[2] The company headquarters are located on Kitui Road, in the Industrial Area of Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city.

[1][5][6] In December 2005, BOC Kenya plc attempted to take over the shareholding in Carbacid Investments, with the aim of making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

This led to a dispute between BOC Kenya and the Capital Markets Authority.

Both the BOC Kenya and Carbacid stocks remained suspended from trading on the NSE from 2005 until 2009 when the hostile takeover offer had lapsed.

The shareholding in the stock of the company are illustrated in the table below:[8] BOC Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Linde Group.