Insider trade

Officer sold ~$4.54M of LIN shares in the open market

Traded Feb 17, 2026 · Filed Feb 18, 2026

Linde plcLIN

~$4.54M
Reported value · 9,455 sh @ $480.45: 22K
Holds after · shares reported: -2.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.9%, $482.22 → $469.45 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Linde plc's Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer sold $4.54M of Linde plc 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: Feb 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 18, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$4,542,655

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

12 days after results of Feb 5, 2026, 73 days before results of May 1, 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 $482.22 on Feb 17, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 12% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $389.38 (Dec 8, 2025) to $483.59 (Sep 11, 2025), 99% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $429.11 on Jan 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	+1.7%	+0.7%	+1.0%
30 days	-2.5%	-4.3%	+1.8%
90 days	+3.4%	+8.3%	-4.9%
180 days	-2.3%	+12.1%	-14.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001629436-26-000003
Filed / recorded: Feb 18, 2026, 10:38 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: Guillermo Bichara
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer
Security: Ordinary Shares
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 9,455
Price per share: $480.45
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 22,137.769
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

7mo ago

Congress trade

$1,001 - $15,000Reported range · official band, not an exact amount

3 different filers disclosed LIN within 90 days. Disclosed 28 days after the transaction; reported as an official range, not an exact amount.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold7mo ago

~$1.97MReported value · 4,114 sh @ $477.78

Linde plc's Chief Operating Officer sold $1.97M of Linde plc shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

7mo ago

7,045Shares · @ $173.13

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

Why it stands out Official record