secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LINDE PLC (LIN)
CIK:        0001707925
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-22-001380
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495422001380/0001654954-22-001380-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495422001380/lin_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-001380

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