Praxair postpones 2018 Annual Meeting given pending business combination of Praxair and Linde AG

DANBURY, Conn (BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Praxair, Inc.  has postponed the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders given Praxair’s proposed business combination with Linde AG (“Linde”) pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement dated as of June 1, 2017, as amended, among Praxair, Linde, Linde plc and certain of their subsidiaries.

The 2018 Annual Meeting would be held on or about April 24, 2018, but because Praxair and Linde anticipate that the transaction will close in the second half of 2018, the Praxair Board determined that the Annual Meeting should be postponed. A postponed Annual Meeting would be held (and the meeting date, record date and related dates for stockholder and proxy access proposals announced) later in 2018 only if the business combination with Linde is not consummated.