Linde AG 28.08.2015 12:45 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 27 August 2015 BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, Wilmington, DE, USA, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 25 August 2015 BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC fell below the threshold of 3 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany, and on that date held 2.997 percent of the voting rights (5,566,285 voting rights). 0.88 percent of the voting rights (1,633,320 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 German Securities Trading Act. 2.12 percent of the voting rights (3,932,965 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC 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. By letter dated 27 August 2015 BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, Wilmington, DE, USA, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 25 August 2015 BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC fell below the threshold of 3 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany, and on that date held 2.997 percent of the voting rights (5,566,285 voting rights). 0.88 percent of the voting rights (1,633,320 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 German Securities Trading Act. 2.12 percent of the voting rights (3,932,965 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC 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. By letter dated 27 August 2015 BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA, notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) that on 25 August 2015 BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. fell below the threshold of 3 percent of the voting rights in Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany, and on that date held 2.997 percent of the voting rights (5,566,285 voting rights). 0.88 percent of the voting rights (1,633,320 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 German Securities Trading Act. 2.12 percent of the voting rights (3,932,965 voting rights) are attributed to BlackRock Delaware Holdings 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. 28.08.2015 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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