<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-24-029738.txt : 20241218
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-029738
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241217
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241218

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINCOLN KATHRYN JO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001195993
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-01402
		FILM NUMBER:		241559658

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1741 EAST MORTEN AVE
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85020

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000059527
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METALWORKING MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3540]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				340359955
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	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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<p style="margin-top:5.6px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:192.667px; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><b>LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:144.067px; padding-right:144.6px; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>Power of Attorney</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-right:-1.333px; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>To Sign and File Section 16 and Rule 144 Reporting Forms</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:9px; padding-right:10.133px; text-indent:49.733px; font-family:Arial; font-size:11.5pt" align="justify"><b>THE UNDERSIGNED, </b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">Kathryn Jo Lincoln, a Director of Lincoln Electric &nbsp;Holdings, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints Jennifer </b>I. <b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">Ansberry, Gabriel Bruno, Michael Quinn and Susan Prewitt, or any of them, as her attorney-in-fact to sign and file on the undersigned's behalf (i) any and all forms and reports required under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including all Forms 3, 4 and 5, relating to Lincoln's equity securities and (ii) any and all notices required by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the sale of shares of Lincoln's equity securities. This power of attorney shall remain valid through December 31, 2025, unless revoked in writing.</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:13.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:8.8px; padding-right:11.667px; text-indent:48.267px; font-family:Arial; font-size:11.5pt" align="justify"><b>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, </b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">the undersigned hereunto places her hand this </b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">20</b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">th</b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"> day of </b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">November</b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;"> 202</b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">4</b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">.</b></p>
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<p style="line-height:12.4pt; margin:0px; padding-left:391.667px; padding-right:46.667px; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><u>/s/ Kathryn Jo Lincoln</u></p>
<p style="line-height:12.4pt; margin:0px; padding-left:391.667px; padding-right:144.6px; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt" align="center">Kathryn Jo Lincoln</p>
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