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CLAIM #36335 · Linde plc Ordinary Shares (LIN) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 31, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2026

The backlog that we have under execution, obviously, is a strong input into continued EPS growth that we are likely to see into next year and beyond. So expect that for sure.

Sanjiv Lamba · CEO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2026 are reported

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Look at: Annual EPS (adjusted diluted EPS as reported by the company)

It came true if: Fiscal year 2026 adjusted EPS higher than fiscal year 2025 adjusted EPS

Where: Company income statement / earnings release (10-K or Q4 2026 earnings call)

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just kind of anniversary the price you have now, how much benefit does that look like it will bring in '26. So just anything that you can kind of see forward into '26 would be helpful. Sanjiv Lamba: So Duffy, in 2 weeks' time, we will have the entire team here going through a rigorous plan process. The plan presentations will happen there. And we will come back to you and give you good visibility on next year and provide the guide for next year as well in February, as we normally do, which you're aware of. So I want to go through that process. Our planning process is fairly rigorous. And I think that's what gives us the confidence to come out and give visibility on next year. I'll say a couple of things to kind of whet your appetite a little bit while you wait for us to come in February. The backlog that we have under execution, obviously, is a strong input into continued EPS growth that we are likely to see into next year and beyond. So expect that for sure. And of course, there is a variable in all of this, as you know. And our EPS algorithm, which holds well today and shows that management actions and capital allocation does what it needs to do. At the end of the day, the variable that we'll be looking at for next year will all be around the macro. And I think that's going to be one of the factors that we will spend a lot of time talking about and planning for to ensure that we have a solid guide when we come in February. Operator: And our next question comes from the line Matthew DeYoe with Bank of America. Matthew DeYoe: I could be wrong, but I think this is like the first quarter in some time where pricing didn't really move up sequentially and I don't know maybe it's just coincidence or rounding, but I think just a question on like the

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SEC filings for LIN · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.