Linde plc: Release of a capital market information
February 05, 2019 at 08:10 am EST
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DGAP Post-admission Duties announcement: Linde plc / Disclosure of share buy-backs in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Article 2(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052: 8. Interim Report
Linde plc: Release of a capital market information
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Disclosure of share buy-backs in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Article 2(3) of Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2016/1052: 8. Interim Report
On 10 December 2018, the board of directors of Linde plc has authorized a
share repurchase program for up to USD 1.0 billion of its ordinary shares.
Under this program, Linde plc may acquire shares in the period from 10
December 2018 through 30 April 2019. Linde plc announced the terms of this
programme on the same date in accordance with Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation
(EU) No 596/2014 and Article 2(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
2016/1052.
In the period from 28.01.2019 through 01.02.2019, shares were repurchased
under the programme by a broker on markets in the United States as follows:
Trading Date
Aggregated Volume
Weighted Average Price
(shares)
(USD)1
28.01.2019
100.000
157,6855
29.01.2019
33.797
160,8917
30.01.2019
75.000
162,3285
31.01.2019
75.100
162,6519
01.02.2019
75.000
164,9770
1 Excluding costs incidental to the purchase.
Further details about the buy-back programme and the above transactions
(including venues) are available on the investor relations section of Linde
plc's website (https://www.lindeplc.com/en/investors/stock-and-dividendinformation
/share-buyback).
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Linde plc is one of the world's leading engineering and industrial gas production groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- production and sale of industrial gases (86.3%). Net sales break down by market between chemicals and energy (25%), manufacturing (19%), healthcare (16%), metals and mining (14%), food and beverage (10%), electronics (9%) and other (7%);
- surface engineering services (8.3%);
- other (5.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (5.9%), the United States (31.6%), Germany (11%), China (7.9%), Australia (4.1%), Brazil (3.5%) and other (36%).