Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-06-20
Form Type: 11-K
Source: 0001628280-25-032286
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Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-06-20
Form: 11-K
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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

#### Form 11-K
| ý |     | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

#### For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

#### OR
| ¨ |     | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

#### For the transition period from

#### to

#### Commission File Number 001-38730
| A. |     | Full title of the Plan and the address of the Plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: |

#### Linde Puerto Rico B.V. Retirement Savings Plan
<div align='center'>P.O. Box 307

Gurabo, Puerto Rico 00778</div>

| B. |     | Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the Plan and the address of its principal executive office: |

#### Linde plc

#### Forge

#### 43 Church Street West

#### Woking, Surrey GU21 6HT

#### United Kingdom
<div align='center'>1</div>

#### Linde Puerto Rico B.V. Retirement Savings Plan

#### Index
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|                                                                                                |     |     |     | Page |
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                        |     |     |     |    3 |
| Financial Statements                                                                           |     |     |     |      |
| Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2024 and 2023               |     |   4 |     |      |
| Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 |     |   5 |     |      |
| Notes to Financial Statements                                                                  |     |     |     |      |
|                                                                                                |     | 6-9 |     |      |
| Supplemental Schedule                                                                          |     |     |     |      |
| Schedule H, line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2024         |     |  10 |     |      |
| Index to Exhibits                                                                              |     |     |     |   11 |
| Signature                                                                                      |     |     |     |