Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 31

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 31
---
ansa Group since May 2020, where he is a member of the Presidium and the Nomination Committee. Dr. Enders was a member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 2017 until 2019, where he was a member of the Standing Committee. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG from June 2020 to May 2022. Since March 2022, Dr. Enders has been a member of the Board of Directors of Helsing, a European AI company. He is also President (non-executive) of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. Experience and Qualifications As the former Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive Committee of Airbus SE, one of the largest aerospace companies in the world and a large international manufacturer, Dr. Enders contributes the senior executive experience and skills described above. In particular, his background includes extensive international, operational and manufacturing experience. As Airbus SE operates in many of the foreign markets in which the Company operates, Dr. Enders also brings his understanding of these large markets where the Company has a significant presence.

| 28 | Linde plc |

Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Director Nominees

|                                                                 | Hugh Grant |                              |                         |
| Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Monsanto Company |            |                              |                         |
| Age Director Since Other Public CompanyDirectorships            |            | 662023Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | •Linde Foreign Markets  
 •Operations             
 •International Business 
 •Technology             
 •Risk Management        
 •Public Company Board   |

Biography Hugh Grant retired as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company, a global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality, in June 2018 upon the closing of the merger of Monsanto Company and Bayer AG. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company from 2003 until June 2018. Mr. Grant previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Monsanto Company at the time of an initial public offering in 2000 and remained in that position for the subsequent spin-off of the company in 2002. Mr. Grant was a Director of PPG Industries, Inc. since September 2005, including as independent Lead Director since April 2014, until he retired from the PPG Board in December 2023. Mr. Grant is also a director of Free