DD: Linde plc: Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
January 24, 2023 at 12:58 pm EST
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Linde plc: Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
24.01.2023 / 18:56 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
Director and Chairman
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
Deferred Compensation Units (“DSUs”)
International Securities Identification Number (ISIN): IE00BZ12WP82
German Securities Identification Number (Wertpapierkennnummer, WKN): A2D SYC
Ticker Symbol: LIN
b)
Nature of the transactions
Acquisition of Ordinary Shares and disposal of Ordinary Shares
The acquisition of 24,536.675 Ordinary Shares of Linde plc as a result of a deferred compensation distribution and the withholding of 9,991.124 shares by Linde plc at a market price of $US330.00 per share to cover tax witholdings, resulting in 14,545.551 net shares held.
Disposal of DSUs
The disposal of 24,536.675 DSUs as a result of distribution under the company’s Compensation Deferral Plan (the “Plan”)
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Acquisition of Ordinary Shares
US$0.00
24,536.675
Disposal of Ordinary Shares
US$330.00
9,991.124
Disposal of DSUs
US$0.00
24,536.675
d)
Aggregated information
Price
Aggregated volume
N/A
N/A
e)
Dates of the transactions
20 JANUARY 2023
f)
Place of the transactions
Outside of trading venue
g)
Additional Information
9,991.124 Ordinary Shares were withheld by Linde plc at a market price of US$330.00 to cover the tax withholdings, resulting in 14,545.551 net shares held.
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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%).