Dennis Reilley

• Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Praxair, Inc. (now part of Linde, Plc) (NASDAQ: LIN)

Has unparalleled experience as a senior executive at several major multinational, capital-intensive companies, with deep chemical, industrial, and energy sector experience.

Most recently, Mr. Reilley served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Praxair, Inc., a worldwide industrial gases company now part of Linde plc (NASDAQ: LIN), from 2000 until his retirement in 2007. During Mr. Reilley’s tenure at Praxair, he achieved best-in-class total shareholder returns, revenue growth, EBIT growth, EBIT margins, and returns on invested capital, and he established a strong succession plan for continued success resulting in an approximately 16% annual TSR compounding (39x) over 24 years since he started at Praxair.

While at Praxair, Mr. Reilley was the architect of growth in the company’s hydrogen business. He led the development of the firm’s first steam methane reformers and the improvement of steam methane reforming technology, built the first hydrogen cavern by an industrial gas company and the second ever in the country, and greatly expanded the firm’s hydrogen pipeline network.

Mr. Reilley has held several senior positions at E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD), including: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company; Executive Vice President; Vice President and General Manager of its Lycra business; Vice President and General Manager of its specialty chemicals division; and Vice President and General Manager of its titanium dioxide division; and as a senior executive at Conoco Inc (NYSE: COP).

Mr. Reilley also has vast public company board experience, including having served as Chairman of the Board of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) and as Chairman of the Board of Covidien (NYSE: COV). Mr. Reilley has also served on the boards of DuPont de Nemours, Inc., CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), H.J. Heinz & Co. (NYSE: HNZ), and Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), serving as a member and in leadership positions on several board committees. His experience on boards across a wide range of industries provides him with substantial expertise on complex public company business and governance issues.

In 2011, Forbes Magazine named Mr. Reilley as one of the best performing CEOs of the decade, and in 2005, during his tenure with Praxair, Inc., Fortune Magazine named the company as the best managed company in America. Mr. Reilley was also named best CEO in America in Basic Materials and Specialty Chemical Sector of the Fortune 500 companies from 2003 to 2007 by Institutional Investor Magazine. Additionally, in 2008, the Society of Chemical Industry awarded him the Chemical Industry Medal for lifelong distinguished service.

Mr. Reilley earned his B.S. in finance from Oklahoma State University.

We believe that Mr. Reilley would be a valuable addition to the Board given his extensive executive leadership, corporate governance and strategy and finance experience in the industrial gases industry. Mr. Reilley’s exceptional mastery of all facets of the industrial gases industry and its particular challenges and nuances, and his superb record of building high-performance teams and culture, will prove a great asset to the Board and to the Company.

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