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
Chunk 32
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port-McMoRan, Inc., since December 2021, serving on its Compensation Committee. Mr Grant also serves on the boards of two Flagship Pioneering companies: Invaio Sciences, Inc. since February 2022 and CIBO Technologies, Inc. since June 2022. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Experience and Qualifications As a former Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company, Mr. Grant brings the senior executive experience and skills described above and has significant experience in the operations and management of a large, global business.

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Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Director Nominees

|                                                      | Joe Kaeser |                                                  |                         |
| Former Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG         |            |                                                  |                         |
| Age Director Since Other Public CompanyDirectorships |            | 67 2021Daimler Truck Holding AGSiemens Energy AG | •Linde End-Markets      
 •Linde Foreign Markets  
 •Operations             
 •International Business 
 •Technology             
 •Financial Expertise    
 •Risk Management        
 •Public Company Board   |

Biography Joe Kaeser was the Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG from August 2013 until February 2021. From May 2006 to August 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer of Siemens AG. Prior to this, Mr. Kaeser served as Chief Strategy Officer for Siemens AG from 2004 to 2006 and as the Chief Financial Officer for the mobile communications group from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Kaeser additionally held various positions within the Siemens group since he joined Siemens in 1980. Mr. Kaeser is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler Truck Holding AG, where he also chairs the Presidential and Remuneration Committee, the Mediation Committee, and the Nomination Committee. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Energy AG. Mr. Kaeser also served as a member of the Supervisory Board and of the Audit Committee of Daimler AG until October 1, 2021. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of NXP Semiconductors N.V. and as a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee until he retired from the NXP Semiconductors Board on June 2, 2022. Experience and Qualifications As the former Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG, a large global industrial manufacturing, technology and services company