6-K UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
March 12, 2003
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
BASF CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
Carl Bosch Strasse 38, LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY 67056
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
Registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- .
Changes to BASF's Supervisory Board
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003--
The shareholders' representatives on BASF's Supervisory Board are to
be re-elected at this year's Annual Meeting on May 6, 2003. Four of
the previous members of the Supervisory Board - Etienne Graf Davignon,
Dr. Wolfgang Jentzsch, Professor Dr. Berthold Leibinger and Dr.
Henning Schulte-Noelle - are no longer available for re-election.
In their place, the Supervisory Board today proposed Dr. Renate
Kocher, managing director of the Allensbach Institute of Opinion
Research, and Michael Diekmann, member of the Board of Executive
Directors of Allianz Aktiengesellschaft, for election to the
Supervisory Board. Dr. Jurgen F. Strube and Max Dietrich Kley - the
chairman and vice chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF
Aktiengesellschaft up to the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2003
- were already proposed for election to the Supervisory Board in July
2002.
Dr. Renate Kocher studied economics, journalism and sociology in Mainz
and Munich. She has been managing director of the Allensbach Institute
of Opinion Research since 1988. Her research focuses on the acceptance
of new technologies such as genetics, financial market research, the
effects of new media on information gathering and comparative analyses
of the old and new federal German states.
Michael Diekmann studied law and philosophy in Gottingen. He has
worked for the Allianz Group of insurance companies since 1988. He was
appointed to the board of Allianz in 1998, where he is now responsible
for North and South America as well as for Group-wide human resources
at Allianz Aktiengesellschaft.
The 10 employee representatives who will sit on BASF Supervisory Board
were elected on February 25, 2003. Volker Obenauer, who was for many
years deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board and is the former
chairman of the works council of BASF Aktiengesellschaft and the joint
works council of the BASF Group, has retired from the Supervisory
Board. Ralf Bastian, member of the works council of BASF
Aktiengesellschaft, has been newly appointed to the Supervisory Board.
Eva Kraut, chairwoman of the works council of BASF IT Services GmbH
Ludwigshafen, who replaced Ellen Schneider on the Supervisory Board
last August, has now been elected for an entire electoral period.
Robert Oswald, chairman of the works council of BASF
Aktiengesellschaft, who was appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2000
to replace Gunter Klein, has also been elected for an entire electoral
period.
BASF is the world's leading chemical company. It aims to increase and
sustain its corporate value through growth and innovation. BASF offers
its customers a range of high-performance products, including
chemicals, plastics, coatings systems, dispersions, agricultural
products, fine chemicals as well as crude oil and natural gas. BASF's
distinctive approach to integration, known in German as "Verbund," is
its strength. It enables the company to achieve cost leadership and
gives it a competitive advantage. BASF acts in accordance with the
principles of Sustainable Development. In 2001, BASF had sales of
EUR32.5 billion (circa $29 billion) and over 90,000 employees worldwide.
BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS),
London (BFA), New York (BF), Paris (BA) and Zurich (BAS). Further
information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
CONTACT: BASF A.G
Michael Grabicki
Phone: +49 621 60-99938
Fax: +49 621 60-20129
michael.grabicki@basf-ag.de
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Date: March 12, 2003 By: /s/ Elisabeth Schick
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Name: Elisabeth Schick
Title: Director Site Communications Ludwigshafen
and Europe
By: /s/ Christian Schubert
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Name: Christian Schubert
Title: Director Corporate Communications
BASF Group