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Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

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Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

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SIGNATURES

Linde plc and Subsidiaries

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Linde plc
(Registrant)
Date: February 25, 2026By:/s/ KELCEY E. HOYT
Kelcey E. Hoyt Chief Accounting Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated on February 25, 2026.

/s/ SANJIV LAMBA/s/ MATTHEW J. WHITE/s/ PROF. DDR. ANN-KRISTIN ACHLIETNER
Sanjiv Lamba Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerMatthew J. White Chief Financial OfficerAnn-Kristin Achleitner Director
/s/ ROBERT L. WOOD/s/ DR. THOMAS ENDERS/s/ JOSEF KAESER
Robert L. Wood DirectorThomas Enders DirectorJosef Kaeser Director
/s/ DR. VICTORIA OSSADNIK/s/ ALBERTO WEISSER/s/ PAULA REYNOLDS
Victoria Ossadnik DirectorAlberto Weisser DirectorPaula Reynolds Director
/s/ HUGH GRANT
Hugh Grant Director

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