FACTSHEET 2017 highlights CULTIVATE 7 and 2018 edition 2018 Invitation Annual General Meeting The Annual General How do I participate? Air Liquide strives every year to make sure its Annual General Meeting is a special event, Meeting, a high point a unique venue for interaction and information about the Group. Air Liquide places great importance on shareholder participation and voting regardless of the number of shares held. for shareholder democracy Different types of Annual General Meetings FOCUS ON For this unique moment of dialog between Air Liquide An Ordinary Annual General Meeting is held for shareholder approval a change in the articles and its shareholders, the Group makes full use of digital once a year within six months of the end of of association or a transaction affecting the VOTING ONLINE the fiscal year. Its purpose is to inform share- capital (increase, decrease, merger, etc.). The AND ATTENDING technology to broadcast the Annual General Meeting holders of the Group’s activity and results, resolutions can only be adopted by a majority of approve the financial statements, approve the two-thirds of the capital present or represented. You have the option to vote online, to as many shareholders as possible before, during dividend amount, appoint or reappoint members The Group generally convenes a Combined before the Annual General Meeting, of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Annual General Meeting (an Ordinary and and to attend the Annual General and after the meeting. Immersion. Auditors and, lastly, authorize any of the Comp- an Extraordinary Annual General Meeting Meeting in person. To do this, request any’s day-to-day management operations. convened on the same date by a single notice). a voucher for admission directly on Resolutions presented at an Ordinary Annual Whether the quorum and majority conditions the online voting site. All shareholders General Meeting are adopted by a simple maj- of the Ordinary Annual General Meeting or in attendance at the Annual General ority of shareholders present or represented. Extraordinary Annual General Meeting apply Meeting receive an attendance fee. An Extraordinary Annual General Meeting is depends on the resolution. PREPARE EXTEND THE DIALOG convened when the Company wishes to submit For the first time in 2017, a large survey After the Annual General Meeting is Lastly, discussions continue during was conducted before the Annual closed, a press release announces the the following weeks with two “post- General Meeting to 29,000 shareholders results of the vote on resolutions. At the Annual General Meeting” sessions held in Voting conditions who chose the electronic invitation. The same time, in order to better involve France, during which Benoît Potier meets Voting enables you to play a part in decisions Holders of registered shares: access online purpose was to collect their expectations shareholders who were not able to shareholders in different cities. that are important to the Group. There are voting through your personal online account for this meeting and their opinion on the attend, a selection of ten key moments of three ways to cast your vote. which you can find at airliquide.com / Share- PLUS topics proposed. Thanks to more than the meeting are published on YouTube. holders section, using your usual login details. 5,000 responses, the ambition to build Before the Annual General Meeting Holders of bearer shares: log on to your What if you cannot attend the Annual 1 Online financial institution’s website. You will be given General Meeting? Make sure you are the Annual General Meeting program The vote by Internet is a simple and secure the option of voting if your financial institution represented by choosing the proxy of together with shareholders was achie- solution for registered and bearer shareholders has signed up for the electronic voting system. your choice. Plan ahead: no proxies or ved. In 2018, the Group is repeating this in France and overseas alike. You can: Once you have voted, you can print out a state- power of attorneys can be accepted • access online all the documentation relating ment proving that your vote has been registered. on the day of the meeting. process. to your vote (Invitation to the Annual General Meeting, Reference Document, etc.); 2 By mail FOLLOW LIVE OR LATER • vote on the resolutions; By completing and sending in your voting form • appoint the Chairman or a third party as your received along with the invitation to the Annual On the day of the meeting, live coverage proxy; General Meeting. via the Group’s Facebook page offers • apply for an admission card to the Annual shareholders a preview of the special General Meeting. At the Annual General Meeting 3 Vote during the meeting exhibit two hours before the meeting Using your electronic voting device provided begins. on arrival. Then, when the Annual General Mee- ting starts, the event is live tweeted GOOD TO KNOW and broadcasted at airliquide.com in a format accessible to those who are The event is broadcast live on airliquide.com, in both French and English, then made available deaf or hearing impaired. Lastly, you can as a webcast. Following every Annual General Meeting, Benoît Potier travels to two cities in relive the event through a webcast in France to present the Group’s results and outlook. In 2018, he will be meeting shareholders French and English after the event. in Reims (on May 22) and Cannes (on May 31). 50 5151