Documents to the agenda

Documents to agenda item 1: Presentation of the adopted financial statements and the approved consolidated financial statements as of 31 December 2017

• Explanatory notes on agenda item 1 (PDF)


• Financial Report 2017 including the consolidated financial statements and the combined management report including the explanatory report on the information pursuant to section 315 para. 1 German Commercial Code, the report of the Supervisory Board and the proposal for the appropriation of the profit (PDF)


• Linde Aktiengesellschaft Financial Statements 2017 including the explanatory report on the information pursuant to section 289 para. 1 German Commercial Code, the report of the Supervisory Board and the proposal for the appropriation of the profit (PDF)


• Shareholdings of Linde Aktiengesellschaft as of 31 December 2017 (PDF)

Documents to agenda item 6:  Resolution on the cancellation of the Authorised Capital I pursuant to number 3.6 of the Articles of Association and creation of a new Authorised Capital I with the possibility to exclude the subscription right of shareholders and corresponding amendment of the Articles of Association

• Report by the Executive Board to the Annual General Meeting on agenda item 6 regarding the exclusion of subscription rights upon issuing shares from the Authorised Capital I pursuant to section 203 paras. 1 and 2 German Stock Corporation Act in conjunction with section 186 para. 3 and para. 4 sentence 2 German Stock Corporation Act (PDF)

Documents to agenda item 7: Resolution on the cancellation of an existing and granting of a new authorisation to issue convertible bonds and/or bonds with warrants with the possibility to exclude the subscription right of shareholders for these convertible bonds and/or bonds with warrants, the cancellation of the Conditional Capital 2013 and the creation of a new Conditional Capital 2018 and the corresponding amendment of the Articles of Association

• Report by the Executive Board to the Annual General Meeting on agenda item 7 regarding the exclusion of subscription rights upon issue of convertible bonds and/or bonds with warrants pursuant to section 221 para. 4 sentence 2 German Stock Corporation Act in conjunction with section 186 para. 3 and para. 4 sentence 2 German Stock Corporation Act (PDF)

Documents to agenda item 8: Election to the Supervisory Board

• CVs of the candidates for election to the Supervisory Board (PDF)
• Independence of the candidates for election to the Supervisory Board (PDF)