Linde Board Elects Paula Rosput Reynolds as New Director

Woking, UK, February 27, 2024 – Linde plc (Nasdaq: LIN) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Paula Rosput Reynolds as a new director of Linde plc, effective February 27, 2024. Rosput Reynolds will serve on the Audit and Sustainability committees.

Rosput Reynolds is a seasoned energy executive who brings substantial knowledge and global experience to the Linde plc Board of Directors. Over the course of her career, she has held several senior roles including CEO of Duke Energy Power Services, Chair, President & CEO of AGL Resources, Chair & CEO of Safeco Corporation, and Vice Chair & Chief Restructuring Officer at AIG. She is currently President and CEO of PreferWest LLC, a business advisory firm.

Rosput Reynolds is currently Chair of National Grid plc and serves as a director at General Electric Company and senior independent director at BP plc. She has previously served on a number of Boards including at BAE Systems, CBRE, TransCanada and Delta Air Lines, among others.

"Paula has a distinguished track record of executive leadership and board service,” said Steve Angel, Chairman of Linde plc. "Her in-depth knowledge of the energy sector, strategic insights and international experience will be an asset to the company and further strengthen our Board."

About Linde

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 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, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. 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