PRESS RELEASE: Director's Dealings announcement according to §15a WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act)

Linde AG / Director's Dealings announcement according to §15a WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

=------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details of the person subject to the disclosure requirement =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Blades, Thomas

Professional role: Person with executive functions: Member of administrative or supervisory body

Details of the relationship: Member of the Executive Board

=------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Designation of the financial instrument =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISIN: DE0006483001

Designation: Shares of Linde AG

=------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details of the transaction =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type of transaction: Purchase

Date: 02.08.2012

Place (stock exchange): XETRA

Price: 120.00

Currency: EUR

Quantity: 1,000

Business volume: 120,000.00

=------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details of the company with the publishing obligation: =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer:

Linde AG

Klosterhofstrasse 1

D-80331 Munich

Germany

ISIN: DE0006483001

WKN: 648300

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Linde AG Klosterhofstrasse 1 Munich Germany

WKN: 648300;ISIN: DE0006483001;Index:Prime All Share,HDAX,DAX,CDAX; Listed: Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover, Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Regulierter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Regulierter Markt in Börse Stuttgart, Regulierter Markt in Bayerische Börse München, Regulierter Markt in Börse Berlin, Regulierter Markt in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg, Regulierter Markt in Börse Düsseldorf;

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