Participation in person in Guildford, U.K.
The Company will also conduct the Annual General Meeting in person at the Companys Guildford, U.K. offices. However, the Annual General Meeting will be
conducted primarily through the virtual meeting format, and no members of the Board of directors or senior management will be present in Guildford given the COVID-19 pandemic. This physical aspect of the
Annual General Meeting is being conducted to meet Irish corporate law legal requirements, but given health and safety concerns, the Company urges shareholders not to attend in person and instead to participate by accessing the virtual
format of the Annual General Meeting.
At this time, given the current COVID-19 U.K. government restrictions
on the size and type of permissible meetings and the capacity of the Companys Guildford office, we anticipate that the number of shareholders who can attend the meeting in person will be significantly restricted.
To attend the Annual General Meeting in person, you will need to register upon arrival. We may check for your name on our shareholders list and ask you
to produce valid photo ID. If your shares are held in an account with your broker or bank, you should bring your most recent brokerage account statement or other evidence of your share ownership. If we cannot verify that you own Linde shares, and/or
we have reached the meeting attendance capacity, it is possible that you will not be admitted. We may also impose additional screening measures for the health and safety of all participants.
As circumstances relating to the COVID-19 pandemic develop, including any new or revised U.K. government restrictions,
the Company may impose additional procedures or limitations on Annual General Meeting attendees beyond those described in the proxy statement and in this Supplement.
Shareholder Participation from Ireland
Shareholders may,
by technological means, participate in the 2020 Annual General Meeting in Ireland in accordance with section 176 of the Irish Companies Act 2014 by attending the offices of Arthur Cox, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380, Ireland at the time
of the meeting. Participation at this location will be subject to equivalent measures to comply with current COVID-19 Irish government restrictions.
Whether or not shareholders plan to attend the Annual General Meeting virtually or in person, the Company urges shareholders to vote and submit their proxy in
advance of the meeting, using the instructions in their proxy materials. Shareholders may continue to use the proxy card or voting instruction form previously distributed. A shareholder who has already submitted or submits a proxy before the
Annual General Meeting need take no further action to have his or her shares voted as directed in the proxy at the Annual Meeting.
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