ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of
Proposal 1
The ten nominees for election as a director were elected to serve until the 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The vote results were as follows:
% of Director Shares Broker Non- Votes Nominees Shares For Shares Against Abstained Votes Cast For Stephen F. Angel 361,163,474 24,987,004 522,071 16,343,131 93.53% Sanjiv Lamba 382,422,631 3,662,049 587,869 16,343,131 99.05% Prof DDr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner 380,160,226 4,651,210 1,861,113 16,343,131 98.79% Dr. Thomas Enders 381,292,816 4,896,586 483,147 16,343,131 98.73% Edward G. Galante 330,224,382 55,789,664 658,503 16,343,131 85.55% Joe Kaeser 356,224,736 27,524,692 2,923,121 16,343,131 92.83% Victoria E. Ossadnik 361,454,155 24,538,311 680,083 16,343,131 93.64% Prof. Dr. Martin H. Richenhagen 360,917,871 25,240,627 514,051 16,343,131 93.46% Alberto Weisser 383,450,693 2,702,743 519,113 16,343,131 99.30% Robert L. Wood 375,729,216 10,421,599 521,734 16,343,131 97.30% Proposal 2a Shareholders ratified, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the appointment ofPricewaterhouseCoopers ("PWC") as the independent auditor by the votes set forth below. Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 371,175,218 31,312,330 528,132 N/A (92.10% of votes cast) (7.77% of votes cast) 1 Proposal 2b
Shareholders approved the authorization of the Board, acting through the Audit
Committee, to determine
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes
389,032,680 13,305,352 677,648 N/A
(96.53% of votes cast) (3.30% of votes cast)
Proposal 3
Shareholders approved, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 323,455,568 62,456,179 760,802 16,343,131 (83.65% of votes cast) (15.50% of votes cast) Proposal 4
Shareholders approved, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the Directors'
Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) as set forth
in the Linde plc IFRS Annual Report for the financial year ended
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 324,405,464 60,398,955 1,868,130 16,343,131 (83.90% of votes cast) (14.99% of votes cast) Proposal 5
Shareholders approved the determination of the price range at which
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 401,167,219 1,110,022 738,439 N/A (99.54% of votes cast) (0.28% of votes cast) Proposal 6
Shareholders approved the shareholder proposal to require any shareholder vote provision in Linde's Irish Constitution be a simple majority of the votes cast at a shareholder meeting and that any greater vote requirement (a "supermajority vote") be reduced to a simple majority.
Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 202,292,511 183,086,325 1,293,713 16,343,131 (52.32% of votes cast) (47.04% of votes cast) 2
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