Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
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Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 Qualifications As the former Chief Executive Officer of Linde, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Praxair, and as a former senior operating executive at General Electric, a global diversified manufacturing company, Mr. Angel brings the senior executive experience and skills described above. He also has a deep insight into the industrial gases industry and the needs, challenges and global opportunities of Linde in particular. He has deep operating experience and knowledge of the industry and the Company, all of which provide him the skills and background necessary to lead Linde’s Board of Directors.

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Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Director Nominees

|                                                      | Sanjiv Lamba |            |                         |
| Chief Executive Officer of Linde plc                 |              |            |                         |
| Age Director Since Other Public CompanyDirectorships |              | 602022None | •Industry               
 •Linde End-Markets      
 •Linde Foreign Markets  
 •Operations             
 •International Business 
 •Technology             
 •Risk Management        
 •Public Company Board   |

Biography Sanjiv Lamba became Chief Executive Officer of Linde plc as of March 1, 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Lamba served as Chief Operating Officer for Linde plc from January 2021 to February 2022. Before his appointment as COO, Mr. Lamba was Executive Vice President, APAC since 2018. Mr. Lamba started his career in 1989 with BOC in India in Finance, was appointed Director of Finance and subsequently Managing Director for the India business in 2001. He has worked in a number of geographies including India, UK, Singapore and Germany, where he served as member of the Executive Board of Linde AG. Mr. Lamba serves as Co-Chair on the Board of the Hydrogen Council and is a member of the Business Council. Experience and Qualifications Mr. Lamba brings the senior executive experience and skills described above by virtue of serving as Linde’s Chief Executive Officer, his prior service as the Chief Operating Officer, and his many years of leading Linde’s APAC segment as an Executive Vice President. He has substantial knowledge of the industrial gases and engineering industries. In collaboration with the Chairman, Mr. Lamba facilitates Board discussions and keeps the Board apprised of significant developments in the Company’s business and industry.

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Director Nominees

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