Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 100

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 100
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 of directors.

With respect to Proposals 2a and 2b (Non-Binding Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor and

Authorization of the Board to Determine its Remuneration), your broker is entitled to vote your shares on this proposal if no instructions are received from you. A vote to “abstain” will have the effect of a vote against this proposal for Nasdaq rule purposes.

With respect to Proposal 3 (Advisory and Non-Binding Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation) and Proposal 4 (Advisory and Non-Binding Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Shareholder Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation), your broker is not entitled to vote your shares on this proposal if no instructions are received from you. Broker non-votes are not considered shares entitled to vote on this proposal and, therefore, will have no effect on the vote on this proposal. However, a vote to “abstain” will have the effect of a vote against this proposal for Nasdaq rule purposes.

With respect to Proposal 5 (Determination of Price Range for Re-allotment of Treasury Shares), your broker is entitled to vote your shares on this proposal if no instructions are received from you. A vote to “abstain” will have the effect of a vote against this proposal for Nasdaq rule purposes.

With respect to Proposal 6 (Annual Reporting of the Alignment of the Company’s Lobbying Activities with its 2050 Climate Neutrality ambition), your broker is not entitled to vote your shares on this proposal if no instructions are received from you. Broker non-votes are not considered shares entitled to vote on this proposal and, therefore, will have no effect on the vote on this proposal. However, a vote to “abstain” will have the effect of a vote against this proposal for Nasdaq rule purposes.

If you hold your shares in the Linde Retirement Savings Plan or the Savings Program for Employees of Praxair Puerto Rico, and if the plan trustee receives no voting instructions from you, then, under the applicable plan trust agreement, the plan trustee will: (i) vote your shares in the same proportion on each matter as it votes the shares for which it has received instructions under the Linde Retirement Savings Plan, and (ii) not vote your shares under the Savings Program for Employees of Praxair Puerto Rico Plan.

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Information About the Annual General Meeting and Voting

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