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
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 the Company’s business and operations. In addition to these qualifications that are shared by all of the nominees, more specific information about each of their individual experience and qualifications is included below.

The following pages include information about those persons currently serving on Linde’s Board of Directors who have been nominated for reelection to serve for a one-year term concluding on the later of (a) the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders or (b) the election and qualification of his or her successor. The graph below shows the number of directors who have certain of the skills, qualifications and experience in key areas that are important for the Board’s oversight of the Company’s business.

Director Meeting Attendance

During 2024, the Board held five meetings. The nominees for reelection to the Board collectively attended 98% of all Board meetings and meetings of committees of which they were members.

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Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Director Nominees

|                                                     | Stephen F. Angel |                              |                         |
| Chairman of the Board of Linde plc                  |                  |                              |                         |
| Age Director SinceOther Public CompanyDirectorships |                  | 692018GE AerospaceGE Vernova | •Industry               
 •Linde End-Markets      
 •Linde Foreign Markets  
 •Operations             
 •International Business 
 •Technology             
 •Risk Management        
 •Public Company Board   |

Biography Stephen Angel became the Chairman of the Board of Linde plc as of March 1, 2022. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Linde plc from October 2018 to February 2022. Mr. Angel was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Praxair, Inc. from 2007 to 2018. Mr. Angel joined Praxair in 2001 as an Executive Vice President and was named President and Chief Operating Officer in February 2006. Prior to joining Praxair, Mr. Angel spent 22 years in a variety of management positions with General Electric. Mr. Angel is a a director of GE Aerospace, formerly named “General Electric Company,” where he is the Chair of the Management Development & Compensation Committee. Effective April 2 , 2024, Mr. Angel became the Non- Executive Chairman of GE Vernova, that was spun-off as a separate public company from General Electric Company, and serves on its Nominating and Governance Committee . He also served on the board of directors of PPG Industries until February 15, 2024. Experience and