Linde PLC — Director's Dealing 2020

Jun 4, 2020

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: LINDE PLC (LIN)
CIK: 0001707925
Period of Report: 2020-06-02

Reporting Person: Lamba Sanjiv (Executive VP APAC Gases)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2020-06-02	Ordinary Shares	M	502	—	Acquired	26223	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2020-06-02	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	502	Disposed		Ordinary Shares (502)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Restricted Stock Units	$0		Ordinary Shares (3090)	3090	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$		Ordinary Shares (686)	686	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$		Ordinary Shares (3590)	3590	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$173.13	2030-03-09	Ordinary Shares (37565)	37565	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$1.92	2021-06-01	Ordinary Shares (3052)	3052	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$1.92	2022-06-07	Ordinary Shares (2840)	2840	Direct
Stock Option (right to buy)	$176.63	2029-03-20	Ordinary Shares (40470)	40470	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Ordinary shares acquired pursuant to the payout of a restricted stock unit ("RSU") grant made on April 24, 2019.

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 ("RSUs") and stock options have been granted pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement among Praxair, Inc., Linde AG, Linde plc and certain of their affiliates, dated June 1, 2017, as amended (the "BCA"). The RSUs and stock options replace certain previously granted equity awards granted by Linde AG that were terminated in connection with the closing of the Business Combination of Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG that occurred on October 31, 2018. A more detailed explanation of these RSU and stock option replacement awards is discussed in the Linde plc Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Amendment No. 4) filed with the SEC on August 11, 2017 under the section titled "The Business Combination - Interests of Directors, Board Members and Executive Officers in the Business Combination - Linde AG - Treatment of Equity Awards" on pages 183-187.

F4: Restricted Stock Units that will vest in full and payout on or about June 1, 2020 in Linde plc Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis.

F5: Restricted Stock Units that will vest in full and payout on or about June 7, 2021 in Linde plc Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis.

F6: Restricted Stock Units that will vest in full and payout on or about March 20, 2022 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 vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning March 20, 2020.