Linde launches Eurodollar-bond
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Corporate news announcement processed and transmitted by Hugin AS.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Munich, 4 November 2009 - Today, Linde Finance B.V., guaranteed byLinde Aktiengesellschaft, issued a 5-year USD 400 millionEurodollar-bond. Proceeds will be used to refinance existing USDliabilities of Linde and to further improve its maturity profile. Thebond, which is due 13 November 2014, pays a coupon of 3.625 percent.With this well received debut transaction on the Eurodollar-marketLinde continues its successful funding strategy of utilising a broadrange of funding sources and instruments. "With our global businessset-up we own a significant asset base in USD", said Georg Denoke,CFO of Linde AG. "We are taking opportunity of the attractiveconditions in the Eurodollar-market to diversify our financingstructure accordingly."Joint Bookrunners were HSBC and Morgan Stanley. Linde is rated Baa1(stable) by Moody's and BBB+ (positive) by S&P. The transaction hasbeen launched under Linde's Debt Issuance Programme. The bond has thefollowing ISIN XS 0465484938 and will be listed on the LuxembourgStock Exchange.The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company withalmost 50,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. Inthe 2008 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 12.7 billion. Thestrategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainableearnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of itsinternational business with forward-looking products and services.Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners,employees, society and the environment - in every one of its businessareas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed totechnologies and products that unite the goals of customer value andsustainable development.For more information, see The Linde Group online athttp://www.linde.comFor additional information:Press Investor RelationsUwe Wolfinger Thomas EisenlohrTelephone: +49.89.35757-1320 Telephone: +49.89.35757-1330http://hugin.info/125064/R/1352649/327315.pdf --- End of Message ---Linde AGKlosterhofstrasse 1 Munich GermanyWKN: 648300; ISIN: DE0006483001; Index: CDAX, DAX, HDAX, Prime All Share;Listed: Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover, Regulierter Markt in Bayerische Börse München, Regulierter Markt in Börse Berlin, Regulierter Markt in Börse Düsseldorf, Regulierter Markt in Börse Stuttgart, Regulierter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Regulierter Markt in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg;
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