Exhibit 99.1

Business Segments

At 30 September 2007, the High Purity Process Chemicals (HPPC) business has been accounted for as discontinued operations. The results of operations and asset information of HPPC has been removed from continuing operations for the prior periods presented below:

Unaudited Historical Financial Information — Continuing Operations

(Millions of dollars)
	FY 2007									FY 2006															FY 2005			FY 2004		FY 2003
SALES	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Total			Total			Total		Total
Merchant Gases		740.0			784.5			817.1			622.1			669.2			699.5			722.0			2,712.8			2,468.0			2,230.3		2,133.0
Tonnage Gases		604.5			606.5			695.2			532.6			531.1			546.8			613.6			2,224.1			1,740.1			1,529.7		1,244.1
Electronics and Performance Materials		486.9			528.8			530.5			394.1			444.9			464.8			497.2			1,801.0			1,605.7			1,504.2		1,231.6
Equipment and Energy		195.6			131.8			134.3			93.8			174.8			138.3			129.6			536.5			369.4			345.6		258.3
Healthcare		155.8			157.1			158.6			135.5			136.3			149.1			149.9			570.8			544.7			438.2		329.4
Chemicals		226.7			242.5			238.2			215.0			248.4			222.0			222.2			907.6			945.1			884.1		757.6
Total		2,409.5			2,451.2			2,573.9			1,993.1			2,204.7			2,220.5			2,334.5			8,752.8			7,673.0			6,932.1		5,954.0
Operating Income
Merchant Gases		139.2			141.2			147.4			105.3			115.1			121.3			128.3			470.0			414.0
Tonnage Gases		88.8			81.0			110.6			73.8			78.2			85.3			104.0			341.3			251.8
Electronics and Performance Materials		49.8			56.5			62.1			38.2			44.5			47.8			59.5			190.0			141.3
Equipment and Energy		26.8			16.4			15.8			14.5			20.0			14.8			19.6			68.9			29.1
Healthcare		9.4			7.0			8.5			18.0			(1.8	)		8.7			(16.5	)		8.4			81.7
Chemicals		18.9			23.3			21.0			8.9			25.3			15.0			14.8			64.0			86.1
Other		(1.7	)		(1.9	)		(1.5	)		(5.5	)		(1.0	)		(2.1	)		(6.3	)		(14.9	)		(13.2	)
Global Cost Reduction Plan																				(72.1	)		(72.1	)
Total		331.2			323.5			363.9			253.2			280.3			290.8			231.3			1,055.6			990.8
Identifiable Assets
Merchant Gases		3,429.7			3,477.7			3,943.8			2,884.2			3,222.4			3,287.2			3,283.2						2,993.0
Tonnage Gases		2,784.2			2,822.0			3,017.6			2,527.4			2,582.5			2,758.6			2,803.0						2,386.4
Electronics and Performance Materials		2,271.6			2,340.7			2,381.7			2,126.0			2,192.0			2,215.8			2,245.7						2,056.6
Equipment and Energy		345.7			316.9			299.0			296.1			299.8			286.7			304.4						272.0
Healthcare		878.0			895.0			914.3			802.1			823.6			868.1			856.5						790.3
Chemicals		546.3			556.7			541.7			698.9			563.6			561.5			579.8						688.8
Other		393.0			588.5			568.8			286.9			308.5			277.1			291.0						227.1
Total		10,648.5			10,997.5			11,666.9			9,621.6			9,992.4			10,255.0			10,363.6						9,414.2