Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 37

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 37
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 Angel, Sanjiv Lamba, Prof. DDr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Dr. Thomas Enders, Hugh Grant, Joe Kaeser, Dr. Victoria E. Ossadnik, Paula Rosput Reynolds, Alberto Weisser and Robert L. Wood, each be appointed to serve for a one-year term concluding on the later of (a) the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders and (b) the election and qualification of their respective successors. Each nominee has agreed to be named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if elected. Qualifications and biographical data for each of these nominees is presented above. If one or more of the nominees becomes unavailable for election or service as a director, the proxy holders will vote your shares for one or more substitutes designated by the Board of Directors, or the size of the Board of Directors will be reduced. As required under Irish law, the resolution in respect of Proposal 1 is an ordinary resolution that requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast with respect to each director nominee (meaning that the number of shares voted “FOR” a nominee must exceed the number of shares voted “AGAINST” such nominee). The text of the resolution in respect of Proposal 1 is as follows: “By separate resolutions, to appoint the following ten directors: Stephen F. Angel, Sanjiv Lamba, Prof. DDr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Dr. Thomas Enders, Hugh Grant, Joe Kaeser, Dr. Victoria E. Ossadnik, Paula Rosput Reynolds, Alberto Weisser and Robert L. Wood,”

| The Board recommends you vote “FOR” the re-appointment of each of the Board’s director nominees listed above. |

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#### Audit MattersOversight of Independent Auditors
Audit Matters

Oversight of Independent Auditors

The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation (including approval of audit and non-audit fees), retention and oversight of the independent registered public accounting firm that audits Linde plc’s financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) as Linde plc’s independent auditor for 2025. PwC has served as Linde plc’s independent auditor since 2019. Representatives of PwC are expected to be present at the Annual General Meeting to be available to respond to appropriate questions and to make a statement if