Insider trade

CEO purchased ~$1000K of LIN shares in the open market

Traded Dec 8, 2025 · Filed Dec 8, 2025

Linde plcLIN

~$1000K
Reported value · 2,520 sh @ $396.68: 91K
Holds after · shares reported: +20.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $389.38 → $469.45 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Linde plc spent $1000K of their very own money to buy Linde plc shares.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Dec 8, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 8, 2025

CEO$500K–$1MHoldings +3%

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$999,634

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$500K–$1M

Ownership change

+2.9%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Cluster activity

No other insider purchases within 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Size vs CEO pay

This purchase equals about 4.8% of the CEO's reported total pay for fiscal 2024 ($20.7M)

Purchase value ÷ the CEO's total from the Summary Compensation Table, as tagged in the pay versus performance table of the company's proxy statement (DEF 14A), filed 2026-04-29. The proxy names Sanjiv Lamba as CEO for that year. A size comparison, not a judgement

Timing vs results

38 days after results of Oct 31, 2025, 59 days before results of Feb 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $389.38 on Dec 8, 2025, at its 52-week low, after a 13% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $389.38 (Dec 8, 2025) to $483.59 (Sep 11, 2025), 0% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $446.00 on Oct 24, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+8.5%	-0.6%	+9.1%
30 days	+12.6%	+0.9%	+11.7%
90 days	+23.9%	-0.7%	+24.6%
180 days	+28.6%	+8.2%	+20.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001757274-25-000004
Filed / recorded: Dec 8, 2025, 8:26 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: LINDE PLC
Issuer CIK: 1707925
Ticker: LIN
Reporting person: Sanjiv Lamba
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Chief Executive Officer
Security: Ordinary Shares
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 8, 2025
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 2,520
Price per share: $396.68
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 90,794.191
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported is the weighted average purchase price. The purchase prices ranged from $396.39 to $397.00. Upon request of the SEC Staff, Linde plc or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.