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UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Linde plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Ireland

 

98-1448883

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

Forge

 

10 Riverview Dr.

 

43 Church Street West

 

Danbury, Connecticut

 

Woking, Surrey GU21 6HT

 

United States 06810

 

United Kingdom

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which to be so registered

 

 

 

Ordinary Shares

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(€0.001 nominal value per share)

 

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  ☒

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

 

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

 

Not applicable

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of class)

 

 

 

  

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Linde plc (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form 8-A in connection with the transfer of the listing of its ordinary shares, €0.001 nominal value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), from The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). The trading of the Ordinary Shares on the NYSE ceased at the close of trading on November 6, 2023, and the Registrant expects that trading will begin on Nasdaq at market open on November 7, 2023.

 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

Ordinary Shares

 

The description of the Ordinary Shares is set forth in Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2023 (File No. 001-38730) and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

In accordance with the “Instructions as to Exhibits” with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed as part of this registration statement because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on Nasdaq and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 
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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

LINDE PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Guillermo Bichara

 

 

Name:

Guillermo Bichara

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer

 

 

Date: November 6, 2023

 

 
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