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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-222590
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180719
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180720
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180720

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000059527
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METALWORKING MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3540]
		IRS NUMBER:				340359955
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-01402
		FILM NUMBER:		18962822

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		22801 ST CLAIR AVE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44117
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2164818100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		22801 ST CLAIR AVE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July&nbsp;19, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC. </B></P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>22801 St Clair Avenue </B></P>
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the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction&nbsp;A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17&nbsp;CFR
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17&nbsp;CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this
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not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On July&nbsp;19, 2018, the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) increased its size from ten
to eleven members and elected Patrick P. Goris to fill the resulting vacancy. Mr.&nbsp;Goris was also appointed to the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board. Mr.&nbsp;Goris is the Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc., a Wisconsin-based global industrial automation and information solutions provider. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board has
determined that Mr.&nbsp;Goris is independent under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr.&nbsp;Goris and any other persons pursuant to which Mr.&nbsp;Goris was elected as a Director.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> Director, Mr.&nbsp;Goris will receive compensation in the same manner as the Company&#146;s
other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> Directors, which compensation was previously disclosed in its definitive proxy statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;20, 2018. The
initial restricted stock award is <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pro-rated</FONT> based on length of service until the next regularly scheduled meeting where annual awards are granted, which will occur in December 2018. Mr.&nbsp;Goris received 549
shares of restricted stock under the Company&#146;s Stock Plan for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors in connection with his election to the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into its standard indemnification agreement with Mr.&nbsp;Goris (the &#147;Indemnification Agreement&#148;). The form of the
Indemnification Agreement is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;29, 2012 and is incorporated herein by reference. The
Indemnification Agreement supplements the indemnification coverage afforded by the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Code of Regulations under Ohio law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the press release announcing Mr.&nbsp;Goris&#146; election is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">22801 Saint Clair Avenue&nbsp;&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cleveland, Ohio 44117&nbsp;&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;U.S.A. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>N E W S&nbsp;&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;R E L E A S E </I></B></P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:4.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:65%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:30pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>PATRICK P.
GORIS ELECTED TO LINCOLN ELECTRIC BOARD </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CLEVELAND, Friday, July&nbsp;20, 2018 &#150; Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., (Nasdaq:
LECO) today announced that Patrick P. Goris, 47, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), has been elected to Lincoln Electric&#146;s Board of Directors, effective July&nbsp;19, 2018. He has been
appointed to serve on the Audit and the Nominating&nbsp;&amp; Corporate Governance Committees. Goris&#146; appointment expands Lincoln Electric&#146;s Board to 11 directors, 10 of whom are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT>
directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We are pleased to welcome Patrick to the Board and believe his financial expertise and leadership in a multinational
industrial organization will add tremendous value to our Board and help advance our 2020 Strategy,&#148; said Christopher L. Mapes, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Goris is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc., a Wisconsin-based global industrial
automation and information solutions provider. Since joining Rockwell Automation in 2006, he has held various corporate and business finance leadership roles.&nbsp;Previously, Mr.&nbsp;Goris held numerous positions with increasing responsibility at
Graphic Packaging International during his ten year tenure with the organization. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Goris earned a bachelor&#146;s degree in
Business Administration from the European University, Brussels, Belgium and obtained an MBA from Emory University. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Business </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel
cutting equipment and has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln has 63 manufacturing locations, including operations and joint ventures in 23 countries and a worldwide network
of distributors and sales offices covering more than 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company&#146;s website at <U>www.lincolnelectric.com</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Contact </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amanda Butler </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President, Investor Relations&nbsp;&amp; Communications </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tel: 216.383.2534 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: Amanda_Butler@lincolnelectric.com </P>
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