Invitation to our General Meeting 2023

5. Remuneration of corporate officers

The 2022 Universal Registration Document includes a complete description of the components of remuneration for the corporate officers of L’Air Liquide S.A., including in particular the following components on which the General Meeting of May 3, 2023 is invited to vote:

  • with regard to the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (from January 1 until May 31, 2022): the components which make up the total remuneration and the benefits of all kinds paid in 2022 or awarded in respect of 2022. These elements are described on pages 210 to 216 of the 2022 Universal Registration Document and are the subject of the 11th resolution proposed to the General Meeting;
  • with regard to the Chief Executive Officer (from June 1 to December 31, 2022): the components which make up the total remuneration and the benefits of all kinds paid in 2022 or awarded in respect of 2022. These elements are described on pages 217 to 225 of the 2022 Universal Registration Document and are the subject of the 12th resolution proposed to the General Meeting;
  • with regard to the Chairman of the Board of Directors (from June 1 to December 31, 2022): the components which make up the total remuneration and the benefits of all kinds paid in 2022 or awarded in respect of 2022. These elements are described on page 226 of the 2022 Universal Registration Document and are the subject of the 13th resolution proposed to the General Meeting;
  • with regard to the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Directors of L’Air Liquide S.A.: the components of remuneration presented in the Report on Corporate Governance pursuant to article L. 22-10-9 I of the French Commercial Code. These components include, in particular, the total remuneration and the benefits of all kinds paid in 2022 or awarded in respect of 2022 to each corporate officer, as well as the ratios between the level of remuneration of the Company Officers and the average and median remunerations of the Company’s employees (together with a ratio based on the consolidated scope for the “whole of France”). The comparative change in remuneration and in the change of the Company’s performances over the five most recent fiscal years are also presented. These elements are described in detail on pages 180 to 209 of the 2022 Universal Registration Document and are the subject of the 14th resolution proposed to the General Meeting;
  • with regard to all the corporate officers of L’Air Liquide S.A.: the remuneration policy applicable to corporate officers, which is presented on pages 227 to 236 of the 2022 Universal Registration Document and which is governed:
    • by the 15th resolution with respect to the Chief Executive Officer (concerning Mr François Jackow),
    • by the 16th resolution with respect to the Chairman of the Board of Directors (concerning Mr Benoît Potier), and
    • by the 17th resolution with respect to the Directors.