BASF Report 2021 Consoli dated Financial Statements – Notes 285 32 Services provided by the external auditor 33 Declaration of Conformity with the German 34 Non-adjusting events after the balance sheet Corporate Governance Code date BASF Group companies used the following services from KPMG: Declaration pursuant to section 161 of the German Stock On January 4, 2022, the Board of Executive Directors approved a Services provided by the external auditor Corporation Act (AktG) share buyback program with a maximum volume of €3 billion to be Million € implemented between January 2022 and December 2023. The 2021 2020 The annual Declaration of Conformity with the German Corporate share buyback program is based on the authorization from Annual audit 19.2 19.6 Governance Code according to section 161 AktG was submitted by May 12, 2017. A proposal to renew the authorization to buy back of which domestic 6.8 7.1 the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board of own shares is planned for the 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, Audit-related services 0.7 1.0 BASF SE in December 2021 and is published online. which would authorize the continuation of the share buyback of which domestic 0.5 0.8 For more information, see basf.com/en/corporategovernance program already underway. Tax consultation services 0.2 0.2 For more information on the share buyback program, see Note 19 from page 249 onward of which domestic 0 0 Other services – – of which domestic – – Total 20.1 20.8 The services provided by the external auditor mainly include services for the annual audit and, to a lesser extent, confirmation services and tax consultation services. The line item annual audit relates to expenses for the audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the BASF Group, the legally required financial statements of BASF SE and of the subsidiaries and joint operations included in the Consolidated Financial Statements as well as the review of subgroups. Fees for audit- related services primarily include audits in connection with r egulatory demands as well as other confirmation services. Domestic tax consultation services related primarily to tax declaration adjustments for the Chemetall companies until the 2015 tax period.