Linde PLC — Director's Dealing 2020

Aug 5, 2020

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: LINDE PLC (LIN)
CIK: 0001707925
Period of Report: 2020-08-03

Reporting Person: ANGEL STEPHEN F (Director, Chief Executive Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2020-08-03	Ordinary Shares	M	187015	$110.58	Acquired	388967	Direct
2020-08-03	Ordinary Shares	F	131080	$246.46	Disposed	257887	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2020-08-03	Stock Option (right to buy)	$110.58	M	187015	Disposed	2023-02-26	Ordinary Shares (187015)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Ordinary Shares	2268	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	71029	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	20517	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	10954.483	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (13935)	13935	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (15755)	15755	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (38270)	38270	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (29580)	29580	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (47632)	47632	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (30215)	30215	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (32580)	32580	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$173.13	2030-03-09	Ordinary Shares (169560)	169560	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$128.80	2024-02-25	Ordinary Shares (203930)	203930	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$128.38	2025-02-24	Ordinary Shares (261075)	261075	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$102.22	2026-02-23	Ordinary Shares (416355)	416355	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$118.71	2027-02-28	Ordinary Shares (435850)	435850	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$154.00	2028-02-27	Ordinary Shares (318780)	318780	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$176.63	2029-03-20	Ordinary Shares (177605)	177605	Direct
Deferred Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (127271.165)	127271.165	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares withheld from option exercise to pay exercise price and taxes. No market sale of shares occurred. There were 55,935 shares acquired and held net of the share withholdings.

F2: Restricted Stock Units that will vest in full and payout on or about March 9, 2023 in Linde plc Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis.

F3: Restricted Stock Units that will vest in full and payout on March 20, 2022 in Linde plc Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis.

F4: Restricted Stock Units that will vest in full and payout on February 27, 2021 in Linde plc Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis.

F5: Restricted Stock Units that have vested in full but whose payout has been deferred to a future date.

F6: Restricted Stock Units that will vest in full and payout on February 28, 2020 in Linde plc Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis.

F7: This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on March 9, 2021.

F8: This option became exercisable in three (3) equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

F9: This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning February 23, 2017.

F10: This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 28, 2018.

F11: This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 27, 2019.

F12: This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on March 20, 2020.

F13: Conversion to Linde plc Ordinary Shares is on a 1-for-1 basis.

F14: Deferred Stock Units acquired under the Compensation Deferral Plan ("Deferral Plan") that will payout in Linde plc Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis in accordance with the Deferral Plan.