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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 reported higher results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2026. Second‑quarter sales were $9,289 million, up 9% year over year, with operating profit of $2,554 million and net income of $1,928 million. Diluted EPS rose to $4.15 from $3.73.
Sales growth reflected about 2% higher pricing, 2% volume gains led by electronics, manufacturing, and chemicals and energy, plus benefits from currency, acquisitions and cost pass‑through. All major segments grew, with APAC sales up 13% and Americas and EMEA each up 7%. Adjusted operating profit was $2,744 million, or 29.5% of sales, and adjusted diluted EPS was $4.50.
For the first half of 2026, operating cash flow was $4,511 million, funding $2,780 million of capital expenditures, $1,664 million of share repurchases and $1,479 million of dividends. At June 30, 2026, total assets were $88,349 million, total debt $28,013 million and Linde plc shareholders’ equity $39,081 million. The company details Russian project disputes with recorded liabilities of $1.8 billion and contingent liabilities of $1.1 billion for RusChemAlliance projects and $0.7 billion for Amur GPP, while stating it does not anticipate a material adverse effect on consolidated financial position or liquidity.
Linde plc reported second-quarter 2026 sales of $9,289 million, up 9% versus prior year, with underlying sales up 4% from 2% higher pricing and 2% higher volumes. Net income was $1,928 million and diluted EPS $4.15, up 9% and 11%, respectively. Adjusted net income was $2,089 million and adjusted diluted EPS $4.50, 8% and 10% above prior year.
Operating profit was $2,554 million, with adjusted operating profit of $2,744 million and a 29.5% adjusted operating margin as pricing and productivity offset cost inflation. Operating cash flow increased 3% to $2,271 million and free cash flow was $833 million after $1,438 million of capital expenditures. The company returned $1,590 million to shareholders through dividends and net share repurchases and reported a project backlog of $11 billion, including a contractual sale-of-gas backlog of $8.1 billion and a 23.5% return on capital highlighted as industry leading.
Linde expects third-quarter 2026 adjusted diluted EPS of $4.45 to $4.55, 6% to 8% above the prior-year quarter. Full-year 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance is $17.70 to $17.90, representing 8% to 9% growth assuming 1% favorable currency, with planned 2026 capital expenditures of $5.5 billion to $6.0 billion to support growth and maintenance projects.
Linde plc reports the results of its July 28, 2026 Annual General Meeting, where 396,007,872 ordinary shares were present or represented by proxy, equal to 85.65% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote, constituting a quorum. All nine director nominees were elected to serve until the 2027 annual general meeting.
Shareholders ratified, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as independent auditor, and approved authorizing the Board, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine PWC’s remuneration. They also approved, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of Linde’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the 2026 proxy statement.
Shareholders further approved a proposal to determine the price range at which Linde can re-allot shares it acquires as treasury shares under Irish law. A shareholder proposal requesting a report on Linde’s renewable electricity procurement strategy did not pass, receiving 49,194,027 votes for versus 324,396,810 votes against.
GRANT HUGH reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Linde plc director Hugh Grant reported a compensation-related equity award. He received 63.724 deferred stock units under the Linde Non-Employee Director Deferral Plan, each payable in one Linde ordinary share on a one-for-one basis. After this grant, he holds 579.275 deferred stock units, 1,081.914 ordinary shares directly, and restricted stock units tied to 473.148 and 476.009 underlying ordinary shares, all reflecting equity-based director compensation rather than open-market trading.
Linde plc director Paula Rosput Reynolds reported updated equity holdings, including a new compensation grant. She received 15.931 deferred stock units at a conversion price of $0.0000 per unit under the Linde Non-Employee Director Deferral Plan, each convertible into one Ordinary Share. Following this, she holds 144.818 deferred stock units and 715.922 Ordinary Shares directly. She also holds restricted stock units covering 473.148 Ordinary Shares that are fully vested but deferred, and 476.009 restricted stock units that are scheduled to vest one year after the March 9, 2026 grant date, subject to continued Board service, with payout deferred until her Board service ends.
NorthStar Asset Management requests that Linde plc prepare and publish a report describing whether and how the Board could adopt a renewable electricity procurement policy. The submission cites Linde's annual electricity use of 42.5 TWh, the company’s report that 47% of electricity is renewable/low‑carbon, and its objective to source 28 TWh by 2028. The rebuttal argues investors lack transparency on procurement choices, long‑term contracts, governance, and metrics that would clarify how much progress reflects active procurement versus cleaner regional grid mixes. NorthStar asks shareholders to vote FOR Proposal No. 5 at the annual meeting.
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.