 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 Performance Polymers GmbH
Rudolstadt                                    
|BASF PharmaChemikalien GmbH & Co. KG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                    
|BASF Pigment GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                       
|BASF Schwarzheide GmbH
Schwarzheide                                          
|BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution GmbH
Cologne                            
|Chemische Fabrik Wibarco GmbH
Ibbenbüren                                     
|Elastogran GmbH
Lemförde                                                     
|Dr. Wolman GmbH
Sinzheim                                                     
|GEWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                
|Haidkopf GmbH
Kassel                                                         
|LUWOGE Wohnungsunternehmen der BASF GmbH
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                
|Ultraform GmbH & Co. KG
Ludwigshafen (Rhine)                                 
|WINGAS GmbH
Kassel                                                           
|Wintershall AG
Kassel                                                        
|Wintershall Erdgas Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG
Kassel                         
|Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus GmbH & Co. KG
Berlin                          
|Wintershall Erdgas Verwaltungs-GmbH
Kassel                                   
|Wintershall Explorations- und Produktions-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Kassel

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