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BASF Pest Control Solutions

HASSAN ELAMRI

Dubai

May 16th, 2011

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BASF – The Chemical CompanyThe world’s leading chemical company

Our chemistry is used in nearly all industry sectors

We combine economical success with social responsibility and the protection of the environment

Sales 2010: €63,873 million

EBIT 2010: €7,761 million

Employees (December 31, 2010): 109,140

About 1,100 new patents filed

6 Verbund sites and about 390 production sites

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Strong tradition

1865 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 2005 2010

THE AGE OF DYES

FOUNDING OF BASF

THE AGE OF FERTILIZERS

NEW HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESES

NEW BEGINNING AND PLASTICS AGE

BECOMING A TRANSNATIONAL COMPANY

2011

WITH SUSTAINABILITYINTO THE NEW MILLENIUM

COGNISACQUISITION

Verbund site Ludwigshafen – the largest integrated chemical complex in the world

32,910*

10 km²

8.3 mill metric tons p.a.

106 km

213 km

2.100 trucks daily

100,000 containers p.a.

2,600 km

> 160 production plants

2 steam cracker

1 wastewater treatment plant

Employees BASF SE

Site area

Sales products

Road

Rail

Site traffic

Shipment

Pipeline system

Production facilities

HEADQUARTER

*as of: 31.12. 2010; incl. trainees

BASF Segments

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PerformancePolymersPolyurethanes

Crop Protection Oil & Gas

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Nutrition & Health

Dispersions& PigmentsCare Chemicals

Paper Chemicals

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Crop Protection

R&D Expenditures 2010R&D Expenditures 2010

Sales by Segment 2010Sales by Segment 2010

Total€63,873 million

Total€63,873 million

17%

6%

15%

9%19%

16%

18%

Crop Protection

Plant Biotechnology(Corporate Research)Plant Biotechnology

(Corporate Research)

Part of BASF – The Chemical Company

26%

11%

9%

10%

19%

12%

11%

1%1%

Total €1,492million

GLOBAL PEST CONTROL SOLUTIONS –Attractive market offering growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific and Latin America

Sorex/ Whitmire successfully completed in2009 – BASF now with outstanding expertise and broad technology & product platform

Broad portfolio of active ingredients

Formulation expertise in rodent baits and high-performing insecticides

Commercial know-how and market understanding in established markets(United States, Western Europe)

Pest Control

Rural Hygiene

Protecting health and hygiene in the agricultural sector. Includes insecticides and rodenticides for farm buildings, livestock accommodation, crop and feed storage facilities.

Professional Pest Management

Smart solutions for pest management challenges. Rodenticides, insecticides, and termiticides for professional use in commercial and residential sectors.

Public Health

Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, indoor residual sprays, and larvicides to control disease-carrying insects.

Business mainly with humanitarian and aid organizations.

Protecting peace of mind - ensuring a better quality of life

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BASF Pest Control Solutions Main Brands and respective Active

IngredientsRodenticides Insecticides

Fipronil

Alpha-cypermethrin

Chlorfenapyr

Temephos

Abamectin

D-LimoneneGeraniole

Light traps

Flufenoxuron

Cyfluthrin

Alpha-cypermethrin

Alpha-cypermethrin

Abamectin

Dinotefuran

FipronilDifenacoum / Fortec

Difenacoum

Difenacoum

Difenacoum / Fortec

Difenacoum

Brodifacoum

Bromadiolone

Flucoumafen

Rat + Mice boxes

Broad spectrum of insecticides paired with innovative formulation technology Highly efficacious range of rodenticides

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Pest Control Market

Key Trends Impact on Market Value

Urban Sprawl Climate change Increasing food safety and hygiene standards New emergence of pests (e.g. Bed bugs) – partly result of selective bait technology

Need for solutions to protect harvest during storage and transport Need for innovative solutions in monitoring and preventive market segment (bait technology!)

Major UPC active ingredients are off-patent

Pest Control Market is expected to grow sustainably

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140,000

Development of a crop protection product

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65million euros

Years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Active Ingredient

Chemistry

Formulation

66million euros

Research

Biology

Development

Degradation& residues

Toxicology

Ecotoxicology

Substances

Small-plot trials

Registration

Kilo lab scale

Process development

Synthesis

Production

Process development

Development

Field trials (worldwide)

Plant, animal, soil, water, air

Algae, daphnia, fish, birds,microorganisms, bees, beneficials

Acute and chronic toxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, teratogenicity, reproduction

ScreeningLaboratory/greenhouse

69million euros

200mllion euros

Source: Industrieverband Agrar, 2008

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Submission of a dossier

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Past

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BASF Agricultural Center Limburgerhof

Locations worldwide BASF Agricultural

Center – an overview The various spheres

of operation Crop protection

Plant biotechnology

Development of fertilizers

History of the Agricultural Center