Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 36

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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| Lead Independent Director, Linde plcFormer Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Chemtura Corporation |                |            |                       |
| Age Director SinceOther Public  CompanyDirectorships                                                             |                | 712018None | •Industry             
 •Linde End-Markets    
 •Operations           
 •Risk Management      
 •Public Company Board |

Biography Robert Wood is a Partner in the consulting firm The McChrystal Group, specializing in leadership development for business organizations. He was the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Chemtura Corporation, a specialty chemicals company, from 2004 until 2008. Prior to joining Chemtura, Mr. Wood served in various senior management positions at Dow Chemical Company, most recently as business group president for Thermosets and Dow Automotive from November 2000. Mr. Wood is Linde’s Lead Independent Director. He was a director of MRC Global Inc., where he served as Chairman of the Board until November 4, 2024. He was a director of Univar Inc. until August 2023. Mr. Wood was a director of Praxair, Inc. from 2004 until 2018 and was the Lead Director and the Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee. He also was a director of Jarden Corporation, where he was a member of the Nominating and Policies Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Wood was Chairman of the American Plastics Council and the American Chemistry Council and was a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Experience and Qualifications As a former Chief Executive Officer of Chemtura Corporation, a global specialty chemicals company, and a former senior executive of Dow, a global chemicals company, Mr. Wood brings the senior executive experience and skills described above. He also has a deep understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities facing a global basic materials company. Mr. Wood’s knowledge of the chemicals industry, an important end-market for the Company, provides valuable insight to the Board and management.

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#### Proposal 1: Appointment of Directors
Proposal 1: App ointment of Directors Ten director nominees have been nominated for appointment 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. The Nomination and Governance Committee has recommended to the Board, and the Board has approved and recommends, that Stephen F.