BASF Division Gets New President

Ludwigshafen, Germany, Dec. 16, 2011 -- Raimar Jahn, currently head of BASF’s Coatings division, will become president of BASF’s Polyurethanes division, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium effective March 1.

He succeeds Wayne T. Smith, who has been appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE effective at the end of the Annual Meeting on April 27, 2012.