previous 
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January to December 2007 |
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January to December 2006 | ||||||||
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in € million/Shares in thousands |
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Continuing |
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Discontinued |
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Group |
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Continuing |
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Discontinued |
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Group |
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Earnings after taxes on income attributable to Linde AG shareholders |
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935 |
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17 |
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952 |
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201 |
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1,637 |
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1,838 |
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Plus: increase in profit due to dilutive effect of convertible bond |
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8 |
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– |
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8 |
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14 |
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– |
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14 |
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Profit after adjusting for dilutive effects |
|
943 |
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17 |
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960 |
|
215 |
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1,637 |
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1,852 |
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Shares in thousands |
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding |
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162,293 |
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162,293 |
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162,293 |
|
138,166 |
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138,166 |
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138,166 |
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Dilution as a result of the Linde Management Incentive Programme |
|
5,263 |
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5,263 |
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5,263 |
|
543 |
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543 |
|
543 |
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Effect of dilutive convertible bond |
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905 |
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905 |
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905 |
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9,519 |
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9,519 |
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9,519 |
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding – fully diluted |
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168,461 |
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168,461 |
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168,461 |
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148,228 |
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148,228 |
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148,228 |
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Earnings per share in € |
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5.77 |
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0.10 |
|
5.87 |
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1.45 |
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11.85 |
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13.30 |
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Earnings per share in € |
|
5.60 |
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0.10 |
|
5.70 |
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1.45 |
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11.04 |
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12.49 |
Included in the figure for diluted earnings per share is the issue of shares relating to the employee option schemes and the convertible bond, to the extent that these have not already been exercised or converted into equity.
See Note [43] for the calculation of the adjusted earnings per share.
Further information about the option schemes and the convertible bond is given in Notes [30] and [27].
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