DD: Linde plc: Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
November 16, 2022 at 09:56 am EST
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Linde plc: Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
16.11.2022 / 15:53 CET/CEST
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Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with them
[This form is required for disclosure of transactions under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation)]
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
Mr. Stephen F. Angel
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chairman and Director
b)
Initial Notification Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Linde public limited company
b)
LEI
8945002PAZHZLBGKGF02
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)
Description of the financial instrument,
type of
instrument
Identification code
Ordinary Shares
Stock Options
International Securities Identification Number (ISIN): IE00BZ12WP82
German Securities Identification Number (Wertpapierkennnummer, WKN): A2D SYC
Ticker Symbol: LIN
b)
Nature of the transactions
Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares and disposal of Ordinary Shares
The exercise of 200,000 stock options over Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of US$102.22 per share and the withholding of 125,773 Ordinary Shares by Linde plc at a market price of US$331.50 per share to cover the exercise price and tax withholdings, resulting in 74,227 net shares that were sold at an average price of US$330.51 per share.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Exercise
US$102.22
200,000 stock options
Disposal
US$331.50
125,773 Ordinary Shares
US$330.51
74,227 Ordinary Shares
d)
Aggregated information
Price
Aggregated volume
N/A
N/A
e)
Dates of the transactions
11 NOVEMBER 2022
f)
Place of the transactions
New York Stock Exchange
g)
Additional Information
125,773 Ordinary Shares were withheld by Linde plc at a market price of US$331.50 to cover the exercise price and tax withholdings resulting in 74,227 net shares that were sold at an average price of US$330.51 per share.
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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%).
LINDE PLC 
