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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 policy and has additional trading procedures that cover the purchase, sale and other transactions in Company securities by the Company’s directors, officers, and employees, and other covered persons, as well as the Company itself, that Linde believes are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and applicable exchange listing standards. A copy of our insider trading policy was filed as Exhibit 19 to our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Based solely upon a review of SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 furnished to the Company and written representations from the Company’s executive officers and directors, the

Company believes that those persons complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during 2024 with respect to transactions in the Company’s stock.

Director & Nominee Selection Criteria

The Nomination and Governance Committee will consider any candidate for election to the Board who is timely recommended by a shareholder and whose recommendation otherwise complies with the requirements under Linde’s Constitution. Recommendations should be sent to the Company Secretary of Linde and should include the candidate’s name and qualifications and a statement from the

candidate that he or she consents to being named in the proxy statement and will serve as a director if elected. In order for any candidate to be considered by the Nomination and Governance Committee and, if nominated, to be included in the proxy statement, such recommendations must be received by the Company Secretary on or before the date specified in this Proxy Statement under the caption “Shareholder Proposals,

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Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Linde’s Corporate Governance Framework

Director Nominations and Other Business for the 2025 Annual General Meeting.”

The qualities and skills sought in director nominees are governed by the projected needs of the Board at the time the Nomination and Governance Committee considers adding a new director or renominating incumbent directors. Consistent with the board’s corporate Governance Guidelines, the Committee seeks to build and maintain a Board that contains a range of experiences, competencies, and perspectives that is well-suited for advice and counsel to, and oversight of, the Company’s business and operations. In doing so, the Committee takes into account a variety of factors, including: (1) the Company’s strategies and its market, geographic and regulatory environments, both current and projected, (2) the mix of experiences, competencies, and perspectives (including gender, ethnic and cultural diversity) currently represented on the Board