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Current Report · Items 5.07, 9.01 · 8-K
Linde plc
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders The Linde plc Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 28, 2026 (the “AGM”), at which shareholders voted upon the items set forth below. The total number of shares that were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 396,007,872 which was 85.65% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote and which constituted a quorum.…
Company context
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.
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Linde plc · 8-K · Filed 2026-07-30
Disclosure sections
Item 5.07Item 5.07 - Submission of Matters to Vote
ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Linde plc Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 28, 2026 (the “AGM”), at which shareholders voted upon the items set forth below. The total number of shares that were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 396,007,872 which was 85.65% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote and which constituted a quorum. The final voting results of the items submitted to a vote of the shareholders are set forth below.
Proposal 1
The nine nominees for election as a director were elected to serve until the 2027 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The vote results were as follows:
Director Nominees Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes % of Votes
Cast For
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Sanjiv Lamba 360,581,089 13,952,014 2,338,931 19,135,838 96.27%
Prof DDr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner 364,723,600 11,487,841 660,593 19,135,838 96.94%
Dr. Thomas Enders 373,313,016 3,338,718 220,300 19,135,838 99.11%
Hugh Grant 370,506,041 6,151,313 214,680 19,135,838 98.36%
Joe Kaeser 354,443,885 22,046,287 381,862 19,135,838 94.14%
Victoria E. Ossadnik 352,173,485 24,241,880 456,669 19,135,838 93.55%
Paula Rosput Reynolds 374,495,842 2,165,618 210,574 19,135,838 99.42%
Alberto Weisser 372,472,934 4,172,731 226,369 19,135,838 98.89%
Robert L. Wood 369,925,628 6,471,504 474,902 19,135,838 98.28%
Proposal 2a
Shareholders ratified, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PWC”) as the independent auditor by the votes set forth below.
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes
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365,068,629 30,718,338 220,905 N/A
(92.18% of votes cast) (7.8% of votes cast)
Proposal 2b
Shareholders approved the authorization of the Board, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine PWC’s remuneration by the votes set forth below.
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes
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387,076,279 8,585,317 346,276 N/A
(97.74% of votes cast) (2.2% of votes cast)
Proposal 3
Shareholders approved, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of Linde plc’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the 2026 proxy statement by the votes set forth below.
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes
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355,847,335 19,551,707 19,135,838
(94.42% of votes cast) (4.94% of votes cast) 1,472,992
Proposal 4
Shareholders approved the proposal to determine the price range at which Linde plc can re-allot shares that it acquires as treasury shares under Irish law.
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes
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393,887,017 1,053,280 1,067,575 N/A
(99.46% of votes cast) (.27% of votes cast)
Proposal 5
A shareholder proposal requesting a report regarding Linde’s renewable electricity procurement strategy.
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes
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49,194,027 324,396,810 3,281,197 19,135,838
(13.05% of votes cast) (82% of votes cast)