Advanced Notice of Events to Mark the Official Opening of the New BASF Verbund site in Nanjing, China on September 27 and 28, 2005.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany -- BASF (NYSE:BF)(FWB:BAS)(LSE:BFA) and its partner SINOPEC are officially opening their Verbund site in Nanjing, China, only four years after groundbreaking. The new site, in which both partners have invested a total of $2.9 billion, represents the largest single investment in BASF's 140-year history.

You will be able to follow a live transmission via Internet of the press conferences to mark the opening of the site, as well as the opening ceremony. The accompanying documents will be available for download from the following addresses.

September 27:

Press release (at 9:00 a.m. CEST)
www.basf.de/pressrelease                (English)
www.basf.de/pressemitteilungen          (German)

Live-Transmission of BASF press conference
(at 9:00 a.m. CEST)
www.basf.de/pcon                        (English)
www.basf.de/pk                          (German)

Speech Dr. Juergen Hambrecht/Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer -
print version (at 9:00 a.m. CEST)
www.basf.de/pressconference             (English)
www.basf.de/pressekonferenz             (German)


September 28:

Press release (at 7:30 a.m. CEST)
www.basf.de/pressrelease                (English)
www.basf.de/pressemitteilungen          (German)

Live-Transmission of BASF/SINOPEC press conference
(at 2:30 a.m. CEST)
www.basf.de/pcon                        (English)
www.basf.de/pk                          (German)

Speech Dr. Juergen Hambrecht - print version
(at 2:30 a.m. CEST)
www.basf.de/pressconference             (English)
www.basf.de/pressekonferenz             (German)

Live-Transmission of opening ceremony
(from 4:30 a.m. CEST)
www.basf.de/pcon                        (English)
www.basf.de/pk                          (German)