DGAP-News: Linde AG: Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle proposed as Chairman of the Supervisory Board


DGAP-News: Linde AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
Linde AG: Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle proposed as Chairman of the
Supervisory Board

08.02.2016 / 09:59
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Munich, 8 February 2016 - The Nomination Committee of the Supervisory Board
of Linde AG will recommend to the Supervisory Board to propose to the
Annual General Meeting the election of Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle on 3
May 2016 to the Supervisory Board. The election will become effective as of
21 May 2016 after expiration of the legally required cooling-off period of
two years.

In addition, it will be proposed to elect Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle as
Chairman of the Supervisory Board as of 21 May 2016.

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr Manfred Schneider, has decided -
as intended - to resign from his mandate with effect as of 20 May 2016 and
to step down from the Supervisory Board.

At the same time, Dr Victoria Ossadnik, who was appointed as member of the
Supervisory Board by the court in January 2016, will be proposed for
election to the Supervisory Board.

The Linde Group
In the 2014 financial year, The Linde Group generated revenue of EUR 17.047
bn, making it the largest gases and engineering company in the world with
approximately 65,500 employees working in more than 100 countries
worldwide. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term,
profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international
business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly
towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the
environment - in every one of its business areas, regions and locations
across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products
that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

For more information about The Linde Group, go to www.linde.com

Further information:
Media Relations                                     Investor Relations
Matthias Dachwald                                   Dr Dominik Heger
Phone +49 89 35757-1333                             Phone +49 89 35757-1334

                                                    Bernard Wang
                                                    Phone +49 89 35757-1328


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   Language:    English                                                   
   Company:     Linde AG                                                  
                Klosterhofstraße 1                                        
                80331 München                                             
                Germany                                                   
   Phone:       +49.89.35757-01                                           
   Fax:         +49.89.35757-1075                                         
   E-mail:      info@linde.com                                            
   Internet:    www.linde.de                                              
   ISIN:        DE0006483001                                              
   WKN:         648300                                                    
   Indices:     DAX                                                       
   Listed:      Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime  
                Standard), Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart; Regulated          
                Unofficial Market in Hanover; Terminbörse EUREX; SIX      
 
 
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