BASF general meeting

CEO of chemical company BASF, Juergen Hambrecht speaks at the BASF general meeting in the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim, Germany, 30 April 2009. Some 7500 shareholders were expected to participate in the general meeting. BASF operated in the red in the first quarter of 2009 for the first time since 2001. Photo: RONALD WITTEK