Linde AG 10.02.2015 16:35 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Voting rights: Release of Voting rights announcements according to section 26 (1) WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution By letter dated 10 February 2015 BlackRock, Inc., New York, NY, USA, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 6 February 2015 BlackRock, Inc. exceeded the threshold of 5 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany, and on that date held 5.003 percent of the voting rights (9,292,563 voting rights). 2.27 percent of the voting rights (4,212,540 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 German Securities Trading Act. 3.06 percent of the voting rights (5,688,560 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock, 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, February 2015 Linde Aktiengesellschaft Executive Board 10.02.2015 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: Linde AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
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