DGAP-Adhoc: BASF SE: BASF to sell its shares in K+S Aktiengesellschaft

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BASF SE  / Key word(s): Miscellaneous

10.03.2011 17:44

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BASF SE intends to place up to around 19.7 million shares of K+S
Aktiengesellschaft (representing 10.3% of the company's share capital) with
institutional investors in an accelerated bookbuilding transaction. With
the expected capital gain from the sale, BASF aims to further optimize its
balance sheet and continue to reduce its debt as previously announced.

The 19.7 million shares will not be or have not been registered under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') and may not
be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.



Frau Jennifer Moore-Braun, Phone: +49 621 60-99123,
jennifer.moore-braun@basf.com






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Language:     English
Company:      BASF SE
              Carl-Bosch-Straße 38
              67056 Ludwigshafen
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)621 60-0
Fax:          +49 (0)621 60-4 25 25
E-mail:       info.service@basf.com
Internet:     www.basf.com
ISIN:         DE000BASF111, DE000A0JRFB0, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter
Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0JRFA2, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,
DE000A0JQF26, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE000A0EUB86,
Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, DE0008846718, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,
DE000A0XFK16, Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, XS0420401779,
Börse Luxemburg, XS0412154378, Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Börse,
DE000A0T4DU7,Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Börse, CH0039943292, Swiss Exchange
(SWX), CH0039943383, Swiss Exchange (SWX), DE000A0TKBM, Börse Luxemburg,
Frankfurter Börse, XS0414672070, Börse Luxemburg, , 
WKN:          BASF11, WKN A0JRFB, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, 
, WKN A0JRFA, Börse Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0JQF2, Börse
Dublin, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,  , WKN A0EUB8, Frankfurter
Wertpapierbörse, , WKN 884671, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0XFK1,
Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0XFHJ, Börse Luxemburg,
, WKN A0T6EG, Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0T4DU,
Börse Luxemburg, Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN 3994329, Swiss Exchange
(SWX), , WKN 3994338, Swiss Exchange (SWX), , WKN A0TKBM, Börse Luxemburg,
Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, , WKN A0T65R, Börse Luxemburg, 
Indices:      DAX, EURO STOXX 50
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
              Standard), Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart; Terminbörse
              EUREX; London, SIX
 
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