PRESS RELEASE : Linde plc: Linde Announces New USD5 Billion Share Repurchase Program

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Linde plc: Linde Announces New USD5 Billion Share Repurchase Program 
2021-01-25 / 19:51 
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Linde Announces New USD5 Billion Share Repurchase Program 
Guildford, UK, January 25, 2021 - Linde plc (NYSE: LIN; FWB: LIN) today announced its Board of Directors has authorized 
a new share repurchase program for up to USUSD5.0 billion of Linde's ordinary shares. This new program will replace the 
existing USUSD6.0 billion share repurchase program that was authorized on January 22, 2019 and expires on February 1, 
2021. 
"After maintaining a strong balance sheet, investing in quality growth opportunities and paying and annually increasing 
the dividend, Linde continues to generate surplus cash," said Chief Executive Officer Steve Angel. "Today's 
announcement of a new USUSD 5 billion stock repurchase program is an opportunity for us to reward shareholders with this 
surplus." 
Pursuant to European Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) requirements, this new share repurchase program must set forth a 
maximum share capital repurchase amount and an expiration date, which the Board has set at 15% of outstanding shares 
and July 31, 2023, respectively. 
About Linde 
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2019 sales of USD28 billion (EUR25 billion). We 
live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and 
services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet. 
The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, 
manufacturing and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen 
for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. 
Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements 
and emissions reductions. 
For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com. 
Contacts: 
Investor Relations           Media Relations 
Juan Pelaez                  Anna Davies 
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Language:     English 
Company:      Linde plc 
              The Priestley Centre, 10 Priestley Road 
              GU2 7XY Guildford 
              United Kingdom 
Phone:        [phone] 
E-mail:       [e-mail] 
Internet:     www.linde.com 
ISIN:         IE00BZ12WP82 
WKN:          A2DSYC 
Indices:      DAX 
Listed:       Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, 
              Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Moscow, NYSE, Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Euro 
              MTF) 
EQS News ID:  1163125 
 
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