Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-021379
Chunk: 47

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 47
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 other charges55 — Purchase accounting impacts - Linde AG199 246 Total operating profit2,184 2,095 Interest expense - net60 65 Net pension and OPEB cost (benefit), excluding service cost(56)(50)Total consolidated income before income taxes and equity investments$2,180 $2,080 

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10. Equity

A summary of the changes in total equity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 is provided below:Quarter Ended March 31,(Millions of dollars)20252024ActivityLinde plcShareholders’EquityNoncontrollingInterestsTotalEquityLinde plcShareholders’EquityNoncontrollingInterestsTotalEquityBalance, beginning of period$38,092 $1,383 $39,475 $39,720 $1,362 $41,082 Net income (a)1,673 34 1,707 1,627 38 1,665 Other comprehensive income (loss)126 5 131 (723)(15)(738)Noncontrolling interests:Additions (reductions)— — — — 11 11 Dividends and other capital changes— (4)(4)— (9)(9)Dividends to Linde plc ordinary share holders ($1.50 per share in 2025 and $1.39 per share in 2024)(708)— (708)(669)— (669)Issuances of ordinary shares:For employee savings and incentive plans(94)— (94)(126)— (126)Purchases of ordinary shares(1,099)— (1,099)(1,038)— (1,038)Share-based compensation42 — 42 38 — 38 Balance, end of period$38,032 $1,418 $39,450 $38,829 $1,387 $40,216 (a)Net income for noncontrolling interests excludes net income related to redeemable noncontrolling interests which is not significant for the quarter and three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 and which is not part of total equity.The components of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:(Millions of dollars)March 31,2025December 31, 2024Cumulative translation adjustment