Linde 401(k) and pension plans

Linde Inc., Danbury, CT. EIN 06-1249050. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Praxair, Inc.; Linde Inc. (F/K/A Praxair, Inc.).

Linde Inc. has 3 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Linde U.S. Pension Plan, with 17,786 participants and $2.1 billion in assets in 2024. Aon has been its administrator since 2018.

Active plans: 3
Participants: 36,893
Plan assets: $5.1 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Fidelity
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Manufacturing

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Linde U.S. Pension Plan

Cash balance pensionActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 335Employer EIN 06-1249050
Participants (2024): 17,786
Net assets (2024): $2.1 billion
Administered by: AonEarlier: Conduent (2010–2017), Excelleratehro LLP (2009)
Plan administrator: Admin and Investment Committees for the Linde U.S. Retirement Plans
10 Riverview Drive
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 837-2000As filed for 2024
In effect since: July 1, 1992

Plans merged into this one: The Linde Pension Plan (2018).

Earlier sponsors: Praxair, Inc. (2009–2018); Linde Inc. (F/K/A Praxair, Inc.) (2019).

Earlier plan names: The Praxair Pension Plan; The Linde U.S. Pension Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	17,786	$2.1 billion	Aon
2023	17,768	$1.9 billion	Aon
2021	17,475	$2.3 billion	Aon
2020	17,038	$2.2 billion	Aon
2019	17,897	$2.0 billion	Aon
2018	18,813	$1.8 billion	Aon
2017	12,269	$1.5 billion	Conduent
2016	12,029	$1.4 billion	Conduent
2015	12,323	$1.4 billion	Conduent
2014	12,164	$1.5 billion	Conduent
2013	12,682	$1.5 billion	Conduent
2012	12,586	$1.3 billion	Conduent
2011	12,158	$1.1 billion	Conduent
2010	11,892	$1.1 billion	Conduent
2009	11,787	$960 million	Excelleratehro LLP

Linde Retirement Savings Plan

401(k) with ESOPActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 334Employer EIN 06-1249050
Participants (2024): 16,219
Net assets (2024): $2.9 billion
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009–2024
Plan administrator: Linde Inc.
10 Riverview Drive
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 837-2000As filed for 2024
In effect since: July 1, 1992

Plans merged into this one: Praxair Distribution, Inc. 401K Retirement Plan (2012); Praxair Healthcare Services, Inc. 401K Retirement Savings Plan (2009); Praxair Healthcare Services, Inc. 401K Retirement Savings Plan (2011).

Earlier sponsor: Praxair, Inc. (2009–2019).

Earlier plan names: The Praxair Retirement Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	16,219	$2.9 billion	Fidelity
2023	16,429	$2.8 billion	Fidelity
2022	16,132	$2.4 billion	Fidelity
2021	15,699	$2.9 billion	Fidelity
2020	15,624	$2.6 billion	Fidelity
2019	13,222	$2.0 billion	Fidelity
2018	13,022	$1.7 billion	Fidelity
2017	12,680	$1.7 billion	Fidelity
2016	12,485	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2015	12,623	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2014	12,753	$1.6 billion	Fidelity
2013	12,498	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2012	12,457	$1.4 billion	not listed
2011	7,656	$1.1 billion	Fidelity
2010	7,461	$1.1 billion	Fidelity
2009	7,333	$973 million	Fidelity

Cbi Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 333Employer EIN 06-1249050
Participants (2024): 2,888
Net assets (2024): $108 million
Administered by: AonEarlier: Conduent (2010–2017)
Plan administrator: Admin and Investment Committees for the Linde U.S. Retirement Plans
10 Riverview Drive
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 837-2000As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1948

Earlier sponsors: Praxair, Inc. (2009–2018); Linde Inc. (F/K/A Praxair, Inc.) (2019).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	2,888	$108 million	Aon
2023	2,997	$106 million	Aon
2022	3,067	$100.0 million	Aon
2021	3,152	$132 million	Aon
2020	3,241	$130 million	Aon
2019	3,249	$111 million	Aon
2018	3,310	$99.0 million	Aon
2017	3,389	$113 million	Conduent
2016	3,479	$99.7 million	Conduent
2015	3,712	$103 million	Conduent
2014	3,776	$113 million	Conduent
2013	4,596	$130 million	not listed
2012	4,717	$112 million	Conduent
2011	4,899	$105 million	not listed
2010	4,992	$118 million	Conduent
2009	5,581	$110 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the Linde Retirement Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((203) 837-2000). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 3 plans

Linde U.S. Pension Plan

Linde Retirement Savings Plan

Cbi Pension Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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