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Linde plc filings document an Irish public company's industrial gases and engineering business, Nasdaq-listed ordinary shares, operating results and capital-structure activity. Results 8-Ks furnish quarterly and annual financial releases covering sales, operating profit, cash flow, capital expenditures, dividends and stock repurchases for a business serving chemicals and energy, food and beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining.
Governance filings include definitive proxy materials, annual general meeting voting results, board elections, executive compensation and leadership changes. Other 8-K disclosures record euro note issuances under Linde's European debt issuance programme and related use of proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Linde plc senior vice president of Linde Engineering, Stefanos Innocenzi, reported equity compensation activity involving Restricted Stock Units and stock options. On June 8, 2026, 4,035 Restricted Stock Units vested and were converted into 4,035 Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis pursuant to a grant made on June 5, 2023.
Of these shares, 2,062 Ordinary Shares were withheld to cover tax obligations, leaving 1,973 Ordinary Shares in his direct ownership. He also continues to hold stock options over 1,520, 1,597 and 6,106 Ordinary Shares at exercise prices of $465.29, $468.77 and $483.62, respectively, with expirations between March 2024 and March 2036, plus additional unvested RSUs scheduled to pay out between March 2026 and March 2029.
Linde plc vice president and chief accounting officer Denny Brown filed an initial ownership report showing his equity stake in the company. He directly holds 3,466.912 ordinary shares and a range of stock options to buy additional shares at exercise prices between $154.0000 and $483.6200 with expirations from 2028 to 2036. He also holds restricted stock units and deferred stock units that convert into ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis, with vesting and payout dates around March 7, 2027, March 7, 2028, and March 9, 2029.
Linde plc director Robert L. Wood reported open-market sales of company stock. On May 14–15, 2026, he sold a total of 5,215 Ordinary Shares at prices of about $506.39 and $508.76 per share, leaving 9,248.4815 Ordinary Shares held directly. He also holds Restricted Stock Units covering 2,861.001 underlying Ordinary Shares that are scheduled to vest and pay out around March 9, 2027, and 473 underlying shares from fully vested RSUs with payout deferred until he leaves the board or a specified future date.
LIN registered a Form 144 notice showing proposed sales of 4,335 shares of Common stock by an issuer-related holder through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, with an aggregate value listed as $2,195,183.74 and a referenced figure of 462,599,539. The entries list multiple restricted stock vesting events (1,520; 1,500; 1,315 shares) tied to services rendered on 04/25/2014, 05/21/2009, and 04/21/2014.
LIN filed a Form 144 notifying proposed sales of Common shares tied to restricted stock vesting events. The filing lists multiple grant vesting dates and small per-event share amounts from 11/01/2018 through 03/27/2026, including a 200-share entry (11/01/2018) and a 451-share entry (03/07/2025).
Linde plc has issued three euro-denominated note tranches in the European debt market. The company sold €600 million Floating Rate Notes due 2028, €500 million 3.200% Notes due 2030 and €500 million 3.800% Notes due 2036 under its European debt issuance programme.
The transaction generated approximately €1,595 million in net proceeds after manager fees, which will be used for general corporate purposes. These notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s official list and trade on its Euro MTF market, and are guaranteed by Linde GmbH and Linde Inc. under existing upstream guarantees.
Linde plc filed a shelf registration on to offer, from time to time, ordinary shares, preferred shares, depositary shares, warrants, securities purchase contracts, units and debt securities. The prospectus permits multiple offerings under a shelf structure and will be supplemented with specific terms for each offering.
The registration references a €25.0 billion European debt issuance program and states that debt of Linde plc and Linde Inc. will generally rank pari passu, with upstream and downstream guarantees from Linde Inc. and Linde GmbH and specified limitations on enforceability under applicable law.
Linde plc reported solid growth for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Sales reached $8,781 million, up 8% from 2025, driven by higher prices, new project start-ups and favorable currency, with industrial gases growth offsetting slightly lower Engineering revenue.
Reported operating profit rose 12% to $2,439 million, lifting operating margin to 27.8%. Net income attributable to Linde plc increased 11% to $1,857 million, and diluted EPS grew 13% to $3.98, helped by higher profit and fewer shares. Cash from operations was strong at $2,240 million, funding $1,342 million of capital expenditures and share repurchases and dividends. Americas and APAC delivered double-digit sales growth, while EMEA improved profit despite softer volumes.
Linde plc reported strong first-quarter 2026 results with net income of $1.86 billion and diluted EPS of $3.98, up 11% and 13% from a year ago. Adjusted net income was $2.02 billion and adjusted EPS reached $4.33, 10% higher than prior year.
Sales were $8.78 billion, up 8%, driven by 2% pricing, 1% volume growth and 5% favorable currency, plus 1% from acquisitions. Adjusted operating profit rose 8% to $2.63 billion, yielding a 30.0% adjusted operating margin.
Operating cash flow was $2.24 billion, up 4%, with free cash flow of $898 million after $1.34 billion of capital expenditures. Linde returned $1.55 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. The company reaffirmed an efficiency-focused model with a 24% adjusted after-tax return on capital and guided 2026 adjusted EPS to $17.60–$17.90, implying 7–9% growth.
Vanguard Capital Management reported beneficial ownership of 34,874,653 shares of Linde PLC, representing 7.52% of the outstanding common stock. The filing lists 4,641,583 shares as sole voting power and 34,874,653 shares as sole dispositive power. The CUSIP is G54950103.
The filing states these holdings are reported on behalf of Vanguard Capital Management and affiliated Vanguard entities and include shares held by Vanguard funds and managed accounts over which Vanguard exercises dispositive power.