Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 19

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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, (3) the results of the Board’s annual self-assessment process, 4) the CEO’s views as to areas in which management would like to have additional advice and counsel from the Board, and (5) with respect to the incumbent directors, meeting attendance, participation and contribution, and the director’s current independence status.

The Committee also seeks in each director candidate a breadth of experience and background that (a) will allow the director to contribute to the full range of issues confronting a global industrial company and (b) will qualify the director to serve on, and contribute to, any of the Board’s standing committees. In addition, the Nomination and Governance Committee believes that every director nominee should demonstrate a strong record of integrity and ethical conduct, an absence of conflicts that might interfere with the exercise of his or

her independent judgment, and a willingness and ability to represent all shareholders of the Company.

When the need to recruit a director arises, the Nomination and Governance Committee will consult the Chairman and other directors, as well as the CEO, and may engage third party recruiting firms to identify potential candidates. The candidate evaluation process may include inquiries as to the candidate’s reputation and background, examination of the candidate’s experiences and skills in relation to the Board’s needs at the time, consideration of the candidate’s independence as measured by the Board’s independence standards, and other considerations that the Nomination and Governance Committee deems appropriate at the time. Prior to formal consideration by the Nomination and Governance Committee, any candidate who passes such screening would be interviewed by the Nomination and Governance Committee or its Chairman and by the Chairman of the Board and the CEO.

Additional information about the specific skills, qualifications and backgrounds of each of the director nominees is set forth in this Proxy Statement under the caption “Director Nominees.”

Proxy Access Nominees.The foregoing description applies only to the Nomination and Governance Committee’s consideration of director nominees who may be nominated by the Committee itself. It does not apply to persons nominated by eligible shareholders under the Company’s Proxy Access structure which has separate requirements that are set forth in Linde’s Constitution.

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Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Board Committees

Board Comm ittees The Board currently has five standing committees as described below and each is comprised of only independent directors except for the Executive Committee of which the Chairman of the Board and the CEO are members. The Charters for each of these committees may be found on Linde’s public website, www.linde.com , in the About Us/Corporate