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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Linde AG 

27.05.2015 14:34

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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 26 May 2015 BlackRock, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA, notified
us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 22 May 2015 BlackRock, Inc. exceeded the
threshold of 5 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktien-gesellschaft,
Munich, Germany, and on that date held 5.07 percent of the voting rights
(9,417,358 voting rights).

2.11 percent of the voting rights (3.924.590 voting rights) are attributed
to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 German
Securities Trading Act. 3.29  percent of the voting rights (6,108,636
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 amounts stated above do not necessarily equal
the sums of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting
rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure.

 



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Language:     English
Company:      Linde AG
              Klosterhofstraße 1  
              80331 München
              Germany
Internet:     www.linde.de
 
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