FACTSHEET
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WHAT ARE THE REWARDS OF AIR LIQUIDE’S LOYALTY BONUS
A Bonus to thank you for your loyalty
After holding registered shares for two full calendar years,you benefit from:
+10%
on the amount of dividends and on the number of Free Shares distributed during allocation operations(1).
Your registered shares are eligible for the Loyalty Bonus: you benefit automatically, so there is no need to take any action on your part if your shares meet the three criteria mentioned below.
GOOD TO KNOW
In the case of a gift (simple or hand-to-hand) to a spouse or a relative to the degree of succession, or an inheritance, the Loyalty Bonus is preserved as the holding period is maintained (see Factsheet No. 11).
HOW CAN I BENEFIT FROM THE LOYALTY BONUS?
You just need to hold your shares:
- 1 with a financial institution as intermediary registered shares or with Air Liquide as direct registered shares;
- 2 for more than two full calendar years (January 1 to December 31);
- 3 and still hold the shares on the day the dividend is paid or on the day before the Free Shares are granted.
THE TIMETABLE FOR THE LOYALTY BONUS
2026
For your shares held:
- With a financial institution
please ask that your shares be converted from bearer to intermediary registered form so that they can be converted before December 29. - With Air Liquide, as “direct registered” shares you don’t have to do anything (shares purchased before December 29).
2027/2028
You keep your registered shares for two full calendar years.
2029
You benefit from the Loyalty Bonus for these shares for the first time.
2030…
You benefit from the Loyalty Bonus for these shares every year.
Calendar
In order for shares purchased in 2026 to benefit from the Loyalty Bonus in 2029 :
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If you bought them from your financial institution
ask it to convert your shares to intermediary registered shares so that they are converted before December 29, 2026 (see Factsheet No. 2).
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If you bought them from Air Liquide (“direct registered”)
you don’t have to do anything.
Shares purchased on December 30 and 31, 2026 will be recorded only in 2027 and will be eligible for the Loyalty Bonus starting in 2030.