2023 Shareholder's Guide

€2.95 dividend per share to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting of May 3, 2023
~750,000 individual Shareholders, including 123,000 direct registered Shareholders and 181,000 intermediary registered Shareholders

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In line with the Paris Agreement, the Group aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050:

In 2022, the Group’s CO₂ emissions from scopes 1 and 2 amounted to 39 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent.
CO₂ emissions in absolute terms decreased in 2022 by 0.3% compared to the 2020 baseline.⁽¹⁾ They have remained stable for the second consecutive year in a strong business growth context.
This result is in line with the ADVANCE plan’s objective of reaching an inflection point in 2025 before embarking on a trajectory of lower CO₂ emissions in absolute terms.

1.9Mpatients were cared for at home by Air Liquide in 2022, including
49%who are following a personalized care pathway, which amounts to 910,000 patients.
1.8Mpeople in low- and middle-income countries now have improved access to medical oxygen.

31.5%of engineers and professionals in 2022 were women. Air Liquide is aiming for 35% of engineers and professionals to be women by 2025.
42%of employees benefited from the common basis of care coverage in 2022, with a target of 100% coverage by 2025.
0.9The lost-time accident frequency rate⁽²⁾ of Air Liquide employees and temporary workers decreased to 0.9 at the end of 2022, compared to 1.1 at the end of 2021.

In tonnes CO₂ equivalent of scopes 1 and 2, restated to take into account over a full year from 2020 and each subsequent year, the emissions of the assets which correspond to changes in scope (upwards and downwards) and which have a significant impact on CO₂ emissions. Scope 2 emissions are calculated using the "market-based" methodology recommended by the GHG Protocol.
With work stoppages per million hours worked.