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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 Stefanos Innocenzi received new equity awards as part of his compensation. On March 9, 2026 he was granted 749 Restricted Stock Units, each convertible into one ordinary share, and 6,106 stock options with an exercise price of $483.62 per share expiring on March 9, 2036. The new option grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on March 9, 2027. The filing also shows existing RSU awards covering 4,035, 235 and 228 ordinary shares and prior option grants for 1,597 and 1,520 shares, which continue to vest on previously disclosed schedules. These are compensation-related grants rather than open‑market purchases or sales.
Linde plc’s Principal Accounting Officer Kelcey E. Hoyt reported equity compensation and related share activity. On March 9, 2026, Hoyt received grants of 907 Performance Share Units tied to relative total shareholder return, 320 PSUs tied to return on capital, 293 Restricted Stock Units, and 2,387 stock options with a strike price of $483.62 per share expiring in 2036.
Previously granted PSUs and RSUs vested and were converted into 1,547 Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis, with 527 Ordinary Shares withheld at $484.74 per share to satisfy tax obligations. Following these transactions, Hoyt directly holds 22,050.191 Ordinary Shares and retains a substantial portfolio of unexercised options and unvested units, plus 567.573 Ordinary Shares held indirectly in a 401(k) plan.
Linde plc senior vice president, Americas, Benjamin Glazer reported a series of equity compensation movements. He received new grants of 2,712 performance share units based on return on capital, 960 performance share units based on relative total shareholder return, 1,308 restricted stock units, and 10,661 stock options with a $483.6200 exercise price expiring in 2036. Previously granted performance and restricted stock units vested and were paid out in Ordinary Shares, with 2,076 shares withheld at $484.7400 per share to cover taxes. Following these transactions, he holds 14,891.2660 Ordinary Shares directly and 927.2500 indirectly through a 401(k), along with multiple remaining restricted stock unit and stock option awards that vest over several years.
Linde plc EVP and COO Sean Durbin reported multiple equity compensation events. Performance share units and restricted stock units granted in March 2023 vested on March 9, 2026, converting one-for-one into Linde ordinary shares. The company withheld 3,602 ordinary shares at $484.74 per share to cover tax obligations, which are not open-market sales.
Durbin also received new grants of 2,857 restricted stock units and 23,290 stock options with a $483.62 exercise price, vesting over three years beginning March 9, 2027. Following these transactions, he directly holds 12,264.559 ordinary shares and retains sizeable unexercised options and deferred/restricted stock units expiring between 2030 and 2035.
Linde plc executive Guillermo Bichara, Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer, reported a set of compensation-related equity moves on March 9, 2026. He received payouts from performance share units tied to return on capital and relative total shareholder return, and restricted stock units, which together delivered 8,122 Ordinary Shares, with 3,765 shares withheld to cover tax obligations. He was also granted 1,830 new Restricted Stock Units and 14,917 stock options with an exercise price of 483.6200 per share expiring in 2036. Following these transactions, he directly holds 25,593.769 Ordinary Shares and retains multiple unexercised option and unit awards, plus 2,944.983 Ordinary Shares held indirectly through a 401(k).
Linde plc SVP and Chief HR Officer Desiree Bacher reported routine equity compensation activity. She received performance share units tied to return on capital and relative total shareholder return, covering 727 and 260 underlying ordinary shares, as well as 503 restricted stock units and 4,098 stock options exercisable at 483.6200 per share.
Previously granted PSUs and RSUs from March 7, 2023 vested and paid out on March 9, 2026, delivering ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis. A total of 407 ordinary shares were withheld at 484.7400 per share to cover tax obligations, which reduced the net shares issued but did not involve open-market sales.
After these transactions, Bacher directly holds 979 ordinary shares. She also retains unexercised equity awards, including restricted stock units covering 309 and 300 ordinary shares, stock options covering 2,168, 1,920 and 1,690 shares with exercise prices between 354.1400 and 468.7700, and 61.637 deferred stock units, all convertible into ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis.
Linde plc director Robert L. Wood received a grant of 473 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) tied to Linde ordinary shares on March 9, 2026. These RSUs convert to ordinary shares on a 1-for-1 basis and are scheduled to vest in full one year after the grant date, subject to his continued board service, with payout deferred until his board service ends. Following this award, Wood holds 2,861.001 RSUs and 14,463.4815 ordinary shares directly.
Linde plc director Alberto Weisser reported routine equity compensation activity involving restricted stock units and ordinary shares. He received a grant of 473 Restricted Stock Units that will vest and pay out in Linde ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis if he continues serving on the board through about March 9, 2027. He also exercised 470.156 previously granted RSUs into 470.156 ordinary shares at a conversion rate of one share per unit. Of those shares, 12.005 were withheld to cover tax obligations at a price of 484.74 per share, leaving him with 2,108.817 Linde ordinary shares held directly after these transactions. The filing shows no remaining derivative awards from this exercised grant.
Reynolds Paula Rosput reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Linde plc director Paula Rosput Reynolds received equity-based compensation in the form of 473 Restricted Stock Units and 19.808 deferred stock units, each convertible into ordinary shares on a 1-for-1 basis. The new RSU award vests in full one year after the March 9, 2026 grant date, contingent on continued Board service, with payout deferred until her Board service ends. Following these entries, she directly holds ordinary shares and a mix of vested and unvested deferred stock and restricted stock units.
Linde plc director Victoria Ossadnik reported compensation-related equity transactions. She received a grant of 473 Restricted Stock Units that will vest and pay out on or about March 9, 2027 in Linde plc ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to continued board service.
An earlier RSU award granted on March 7, 2025 vested in full on March 9, 2026 and paid out 470.156 ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis. Of these, 37.761 shares were withheld to satisfy tax obligations at a price of $484.74 per share. Following these transactions, she directly holds 3,767.583 ordinary shares.