New Supervisory Board elected at Linde AG's Annual General Meeting - Dr Manfred Schneider confirmed as Chairman

Munich, 3 June 2008 - At the Linde AG's Annual General Meeting held today, the shareholders' representatives were elected in rotation for the new Supervisory Board, which has been reduced in size from 16 to 12 members. At the constitutive meeting immediately following the Annual General Meeting, the Supervisory Board members confirmed the appointment of Dr Manfred Schneider as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Dr Schneider has been a member of the Linde AG Supervisory Board from 29 May 2001 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 27 May 2003.

Matthew F. C. Miau, Taiwan, was newly elected to the Supervisory Board as a shareholders' representative. The following members retired from the Linde AG Supervisory Board: Dr Karl-Hermann Baumann, Gerhard Full, Professor Dr Jürgen Strube (shareholders' representative), Siegried Friebel and Josef Schuhbeck (employees' representative).

Composition of the newly elected Linde AG Supervisory Board for the period of office to 2013:

Shareholders' representatives:
Dr Gerhard Beiten, Munich,
Lawyer

Dr Clemens Börsig, Frankfurt am Main,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG

Michael Diekmann, Munich,
Second Deputy Chairman of the Linde AG Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE

Matthew F. C. Miau, Taipei, Taiwan,
Chairman of MiTAC-SYNNEX Group

Klaus-Peter Müller, Frankfurt am Main,
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG
Dr Manfred Schneider, Leverkusen,
Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Bayer AG and Linde AG


Employees' representatives:
Gernot Hahl, Worms,
Chairman of the Worms Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG

Thilo Kämmerer, Offenbach,
Trade Union Secretary on the Executive Board of IG Metall Frankfurt

Hans-Dieter Katte, Pullach,
Deputy Chairman of the Linde AG Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Pullach Works Council, Engineering Division, Linde AG

Jens Riedel, Halle,
Chairman of the Leuna Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG

Josef Schregle, Königsdorf,
Manager responsible for finance and financial control, Engineering
Division, Linde AG

Wilfried Woller, Bergheim,
Member of the Managerial Board responsible for management sector 5,
IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie

The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with more than 50,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. In the 2007 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 12.3 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based 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. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

For more information, see The Linde Group web site at www. linde.com

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