Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 6

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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| Hugh Grant                        |  66 |     2023 | Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Monsanto Company                                                                                            | X           |   | HC, NG                          | •Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.                      |
| Joe Kaeser                        |  67 |     2021 | Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG                                                                                                 | X           |   | Chair of NG, HC                 | •Daimler Truck Holding AG                    
 •Siemens Energy AG                           |
| Dr. Victoria E. Ossadnik          |  56 |     2018 | Management Board member and Chief Operating Officer –Digital-E. ON SE                                                                                      | X           |   | AC, NG                          | •E.ON SE                                     
 •Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG |
| Paula Rosput Reynolds             |  68 |     2024 | President and CEO, Prefer West LLC                                                                                                                         | X           |   | AC, SC                          | •National Grid plc                           
 •GE Vernova                                  |
| Alberto Weisser                   |  69 |     2021 | Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bunge Limited                                                                                               | X           |   | Chair of AC, SC                 | •Bayer AG                                    
 •PepsiCo                                     |
| Robert L. Wood                    |  71 |     2018 | Lead Independent Director of Linde Plc; Partner, The McChrystal Group; Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Chemtura Corporation        | X           |   | HC, NG, EX                      | •None                                        |

| (1) | Committees: AC means Audit Committee; HC means Human Capital Committee; EX means Executive Committee; NG means Nomination and Governance Committee; SC means Sustainability Committee |

| 8 | Linde plc |

Proxy Statement Highlights

Compensation Highlights

C ompensation Highlights Alignment of Executive Compensation Programs with Linde Business Objectives The Human Capital Committee seeks to achieve its executive compensation objectives by aligning the design of the Company’s executive compensation programs with the Company’s business objectives, ensuring a balance between financial and strategic non-financial goals. FINANCIAL BUSINESS OBJECTIVES: Achieve sustained growth in profitability and shareholder return resulting in a robust cash flow to fund capital investment growth opportunities, dividend payments, and share repurchases. • Annual performance-based variable compensation earned by meeting or exceeding pre-established financial goals. • Annual grants of performance share units (PSUs) that vest based upon performance