The Supervisory Board

Dr. Manfred Schneider
Chairman
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of Bayer AG

Hans-Dieter Katte*
Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the Works Council,
Linde Engineering Division,
Linde AG, Höllriegelskreuth Works

Michael Diekmann
Second Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the Executive Board of Allianz AG

Dr. Josef Ackermann
Spokesman for the Executive Board
and Chairman of the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG

Dr. Karl-Hermann Baumann
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of Siemens AG
(until January 27, 2005)

Dr. Gerhard Beiten
Attorney-at-Law,
Member of the Executive Board of Landesverband Bayern der Deutschen Schutzvereinigung für
Wertpapierbesitz e.V. (DSW)

Siegried Friebel*
(from November 9, 2004)
Chairperson of the Works Council of Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH

Gerhard Full
Former Chairman of the Executive
Board of Linde AG

Gernot Hahl*
Chairman of the Works Council,
Linde Gas Division,
Linde AG, Worms Works

Joachim Hartig*
Chairman of the Works Council,
Linde Material Handling Division,
Linde AG, Aschaffenburg Works

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

Klaus-Peter Müller
Spokesman for the Executive Board
of Commerzbank AG

Kay Pietsch*
Chairman of the Works Council,
STILL GmbH, Hamburg Works

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Strube
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of BASF Aktiengesellschaft

Wilfried Woller*
(from October 16, 2004)
Trade Union Secretary of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie,
Manager of the Moers District

Frank Zukauski*
Production Director, STILL GmbH

Members who have retired from the Supervisory Board in fiscal 2004:

Rüdiger Bouillon*
(Retired on October 15, 2004)
Former Department Head of Main Executive Committee of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie,
responsible for humanization of collective bargaining policy

Hans-Gerhard Bude*
(Retired on October 1, 2004)
Deputy Chairman of the Works Council, Linde Kältetechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne-Sürth Works

* Employees’ representative