18 September 2007 François Venet new Member of the Lurgi Executive Board press release

No. 7 - /Main: François Venet (45) has been appointed by the Supervisory board of C o n t a c t Lurgi AG as Vice Chairman of the Executive Board with effect from July 23, 2007. Lurgi AG Marketing / Corporate Communications After his graduation from Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and Klaus Kilian College des Ingénieurs, he joined Air Liquide Group in 1986 as Start-up Engineer in . He Lurgiallee 5 D-60295 Frankfurt / Main worked in the various functions in until 1992. Phone : +49 (0) 69 58 08 - 42 54 Then, he joined Air Liquide America Corp. in United States, where he held various positions, Fax : +49 (0) 69 58 08 - 11 09 rising to senior vice president in change of Industrial Merchant Business Unit.

L u r g i i n 2 0 0 6 From 2002 to 2004, he assumed the function of Vice-President Strategy & Acquisitions for the 1,343 employees Air Liquide Group at Head Office in France. From 2005 until his appointment to the Lurgi 1,275.4 million € order intake Executive Board he served as Director European Integration & Development. 684,8 million € sales

Lurgi is a leading technology company operating worldwide in the fields of process engineering and plant contracting. The strength of Lurgi lies in With more than 38,000 employees in 72 countries, Air Liquide is a world leader in industrial and medical gases and related services. The Group offers innovative solutions based on constantly innovative technologies of the future enhanced technologies and produces air gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases…) and focusing on customized solutions for growth many other gases including hydrogen. The Group contributes to the manufacturing of many markets. The technological leadership is everyday products: bubbles in sparkling beverages, protective atmosphere for packed foods, based on proprietary technologies and oxygen for hospitals and homecare patients, ultra-pure gases for the semiconductor industry, exclusively licenced technologies in the hydrogen to desulfurize fuels. areas gas-to-petrochemical products via Air Liquide is committed to sustainable development and helps to protect life. Founded in 1902, synthesis gas or methanol and synthetic Air Liquide has successfully developed a long-term relationship with its shareholders built on trust fuels, petrochemicals, refinery and transparency and guided by the principles of corporate governance. Since the publication of technology and polymer industry as well its first consolidated financial statements in 1971, Air Liquide has posted strong and steady as renewable resources/food. earnings growth. Sales in 2006 totaled 10,949 million euros, with sales outside France Lurgi is a company of Air Liquide Group. accounting for almost 80%. Air Liquide is listed on the stock exchange and is a component of the CAC 40 and Eurostoxx 50 indices (ISIN code FR 0000120073). www.lurgi.com www.airliquide.com

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