Linde AG 22.05.2015 16:08 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 1. By letter dated 22 May 2015 the Ministry of Finance on behalf of the State of Norway, Oslo, Norway, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 19 May 2015 the State of Norway exceeded the threshold of 3 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft and on that date held 4.42 percent of the voting rights (8,201,403 voting rights). These voting rights are attributed to the State of Norway from Norges Bank pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act. By letter dated 22 May 2015 Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway), Oslo, Norway, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 19 May 2015 Norges Bank exceeded the threshold of 3 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft and on that date held 4.42 percent of the voting rights (8,201,403 voting rights). 2. By letter dated 22 May 2015 the Ministry of Finance on behalf of the State of Norway, Oslo, Norway, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 20 May 2015 the State of Norway exceeded the threshold of 5 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft and on that date held 5.00 percent of the voting rights (9,293,028 voting rights). These voting rights are attributed to the State of Norway from Norges Bank pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 German Securities Trading Act. By letter dated 22 May 2015 Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway), Oslo, Norway, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 20 May 2015 Norges Bank exceeded the threshold of 5 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft and on that date held 5.00 percent of the voting rights (9,293,028 voting rights). 22.05.2015 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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