Company: LIN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060925
Chunk: 86

Company: LINDE PLC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 86
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 concerns in evaluating whether any actions are appropriate to address those concerns. The Board recommends that you approve this proposal because the Company’s executive compensation program focuses on motivating performance to effectively build shareholder value. The Board believes that the executive compensation program will continue to be instrumental in driving the Company’s strong business results. The Human Capital Committee has established the following objectives for Linde’s executive compensation program:

| · | attract and retain executive talent;                                                          |
| · | motivate executives to deliver strong business results in line with shareholder expectations; |
| · | build and support a sustainable performance-driven culture; and                               |
| · | encourage executives to own stock, aligning their interests with those of shareholders.       |

As required under Irish law, the resolution in respect of Proposal 3 is an ordinary resolution that requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast. The text of the resolution in respect of Proposal 3 is as follows: “Resolved, that the compensation of the Linde plc named executive officers, as disclosed in the Linde plc proxy statement for the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, including the compensation tables, the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and any related narrative disclosures, is hereby approved.”

| The Board recommends that you vote “FOR” the approval, on an advisory and non-binding basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement. |

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Proposal 4: Advisory and Non-Binding Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Shareholder Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation

Proposal 4: Advisory and Non-Binding Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Shareholder Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation This proposal is a non-binding advisory shareholder vote on how frequently the Company should seek future advisory votes on NEO compensation, such as the Say-on-Pay vote described in Proposal 3 of this Proxy Statement. You have the following three choices as to the frequency of such future advisory votes (in addition to being able to abstain from voting): once every one, two or three years. Accordingly, you are asked to vote upon this proposal that will be presented at the 2025 Annual General Meeting: The Board recommends that future advisory shareholder votes on NEO compensation be held once every year so as to provide timely and frequent feedback to the Board on its NEO compensation program. The Board of Directors and the Human Capital Committee value shareholders’ opinions on this matter and will consider the outcome of the vote in determining on how frequently the Company should seek future advisory votes on NEO compensation