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Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 29 December 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group and its consortium partner Samsung Engineering, Korea, have been awarded the contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant in Dahej, India. The plant has been commissioned by the Indian company OPAL, a subsidiary of the state-owned ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd). The contract is worth around 1.030 billion euro in total, of which Linde's share is 350 million euro. The plant will be the largest of its kind in India and one of the largest ethylene plants in the world.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 1 December 2008 - Today, Linde Finance B.V., guaranteed by Linde Aktiengesellschaft, issued a 6.75 percent 600 million euro 7-year Eurobond securing further long-term financing for the Linde Group. The bond, which is due 8 December 2015, had a re-offer price of 99.534 percent to give a spread of mid swaps plus 330 basis points. This equates to a spread of 403.4 basis points over the respective July 2015 German government benchmark. Joint Bookrunners were Deutsche Bank and Société Générale with LBBW and DZ Bank as further Co-lead managers. Linde is rated Baa1 (stable) by Moody's and BBB+ (stable) by S&P. The transaction has been launched under Linde's Debt Issuance Programme. The bond has the following ISIN XS0403540189 and will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

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Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 29 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has signed a further long-term on-site supply contract for industrial gases with the Hungarian chemical company BorsodChem Zrt. The agreement involves the construction of a new air separation unit (ASU) at BorsodChem's Kacinzbarcika site in north-eastern Hungary for around EUR 26 million.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich/Dagmersellen, 23 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group, via its Swiss subsidiary PanGas AG, is to build a new air separation plant in Muttenz, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Land, for around 68 million Swiss francs (44 million euro). The new plant, which will have a capacity of over 500 tons of liquefied nitrogen, oxygen and argon per day will come on stream in the late autumn of 2010.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 22 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has entered into two new contracts for the on-site supply of gases to the companies Ningbo Iron & Steel Co. Ltd and Hanwha Chemical Corporation (HCC) in Ningbo in eastern China. Under the agreements, Linde will build an additional air separation plant at the emerging industrial site on the Yangtze delta, an investment of around 17 million euro.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 2 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has acquired the remaining 50 percent of the shares in the Australian LPG-company Elgas, Sydney, at an equity value of 126 million euro. Elgas, established in 1984, was a 50/50 Joint Venture between BOC Limited, a member of the Linde Group, and AGL Energy (AGL).

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 22 September 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group and Vattenfall Europe Technology Research GmbH, a subsidiary of the Vattenfall energy group, have entered into a wide-ranging technology partnership for carbon dioxide separation in coal-fired power stations. The aim of the collaboration is to test the oxyfuel combustion process for lignite and anthracite and to develop the technology for subsequent use in large power stations.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich/Geneva, 10 September 2008 - When protons are accelerated to almost light speed in CERN's LHC - or Large Hadron Collider's underground circuit near Geneva for the first time today, the Linde cooling systems installed there will also experience their first assignment.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 10 September 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has entered into a joint venture with SINOPEC Fujian Petrochemical Company Limited (FPCL), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), for the long-term supply of industrial gases to customers in the province of Fujian in south-eastern China. This collaboration will result in a capital outlay of around 100 million euro.