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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-315340
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181101
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181101
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181101

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINDE PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001707925
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			L2
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-218485
		FILM NUMBER:		181152854

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY RD
		CITY:			GUILDFORD
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			GU27XY
		BUSINESS PHONE:		00441483242200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY RD
		CITY:			GUILDFORD
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			GU27XY

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ZAMALIGHT PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170622

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PRAXAIR
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170614

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ZAMALIGHT PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170530
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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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 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>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): November&nbsp;1, 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>Linde plc </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-218485</FONT></B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Priestley Centre </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10 Priestley Road </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Surrey
Research Park </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XY </B></P>
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of principal executive offices)(Zip Code) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>+44 1483 242200 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><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 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<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 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this
chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected 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> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Other Events. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;1, 2018, Linde Intermediate Holding AG (&#147;Linde Intermediate Holding&#148;), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Linde
plc (the &#147;Company&#148;), requested that Linde Aktiengesellschaft (&#147;Linde AG&#148;), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, convene an extraordinary shareholders&#146; meeting. At the meeting, Linde AG shareholders will vote on the
mandatory transfer (the &#147;Squeeze Out&#148;) to Linde Intermediate Holding of each issued and outstanding bearer share of Linde AG (the &#147;Linde AG Shares&#148;) held by Linde AG shareholders that did not tender their shares in the
Company&#146;s previously completed exchange offer for Linde AG Shares. In exchange for the Linde AG Shares transferred in the Squeeze Out, Linde Intermediate Holding will pay an adequate cash compensation to the remaining Linde AG shareholders (the
&#147;Cash Compensation&#148;). On November&nbsp;1, 2018, Linde Intermediate Holding confirmed that the Cash Compensation it will pay upon completion of the Squeeze Out will be &#128;188.24 for each Linde AG Share. Linde AG initially announced the
amount of the expected Cash Compensation in an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ad-hoc</FONT> release dated October&nbsp;15, 2018. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
aggregate Cash Compensation payable to the approximately 8% remaining shareholders of Linde AG is expected to be approximately &#128;2.8&nbsp;billion (approximately $3.2 billion based on the Euro/U.S.$ exchange rate of 1.1312 at October&nbsp;31,
2018). In connection with the completion of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out,</FONT> Linde AG will also merge with and into Linde Intermediate Holding, with Linde Intermediate Holding surviving the merger, and Linde Intermediate
Holding will be renamed Linde Aktiengesellschaft. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The completion of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out</FONT> remains
subject to (i)&nbsp;an affirmative vote of the majority of the Linde AG Shares voted at an extraordinary shareholders&#146; meeting of Linde AG (including the Linde AG Shares held by Linde Intermediate Holding), approving the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out,</FONT> and (ii)&nbsp;the registration of the shareholders&#146; resolution approving the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out</FONT> and the merger with the German commercial registers
(<I>Handelsregistereintragung</I>) at the registered offices of Linde Intermediate Holding and Linde AG, respectively. As Linde Intermediate Holding owns approximately 92% of the Linde AG Shares and intends to vote in favor of the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out</FONT> at the extraordinary shareholders&#146; meeting, the condition set forth in clause (i)&nbsp;above is expected to be satisfied on the date of the meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The extraordinary shareholders&#146; meeting of Linde AG will be held on December&nbsp;12, 2018, unless postponed or suspended. At the time of
the registration with the commercial registers, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out</FONT> will become effective and all Linde AG Shares that Linde Intermediate Holding does not already own will be transferred to it by operation of
German law and thereafter cancelled. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For additional information about the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out,</FONT> see the
section &#147;<I>5.6. Cash-Merger <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Squeeze-Out</FONT></I>&#148; in the Company&#146;s European Listing Prospectus, furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that was filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;31, 2018. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward-looking Statements </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This document contains &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs and assumptions on the basis of factors currently known to us. These forward-looking statements are identified by terms and phrases such as: anticipate, believe, intend, estimate, expect, continue,
should, could, may, plan, project, predict, will, potential, forecast, and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding benefits of the business combination, integration plans and
expected synergies, and anticipated future growth, financial and operating performance and results. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from the results predicted or
expected. No assurance can be given that these forward-looking statements will prove accurate and correct, or that projected or anticipated future results will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
indicated in any forward-looking statement include, but are not limited to: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the squeeze out; regulatory or other limitations imposed as a result of
the business combination; the ability to successfully integrate the Praxair and Linde businesses; the risk that the consummation of the business combination could have adverse effects on the market </P>
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price of Linde&#146;s or Linde plc&#146;s shares or the ability of the companies to retain customers, retain or hire key personnel, maintain relationships with their respective suppliers and
customers, and on their operating results and businesses generally; the risk that Linde plc may be unable to achieve expected synergies or that it may take longer or be more costly than expected to achieve those synergies; state, provincial, federal
and foreign legislative and regulatory initiatives that affect cost and investment recovery, have an effect on rate structure, and affect the speed at and degree to which competition enters the industrial gas, engineering and healthcare industries;
outcomes of litigation and regulatory investigations, proceedings or inquiries; the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; general economic conditions, including the risk of a prolonged
economic slowdown or decline, or the risk of delay in a recovery, which can affect the long-term demand for industrial gas, engineering and healthcare and related services; potential effects arising from terrorist attacks and any consequential or
other hostilities; changes in environmental, safety and other laws and regulations; the development of alternative energy resources; results and costs of financing efforts, including the ability to obtain financing on favorable terms, which can be
affected by various factors, including credit ratings and general market and economic conditions; increases in the cost of goods and services required to complete capital projects; the effects of accounting pronouncements issued periodically by
accounting standard-setting bodies; conditions of the debt and capital markets; market acceptance of and continued demand for the companies&#146; products and services; changes in tax laws, regulations or interpretations that could increase
Praxair&#146;s, Linde&#146;s or Linde plc&#146;s consolidated tax liabilities; and such other factors as are set forth in Linde&#146;s annual and interim financial reports made publicly available and Praxair&#146;s and Linde plc&#146;s public
filings made with the SEC from time to time, including but not limited to those described under the heading &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in Linde plc&#146;s European Listing Prospectus, published on October&nbsp;24, 2018, and Item 8.01 of Linde
plc&#146;s Current Report filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;31, 2018, which is available via the SEC&#146;s Web site at www.sec.gov. The foregoing list of risk factors is not exhaustive. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the
events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than Linde, Praxair or Linde plc has described. All such factors are difficult to predict and beyond our control. All
forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to Linde, Praxair and Linde plc on the date hereof, and each of Linde, Praxair and Linde plc disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Guillermo Bichara</P></TD></TR>
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