Members of the Supervisory Board

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

Hans-Dieter Katte¹
Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the Pullach Works Council,
Engineering Division, Linde AG

Michael Diekmann
Second Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE

Dr Karl-Hermann Baumann
Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG

Dr Gerhard Beiten
Lawyer

Dr Clemens Börsig
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of Deutsche Bank AG

Siegried Friebel¹
Chairwoman of the Works Council
of Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH

Gerhard Full
Former Chairman of the Executive Board of Linde AG

Gernot Hahl¹
Chairman of the Worms Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG

Thilo Kämmerer¹
Trade Union Secretary on the Executive Board of IG Metall Frankfurt

Klaus Peter Müller
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG

Jens Riedel¹
(appointed on 22 January 2007)
Chairman of the Leuna Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG

Josef Schregle¹
(appointed on 22 January 2007)
Manager responsible for finance and financial control, Engineering Division, Linde AG

Josef Schuhbeck¹
(appointed on 22 January 2007)
Chairman of the Schalchen Works Council, Engineering Division, Linde AG

Professor Dr Jürgen Strube
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE

Wilfried Woller¹
Member of the Managerial Board responsible for management sector 5, IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie