Linde AG 26.11.2014 18:01 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- By letter dated 25 November 2014 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, NY, USA, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 21 November 2014 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. fell below the threshold of 5 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany, and on that date held 4.99 percent of the voting rights (9,268,090 voting rights). 2.50 percent of the voting rights (4,636,727 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 German Securities Trading Act. 0.01 percent of the voting rights (21,109 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 German Securities Trading Act. 2.82 percent of the voting rights (5,237,970 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 German Securities Trading Act. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. Munich, November 2014 Linde Aktiengesellschaft Executive Board 26.11.2014 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Linde AG KlosterhofstraÃe 1 80331 München Germany Internet: www.linde.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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