Combined General Meeting on April 30, 2024: publication of the notice of Meeting

The Combined General Meeting of Air Liquide will be held in Paris on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 3 p.m., on first notice, in the Palais des Congrès, 2, place de la Porte Maillot, 75017 Paris, France.

The draft resolutions, approved by Air Liquide’s Board of Directors on February 19, 2024 and to be submitted to the Shareholders’ General Meeting, as well as all the information concerning the Meeting are available on the Group’s website, 2024 General Meeting section.

The notice of Meeting published on March 20, 2024 in the French legal gazette BALO (Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires) and JAL (Journal d’Annonces Légales) is also available on the Group’s website, in the 2024 General Meeting section. The invitation to the Meeting documents will be sent to all Shareholders of the Company, by mail or electronically for those having opted for the electronic invitation. These documents include the voting form, the agenda of the Meeting, the resolutions which will be submitted to the vote of Shareholders with a presentation of the objectives of each resolution and practical information for attending, voting and exercising Shareholders’ rights.

The General Meeting will provide the opportunity to present the Group’s strategy and its development prospects as well as to participate in the corporate life. The course of the Meeting will be as follows:

• Financial and extra-financial performance - 2023 Results
• Strategic Overview
• Strategy, environmental and societal advances, 2024 outlook
• Composition and work of the Board of Directors and Committees, remuneration of corporate officers
• Statutory Auditors’ Reports
• Q&A session - Exchanges with the audience
• Vote on resolutions

Benoît Potier, Chairman of the Board of Directors and François Jackow, Chief Executive Officer, will be there to tell you more about the future of the Group.

All Shareholders are invited to vote either by attending the General Meeting in person or by proxy, or by voting by correspondence, or on line. That process might be carried out:

• by sending the voting form back, so that it reaches the Company by no later than midnight, Paris time, on Friday, April 26, 2024;
• by voting by Internet, prior to the General Meeting. The voting website will be open from Wednesday, April 3, 2024 to Monday, April 29, 2024 at 3 p.m., Paris time. Detailed instructions on how to connect to this website are provided in the invitation to the Meeting documents sent to Shareholders.

Air Liquide values the participation of each Shareholder.

The preparatory documents of this Meeting will also be kept at disposal of the Shareholders at Shareholder Services Department, 75, quai d’Orsay, 75007 Paris, France, and published on the Group’s website, 2024 General Meeting section, according to legal and regulatory applicable requirements.

The General Meeting will be webcast live, in French with simultaneous English translation, and a recorded version will be available on the Group’s website. It will also be available online for people with hearing impairment.

Agenda of the Combined General Meeting of April 30, 2024

Ordinary General Meeting

• Approval of the Company financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
• Approval of the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
• Appropriation of 2023 earnings; setting of the dividend
• Authorization granted to the Board of Directors for a period of 18 months to allow the Company to trade in its own shares
• Renewal of the term of office of Ms Kim Ann Mink as Director of the Company
• Renewal of the term of office of Ms Monica de Virgiliis as Director of the Company
• Statutory Auditors’ Special Report on agreements covered by the articles L. 225-38 et seq. of the French Commercial Code
• Approval of the components of the remuneration paid during or awarded in respect of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 to Mr François Jackow, Chief Executive Officer
• Approval of the components of the remuneration paid during or awarded in respect of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 to Mr Benoît Potier, Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Approval of information relating to the remuneration of corporate officers stated in article L. 22-10-9-I of the French Commercial Code
• Approval of the remuneration policy applicable to the Chief Executive Officer
• Approval of the remuneration policy applicable to the Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Approval of the remuneration policy applicable to Directors
• Setting of the total annual amount of Directors' remuneration
• Appointment of the company PriceWaterhouseCoopers Audit as Statutory Auditor in charge of certifying the sustainability information
• Appointment of the company KPMG S.A. as Statutory Auditor in charge of certifying the sustainability information

Extraordinary General Meeting

• Authorization granted to the Board of Directors for a period of 24 months to reduce the share capital by cancellation of treasury shares
• Delegation of authority granted to the Board of Directors for a period of 26 months to increase the share capital through the incorporation of additional paid-in capital, reserves, profits or any other amounts, for a maximum amount of 320 million euros
• Delegation of authority granted to the Board of Directors for a period of 26 months to perform share capital increases, with cancellation of preferential subscription rights, reserved for members of a company or group savings plan
• Delegation of authority granted to the Board of Directors for a period of 18 months to perform share capital increases, with cancellation of preferential subscription rights, reserved for a category of beneficiaries
• Amendment of article 11 (Composition of the Board of Directors) of the articles of association concerning the modification of the age limit applicable to a percentage of Directors
• Amendment of article 12 (Organization and management of the Board of Directors) of the articles of association concerning the modification of the age limit for the Chairman of the Board of Directors

Ordinary General Meeting

• Powers for formalities

Air Liquide share ownership (as of December 31, 2023)

• 34% of the capital held by individual Shareholders
• 53% of the capital held by foreign institutional investors
• 13% of the capital held by French institutional investors