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Key BASF share data

		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Year-end price¹	€	22.29	26.5	32.36	36.93	50.71
Year high¹	€	22.29	26.5	32.67	37.12	50.81
Year low¹	€	14.21	20.25	25.06	29.49	35.98
Year average¹	€	19.26	22.59	28.57	32.41	44.5

Daily trade in shares²
- million €		127.2	121.7	154.0	198.6	298.3
- million shares		3.3	2.7	2.7	3.1	3.35

Number of shares as of December 31^{1, 3}	Million shares	1,113.3	1,082.5	1,030.1	999.4	956.3
Market capitalization as of December 31	billion €	24.8	28.6	33.3	36.9	48.5

Earnings per share^{1, 4}	€	0.81	1.83	2.86	3.19	4.16
Dividend per share¹	€	0.7	0.85	1	1.5	1.95
Dividend yield⁵	%	3.14	3.21	3.09	4.06	3.85
Payout ratio⁴	%	85	45	34	46	46⁶
Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)^{4, 5}		27.5	14.5	11.3	11.6	12.2

Adjusted for 2:1 stock split in June 2008

Average, Xetra trading

After deduction of shares earmarked for cancellation

⁴

Starting in 2005, the accounting and reporting of the BASF Group has been performed in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
The previous year�s figure has been restated accordingly. The figures up to and including 2003 were prepared according to German Commercial Code.

⁵

Based on year-end share price

⁶

With regard to the number of qualifying shares as of December 31, 2007