BASF Report 2021 Corporate Governance – Declaration of Conformity Pursuant to Section 161 AktG 184 Declaration of Conformity Pursuant to Section 161 AktG Declaration of Conformity 2021 of the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board of BASF SE The Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board of BASF SE hereby declare pursuant to section 161 AktG (German Stock Corporation Act) The recommendations of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code as amended on Decem- ber 16, 2019, published by the Federal Ministry of Justice on March 20, 2020, in the official section of the Federal Gazette are complied with and have been complied with since the submission of the last Declaration of Conformity of December 2020. Ludwigshafen, December 2021 The Supervisory Board The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE of BASF SE