AUSTRALIAN-GERMAN BUSINESS COALITION PRODUCES A ROADMAP FOR LARGE SCALE GREEN HYDROGEN IMPORT TO GERMANY - FORTESCUE FUTURE INDUSTRIES - Seite 2

climate protection, independence from Russian gas and the competitiveness of our
industries. This deserves a high level of political support."

Juergen Nowicki, Executive Vice President Linde and CEO of Linde Engineering,
said, "For an industrialized nation such as Germany it is of utmost importance
to secure reliable and affordable energy. Clean hydrogen has an important role
to play in the energy transition, but we need to have the right framework,
incentives and infrastructure in place to make it actionable as a lever to
decarbonisation. We are committed to supporting the effort to decarbonise
Germany's economy by leveraging Linde's knowledge, experience and technology
along the entire hydrogen value chain, from production and storage to
transportation and application."

Dr. Klaus Schäfer, Chief Technology Officer and member of the Board of
Management of Covestro, said, " Green hydrogen is a central building block for
the transformation of the chemical industry towards climate neutrality. Covestro
and other industry partners are in the starting blocks to get the hydrogen
economy up and running. However, we also need the right framework conditions and
political support to achieve this. Using the example of the partnership between
Germany and Australia, this action plan shows which steps need to be taken in
detail. It complements the ongoing HAP initiative and establishes an actionable
plan which can easily be replicated amongst the G7 countries and beyond."

"This also includes the critical topic of tracking and tracing of green hydrogen
and green ammonia through the complete value chain including the certificates of
origin with the aim that the end customers will exactly know what they get,"
said Peter Koop, Global Lead for Energy Transition and Hydrogen at SAP.

Uwe Wagner, CTO of Schaeffler AG said, "the envisaged hydrogen partnership
between Germany and Australia is a vital step to foster clean energy in Germany.
To turn this goal into reality, quick industrialization of electrolysis and
other hydrogen technologies will be crucial. We stand ready to speed up the
energy transition with the supply of high-quality components for the large-scale
production of electrolysers."

Dr. Andrew Forrest Chairman of FFI, said, "Germany and the European continent
are facing stagflation for the first time in years. If structured appropriately,
an accelerated uptake of green hydrogen also by means of green ammonia can be a
powerful economic growth driver for Germany. Our White Paper estimates that for