look top end of range, esom buyback (trading +2.2%) Lafarge Q4 surprise loss, more disposals, doubles cost cutting to reduce debt (trading +6.9%) Air Liquide inline Y's, saw slowdown in Q4, seeks growth in 2012, div misses (trading -2.3%) Aegon inline & reits FY at lower end, Dutch market solid, confirms

look: A "super" sector Wiriest Deutsche Bank Linde-Praxair combination a clear market leader Others 18% TNS 4% Air Products 11% Praxan 13% Air Liquide 30% Linde 24% Source: Deutsche Bank estimates. Spirdus Consulting. TNS • Taiyo Nippon Sanyo. Data includes share of sales from associate pailipi

tners, Los Angeles, September 24-24, 2009 Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, October 13-14, 2009 Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, TX, May 5-6, 2010 Air Liquide, Newport Beach, CA, July 28-29, 2010 "Workplace Violence 17: Prevention of Workplace Misconduct and Violence," Newport Beach, CA, March 28-29, 2011