Insider trade

Director sold ~$2.2M of LIN shares in the open market

Traded May 15, 2026 · Filed May 18, 2026

Linde plcLIN

~$2.2M
Reported value · 4,335 sh @ $506.39: 9,248.48
Holds after · shares reported: −4.7%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +4.8%, $506.11 → $482.38 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

A board member of Linde sold $2.2M of Linde shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

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: May 15, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 18, 2026

Director$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,195,201

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

14 days after results of May 1, 2026, 77 days before results of Jul 31, 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 $506.11 on May 15, 2026, within 2% of its 52-week high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $389.38 (Dec 8, 2025) to $513.26 (May 13, 2026), 94% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $502.60 on Apr 2, 2026. 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	+1.8%	+2.3%	−0.5%
30 days	+1.2%	+1.8%	−0.6%
90 days	−6.3%	+5.3%	−11.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001628280-26-035907
Filed / recorded: May 18, 2026, 7:51 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: Robert L Wood
Relationship: Director
Security: Ordinary Shares
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 15, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 4,335
Price per share: $506.39
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 9,248.4815
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

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