African Oxygen Limited announced the resignation of Ms. Sue Graham Johnston, effective on 1 September 2017. Ms. Graham Johnston, Managing Director of region Africa and United Kingdom for Linde Group AG, the holding company of Afrox, was appointed as Chairman of the Board and a member of the Nominations, Governance and Management of Resources Committee on 7 September 2016. Shareholders are further advised that, following the resignation of Ms. Graham Johnston, Mr. Bernd Eulitz has been elected as a member of the Board and will assume the responsibilities of Chairman of the Board and a member of the Nominations, Governance and Management of Resources Committee with effect from 1 September 2017. Afrox welcomes Mr. Eulitz back to the Board for his second term as Chairman, a position he previously held between 1 June 2015 and 7 September 2016. Mr. Eulitz is a member of the Linde Group board of directors and is head of Linde Group's region Europe, Middle East and Africa. As a result of the positions held by Mr. Eulitz, he will not be considered an independent Chairman. Mr. Eulitz brings to the Board a great deal of international experience. He joined Linde Group in 2004 and since then has held a number of senior posts including, Regional Business Head of the Gases Division (South and East Asia), Managing Director (Singapore), Chief Executive Officer of PanGas AG (Switzerland) and Head of Sales Region East: Gases Division (Germany).