6-K UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July 16, 2004
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
BASF CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
Carl Bosch Strasse 38, LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY 67056
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
Registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- .
Change on BASF's Supervisory Board
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2004--
Change on BASF's Supervisory Board;
Michael Vassiliadis to succeed Dr. Juergen Walter
Michael Vassiliadis will be appointed as a new member of the Supervisory Board
of BASF Aktiengesellschaft effective August 1, 2004. Vassiliadis will succeed
Dr. Juergen Walter, who will retire from BASF's Supervisory Board as of July 31,
2004. Walter has been a member of this Board since 1988 and will continue to act
as deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF Schwarzheide GmbH.
Until his retirement on March 31, 2004, Walter was a member of the Central Board
of Executive Directors of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union
(IGBCE), to which body Vassiliadis was elected effective April 1, 2004.
Vassiliadis is also deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of K + S
Aktiengesellschaft.
Michael Grabicki
Phone: +49 621 60-99938
Fax: +49 621 60-92693
michael.grabicki@basf-ag.de
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Date: July 16, 2004 By: /s/ Elisabeth Schick
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Name: Elisabeth Schick
Title: Director Site Communications
Ludwigshafen and Europe
By: /s/ Christian Schubert
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Name: Christian Schubert
Title: Director Corporate Communications
BASF Group