---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-22-001380"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIN"
cik: "0001707925"
company_name: "LINDE PLC"
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:15:23.059320+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Linde reports record 2021: adj. EPS $10.69 (+30%), backlog $13B; FY2022 guidance $11.55-$11.85

## Summary
- Full-year 2021 sales $30.8B (+13%), adj. operating profit $7.2B (+24%), adj. EPS $10.69 (+30%).
- Q4 2021 adj. EPS $2.77 (+20%), operating cash flow $3.2B (+33%), free cash flow $2.4B (+70%).
- FY2022 adj. EPS guidance $11.55-$11.85 (10-13% growth ex-FX); Q1 2022 guidance $2.70-$2.80 (11-15% ex-FX).
- Backlog increased to $13B; CEO Steve Angel to become Chairman, Sanjiv Lamba to be CEO.
- Returned $6.8B to shareholders in 2021 through dividends and share repurchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-22-001380
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIN
- cik: 0001707925
- company_name: LINDE PLC
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495422001380/0001654954-22-001380-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495422001380/lin_8k.htm

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