Events after the reporting date

On 20 July 2015, the KION Group exercised the put option vis-à-vis Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, China, that it held via Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg, on 20.0 per cent of the shares in Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG, Aschaffenburg.