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accession: "0001654954-23-009793"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIN"
cik: "0001707925"
company_name: "LINDE PLC"
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T23:09:00.881936+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Linde shareholders approve reduction of supermajority voting requirements at AGM

## Summary
- Amendments to reduce certain supermajority shareholder vote requirements approved with 99.63% of votes cast.
- All 10 director nominees elected; Joe Kaeser received lowest support at 78.10% of votes cast.
- PWC ratified as independent auditor (94.95% for); say-on-pay approved (95.38% for).
- Constitution amended and restated effective July 24, 2023; filed as Exhibit 3.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-009793
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIN
- cik: 0001707925
- company_name: LINDE PLC
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495423009793/0001654954-23-009793-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495423009793/lin_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LINDE PLC shareholders approved Authorize Board to determine auditor remuneration at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: Proposal 2b Shareholders approved the authorization of the Board, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine PWC’s remuneration by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495423009793/0001654954-23-009793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LINDE PLC shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: Proposal 3 Shareholders approved, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of Linde plc’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the 2023 proxy statement by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495423009793/0001654954-23-009793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LINDE PLC shareholders approved Amend Irish Memorandum and Articles of Association to reduce supermajority vote requirements at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: Proposal 4 Shareholders approved the proposal to amend Linde’s Irish Memorandum and Articles of Association to reduce certain supermajority shareholder vote requirements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495423009793/0001654954-23-009793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LINDE PLC shareholders approved Ratify appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: Proposal 2a Shareholders ratified, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PWC”) as the independent auditor by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495423009793/0001654954-23-009793-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LINDE PLC shareholders approved Election of ten nominees as directors at the 2023-07-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-24
  source text: Proposal 1 The ten nominees for election as a director were elected to serve until the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The vote results were as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495423009793/0001654954-23-009793-index.htm

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