African Oxygen Ltd. announced the following changes have been made to the Afrox board of directors: Mr. Dorian Devers has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer and executive director of Afrox, with effect from 28 May 2015. Mr. Devers is currently the Region Africa and United Kingdom Financial Director for Linde Group AG. Following the resignation of Mr. Michael Huggon, as announced on SENS on 21 May 2015, the company announced that Mr. Bernd Eulitz has been elected as a member of the Board with immediate effect and will assume the responsibilities of Chairman from 1 June 2015, until the current restructuring program at Afrox has been completed. 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. Due to the positions he holds, he will not be considered an independent Chairman. Dr. Khotso Mokhele will accordingly remain as the lead independent director in terms of the applicable legislation, King Code and international best practice, which Afrox strives to uphold. 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), Singapore: Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer of PanGas AG (Switzerland), Head of Sales Region East: Gases Division (Germany). The company announced t the resignation of Mr. David Lawrence as an independent nonexecutive director of the company, with effect from 28 May 2015, after having served over nine years in this capacity. s Mr. Lawrence was the Chairman of the Nomination, Governance, Management of Resources Committee (NGMR
Committee), Mr. Lean Strauss will be assuming the role of Chairman of the NGMR Committee with immediate effect.