secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LINDE PLC (LIN)
CIK:        0001707925
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-25-004916
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Linde Q1 adj EPS $3.95, up 5% YoY; margin expands 120 bps to 30.1%
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- Sales $8.1B flat YoY; underlying sales up 1% from 2% price, partly offset by 1% lower volumes.
- Adjusted operating profit $2.4B (+4%); operating cash flow $2.2B (+11%); free cash flow $891M.
- Americas segment sales +3%, APAC -3%, EMEA -3%; Engineering sales +5% to $565M.
- Q2 adj EPS guidance $3.95-$4.05; FY 2025 adj EPS guidance $16.20-$16.50 (4-6% growth).
- Returned $1.8B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks; capex guided $5.0-$5.5B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495425004916/0001654954-25-004916-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495425004916/lin_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-004916

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