8-K – 2025-08-07 – lin_8k.htm

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): August 5, 2025
 
Linde plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
Ireland
 
001-38730
 
98-1448883

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 
10 Riverview Dr.
Danbury , Connecticut
  United States 06810
 
Forge
43 Church Street West
Woking , Surrey GU21 6HT
United Kingdom

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 
+ 44 1483 242200
(Registrant’s telephone numbers, including area code)
 
 ________________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered

Ordinary shares (€0.001 nominal value per share)
 
LIN
 
Nasdaq Stock Market

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 

 

 
 
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(b)
 
David Strauss, Executive Vice President-Chief Human Resources Officer, has announced that he will retire from Linde effective March 31, 2026, after serving 35 years with Linde. His role as an executive officer of Linde plc will terminate effective September 1, 2025.
 
Desiree Bacher, who currently serves as Senior Vice President-Communications, AI, & Corporate Procurement, has been appointed as Senior Vice President-Chief Human Resources Officer, succeeding Mr. Strauss, effective September 1, 2025.
 
ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d)
Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed herewith:

 
Exhibit No.
 
Description

 
 
 

104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
LINDE PLC

 
 
 

Date: August 7, 2025
By:
/s/ Guillermo Bichara
 

 
Name: 
Guillermo Bichara
 

 
Title:
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
 

 
 
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