UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

LINCARE HOLDINGS INC.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

LINDE US INC.
(Offeror)
An Indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of

LINDE AG
(Offeror)
(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))

COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)

532791100
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Solms Wittig
Linde AG
Klosterhofstrasse 1
80331 Munich
Germany
+49-89-35757-1001
(Name, Address, and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

Copies to:

Richard Hall, Esq.
Mark I. Greene, Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019-7475
(212) 474-1000
 
 
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
Transaction Valuation
 
Amount of Filing Fee
N/A
 
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
o
Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 
Amount Previously Paid: None
Filing Party: N/A
 
Form of Registration No.: N/A
Date Filed: N/A

x
Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

x
Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
o
Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
o
Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
o
Amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. o

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:
 
o Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
o Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 12.  Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
(a)(5)(D)
 
Ad Hoc Announcement, dated July 9, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
(a)(5)(D)
 
Ad Hoc Announcement, dated July 9, 2012
 
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