Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 30

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 30
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. She was a member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 2011-2019 where she was also member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee. She also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Metro AG in Düsseldorf, Germany, until February 2017, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Vontobel Holding AG and Vontobel Bank AG in Zurich, Switzerland until April 2013. Experience and Qualifications Prof. DDr. Achleitner is a Doctor of Business Administration and a Doctor of Law. Her educational background, along with her research and studies in the area of entrepreneurial finance, provides the Board with substantial financial expertise. She brings experience in international public company boards, audit, ethics, environment and sustainable development committees. Her years as a member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG and service on the audit and nomination committees of Linde AG provides her with substantial experience and insight into the business segments of Linde and the financial performance of the Company.

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Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Director Nominees

|                                             | Dr. Thomas Enders |                                              |                         |
| Former Chief Executive Officer of Airbus SE |                   |                                              |                         |
| Age Director Since Other Public  Company    
 Directorships                               |                   | 662018Lilium N.V.Lufthansa GroupGE Aerospace | •Linde End-Markets      
 •Linde Foreign Markets  
 •Operations             
 •International Business 
 •Technology             
 •Risk Management        
 •Public Company Board   |

Biography Dr. Thomas Enders served on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of EADS NV and its successor Airbus SE in various functions from 2000 to 2019. Between 2005 and 2019 he served as Chief Executive Officer of EADS/Airbus. He joined the aerospace industry in 1991. Before that he worked in the German Bundestag, the German Ministry of Defense and in various foreign policy think tanks. Dr. Enders has been a director of GE Aerospace, formerly named “General Electric Company,” since December 1, 2023. In September 2021, Dr. Enders became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lilium N.V. and was previously a member of the Advisory Board of Lilium GmbH in Weßling, Germany from January 2021 to September 2021. Dr. Enders also serves on the Supervisory Board of Lufth