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BASF India Limited held its 82nd Annual General Meeting through video conferencing on August 12, 2026. The meeting was attended by the company's directors, including Chairman Pradip P. Shah and Managing Director Alexander Gerding. The directors introduced themselves and the meeting was conducted in compliance with the circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
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BASF India Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Transcript of 82nd Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Wednesday 12th August 2026 at 3pm'.
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BASF India Limited, Mumbai - 400 079, India
August 18, 2026
The Market Operations Department
BSE Limited,
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers
Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 001
Name of the Company : BASF INDIA LIMITED
Security Code No. : 500042
Dear Sir/Madam,
Re: Transcript of 82nd Annual General Meeting of the Company
Please find enclosed the transcript of the 82nd Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Wednesday,
12th August, 2026 at 3.00 p.m. and the same will be hosted on the Company’s website, at www.basf.com
Kindly take note of the same in your records.
Thanking You,
Yours faithfully,
For BASF India Limited
Manohar Kamath Pankaj Bahl
Director – Legal, General Counsel (India) Senior Manager- Legal & Secretarial
& Company Secretary
Cc: Listing Compliance,
National Stock Exchange of India Limited,
Exchange Plaza, C-1, Block-G,
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra – (East).
Mumbai-400051.
Registered Office
BASF India Limited
Unit No. 10A, 10B, 10C (Part)
10th Floor, Godrej One,
Pirojshanagar, Eastern Express Highway,
Vikhroli (East), Mumbai 400 079
Tel +91 22 6834 7000
CIN - L33112MH1943FLC003972
www.basf.com/in
“BASF India Limited
82nd Annual General Meeting”
August 12, 2026
MANAGEMENT: MR. PRADEEP P. SHAH – CHAIRMAN – BASF INDIA
LIMITED
MR. ALEXANDER GERDING – MANAGING DIRECTOR –
BASF INDIA LIMITED
DR. RAMKUMAR DHRUVA – NON-EXECUTIVE AND
NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR – BASF INDIA LIMITED
MR. ANDREW POSTLETHWAITE – NON-EXECUTIVE
AND NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR – BASF INDIA
LIMITED
MRS. SHYAMALA GOPINATH – INDEPENDENT
DIRECTOR – BASF INDIA LIMITED
MR. BAHRAM VAKIL – INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR –
BASF INDIA LIMITED
MS. SONIA SINGH – INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR – BASF
INDIA LIMITED
MR. NARENDRANATH J. BALIGA – CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER AND WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR – BASF INDIA
LIMITED
MR. ANIL CHOUDHARY – MANUFACTURING HEAD AND
WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR – BASF INDIA LIMITED
MR. MANOHAR KAMATH – COMPANY SECRETARY –
BASF INDIA LIMITED
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BASF India Limited
August 12, 2026
Manohar Kamath: Dear Shareholders, I welcome you to your Company's 82nd Annual General Meeting which is
being held through video conferencing. I also welcome all the Board members of your Company
to this meeting. I would like to inform you about certain important points for the smooth conduct
of this meeting.
The facility of joining the Annual General Meeting through video conferencing is being made
available to the shareholders on first-come-first-serve basis. All the shareholders of the
Company who have joined this meeting have been muted to avoid any disturbance arising out
of the background noise and ensure smooth and seamless conduct of the meeting.
During the question-and-answer session, the names of the speaker shareholders who have
registered to speak at the meeting will be called out, and thereafter he or she will be unmuted by
the moderator. The speaker shareholders are requested to ensure that the audio and video should
be enabled on your device and working properly. If you are unable to use the video mode on
your device, then you can speak through the audio mode.
If there is a connectivity problem at your end, we will ask the next speaker to join and once the
connectivity improves, the earlier speaker will be called again to speak. I welcome Mr. Pradip
P. Shah, our Chairman, attending this meeting from our BASF office in Mumbai and request
him to preside over the Annual General Meeting.
Pradip P. Shah: Thank you, Manohar. Ladies and gentlemen, I have great pleasure in welcoming you all to this
82nd Annual General Meeting of your Company. In compliance with the circulars issued by the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Securities and Exchange Board of India, your Company's
Annual General Meeting is being conducted through video conferencing.
Your Company has taken required steps to enable shareholders to participate in this meeting and
vote on the resolutions as set out in the notice of the 82nd Annual General Meeting. The live
streaming of this meeting is also being webcast on NSDL's website. The requisite quorum for
this meeting is present and with your permission, I shall commence the proceedings.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and shareholders of the Company, I welcome all the
Directors of your Company who are present at this Annual General Meeting. Now I request all
Directors to introduce themselves one by one. Mr. Alexander Gerding.
Alexander Gerding: Thank you, Mr. Shah. I am Alexander Gerding, Managing Director of the Company and
attending this meeting also from BASF office in Mumbai. I am also the Chairman of the Risk
Management Committee.
Pradip P. Shah: Dr. Ramkumar Dhruva.
Dr. Ramkumar Dhruva: I am Dr. Ramkumar Dhruva, Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of your Company
joining this Annual General Meeting of BASF India Limited from my office in Belgium. Thank
you.
Pradip P. Shah: Mr. Andrew Poslethwaite.
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BASF India Limited
August 12, 2026
Andrew Poslethwaite: Thank you. Good afternoon. I am Andrew Postlethwaite, Non-Executive and Non-Independent
Director of the Company, and also attending this meeting from the BASF office in Mumbai.
Pradip P. Shah: Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath.
Shyamala Gopinath: I am Shyamala Gopinath, Independent Director of the Company and attending this meeting from
US. I am the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee.
Pradip P. Shah: Mr. Bahram Vakil.
Bahram Vakil: Thank you, Chairman. Good afternoon, shareholders. I am an Independent Director in your
Company attending this meeting from my office in Mumbai. I am also the Chairman of the CSR
Committee.
Pradip P. Shah: Ms. Sonia Singh.
Sonia Singh: Good afternoon, shareholders. I am Sonia Singh, Independent Director of your Company
attending this meeting from Mumbai. I am also the Chairperson of the Stakeholders Relationship
Committee. Thank you.
Pradip P. Shah: Mr. Narendranath J. Baliga.
Narendranath J. Baliga: Thank you, Mr. Shah. Good afternoon, everyone. I am Narendranath J. Baliga, Chief Financial
Officer and Whole-time Director of the Company and attending this meeting from BASF office
in Mumbai.
Pradip P. Shah: Mr. Anil Choudhary.
Anil Choudhary: Thank you, Mr. Shah and good afternoon to all. I am Anil Choudhary, Manufacturing Head and
Whole-time Director of the Company and attending this meeting from BASF office in Mumbai.
Pradip P. Shah: Mr. Manohar Kamath.
Manohar Kamath: Thank you, Mr. Shah. I am Manohar Kamath, Company Secretary of the Company and attending
this meeting from BASF office in Mumbai. Thank you, everyone.
Pradip P. Shah: Your Company's Statutory Auditor, Internal Auditor, Secretarial Auditor and Cost Auditor have
also joined the meeting through video conferencing. The notice convening the 82nd Annual
General Meeting and the Annual Report have already been circulated to the shareholders of the
Company on 16th July 2026 and with your permission, I take the notice dated 19th May 2026
convening the 82nd Annual General Meeting as read.
The Auditor's report does not have any qualification or observation or comments on the financial
statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2026. Hence, with your
permission, I take the same as read. The Company has received corporate representations under
Section 113 of the Companies Act, 2013 from BASF SE and BASF Schweiz AG representing
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BASF India Limited
August 12, 2026
73.33% of the paid-up equity capital of the Company holding 3,17,43,220 equity shares of the
Company.
Since the Annual General Meeting is held virtually, the requirement of appointment of proxy is
not applicable. The registers maintained under the Companies Act, 2013 are open for inspection
electronically. Shareholders may send a request to Mr. Manohar Kamath, Company Secretary,
for inspection of any documents mentioned in the AGM notice.
I now invite Mr. Alexander Gerding to make the presentation to the shareholders. I also authorize
Mr. Alexander Gerding to conduct the remaining proce
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