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	<title>BASF-News: Business Politics - Shares</title>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF enters a challenging 2008 with a record first quarter]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3073</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany - April 24, 2008 - The BASF Group has continued on its successful path in the first three months of 2008. Having posted a further record quarter, it is confident with regard to the coming months. First-quarter sales rose by almost 9 percent to €15.9 billion, while income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by more than 11 percent compared with the same period of 2007 to almost €2.4 billion.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF launches two crop protection active ingredients]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3024</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF Crop Protection has launched two active ingredients from its promising pipeline of development projects in the past few months: orysastrobin and metaflumizone.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF plans to raise dividend to €3.90 per share and proposes 1:2 stock split]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3005</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – February 21, 2008 – The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE today decided to propose to the Annual Meeting on April 24, 2008 to increase the dividend for 2007 by €0.90, or 30 percent, to €3.90 per share and to conduct a 1:2 stock split. Both decisions are subject to approval by the company’s Supervisory Board in its meeting on March 4, 2008.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[New record year 2007 gives BASF confidence for 2008]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3004</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – February 21, 2008 – For BASF, 2007 was another record year. Thanks to organic growth and the very positive development of the acquired businesses, BASF posted sales of almost €58 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items of more than €7.6 billion in 2007.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF buys back shares for €1.9 billion in 2007]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2967</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – January 21, 2008 – In 2007, BASF bought back shares for €1.9 billion as part of its ongoing share buyback program. A total of approximately 21.5 million shares were repurchased at an average price of €88.35. This corresponds to 4.3 percent of the company’s share capital. The €3 billion buyback program is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF heading for record year again]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2891</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Increased sales (up 5 percent) and EBIT before special items (up 6 percent) in third quarter <br />- Earnings per share more than doubled in third quarter<br />- Positive outlook for 2007: Significant sales increase to nearly €58 billion and EBIT before special items above previous year’s record level<br /><br />BASF – The Chemical Company – also increased its sales and earnings in the third quarter of 2007 and is thus heading for a record year again. BASF’s Chief Financial Officer Dr. Kurt Bock pointed out to analysts and journalists that all segments contributed to the increase in sales. In particular, the businesses acquired last year performed strongly.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF posts very strong results in second quarter of 2007]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2793</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Volume demand remains strong: Second-quarter sales climb to €14.7 billion (up 19 percent)<br />- EBIT before special items reaches €2.0 billion (up 6 percent)<br />- Further portfolio measures: Strategic options under review for parts of styrenics business<br />- Outlook for 2007 confirmed: Significantly higher sales, EBIT before special items to at least match the previous year’s record level<br /><br />BASF – The Chemical Company – remains in top form: In the second quarter and first half of 2007, the company again exceeded the record results posted in the same periods of the previous year. In the second quarter, BASF increased sales by 19 percent and income from operations (EBIT) before special items by 6 percent.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF to delist from New York Stock Exchange]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2792</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Complexity and costs reduced<br />- High level of disclosure maintained<br />- BASF management committed to an open dialogue with U.S. investors<br /><br />BASF Aktiengesellschaft announced today (July 30, 2007) that its Board of Executive Directors has decided to file for voluntary delisting of its ADSs (American Depositary Shares) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and deregistration and termination of its reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act).]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF workers buy employee shares for approximately €37 million in 2007]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2732</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[The “plus” share purchase program for BASF employees has once again been very successful in 2007: More than 18,000 workers have bought employee shares for roughly €37 million. “About 40 percent of our workforce in Germany has participated in the share program – a pleasingly high level as in previous years,” said Hans-Carsten Hansen, President Human Resources at BASF.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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