Air Liquide: Combined Shareholders’ Meeting on May 6, 2015: Publication of the Notice of Meeting
19 March 2015 - 3:35AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
The Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of Air Liquide
(Paris:AI) will be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2015,
starting at 3 pm, on first notice, at the Palais des
Congrès in Paris, France. The proposed resolutions, approved
by Air Liquide’s Board of Directors on February 16, 2015 and
to be submitted to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, as
well as all the information concerning the Meeting are available on
the Group’s website, www.airliquide.com, Shareholders section.
The Notice of meeting has been published on March 18, 2015 in
the legal gazette (Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires)
and is available on the Group’s website.
The invitation to the Meeting 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 submitted
to shareholders, a presentation of the objectives of each
resolution and practical information for attending, voting and
exercising shareholder rights.
The Annual General Meeting provides an opportunity to present
the Group’s strategy, its development prospects and to participate
in the life of the Company. All shareholders are invited to
vote either by attending the General Meeting in person, by
proxy, or by voting by correspondence. That process might be
carried out:
- by sending the voting form back, so
that it reaches the Company on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the
latest;
- by voting by Internet, prior to the
Meeting. The voting website will be open from Tuesday, March
24 to Tuesday, May 5 at 3 pm, 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 Shareholders’ Meeting will be webcast live and a recorded
version will be available on the Group’s website. You will also be
able to follow the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting live on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/airliquidegroup.
The preparatory documents will also be kept at disposal of the
shareholders at Shareholder Services, 75 quai d’Orsay, 75007 Paris,
France, and published on the Group’s website www.airliquide.com,
Shareholders section, according to legal and regulatory
requirements.
Air Liquide share ownership (as at
December 31, 2014)
- 37% of the capital held by
individual shareholders
- 46% of the capital held by
non-French institutional investors
- 17% of the capital held by
French institutional investors
Agenda of the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of May 6,
2015
Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting
- Board of Directors’ reports.
- Statutory Auditors’ reports.
- Approval of the Company financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2014.
- Approval of the consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2014.
- Appropriation of 2014 earnings and
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 a
member of the Board of Directors.
- Appointment of a member to the Board of
Directors.
- Approval of the agreements referred to
in articles L. 225-38 et seq. of the French
Commercial Code and the Statutory Auditors’ Special Report,
relating to Mr Benoît Potier.
- Opinion on elements of remuneration due
or allocated to Mr. Benoît Potier and to Mr. Pierre Dufour for
the year ended December 31, 2014.
Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting
- Authorization granted to the Board of
Directors for a period of 24 months to reduce the share capital by
cancellation of treasury shares.
- Authorization granted to the Board of
Directors for a period of 38 months to grant existing or new shares
to employees and executive officers of the Group, or some of such
employees or executive officers, resulting in the waiver by
shareholders of their preferential subscription rights to the
shares to be issued.
- Delegation of authority granted to the
Board of Directors for a period of 26 months in order to increase
the share capital via the issuance of ordinary shares or marketable
securities conferring entitlement, immediately and/or in the
future, to the Company’s share capital, with retention of
shareholder preferential share subscription rights.
- Authorization granted to the Board of
Directors for a period of 26 months to increase the issuance amount
of shares or marketable securities in the event of
oversubscription.
- Amendment to article 8 (Rights and
obligations governing shares) of the Company’s articles of
association.
- Amendment to article 18
(Shareholders’ Meeting) of the Company’s articles of
association.
- 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.
Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting
UPCOMING DATES
First quarter 2015 revenue:Friday, April 24, 2015
Combined Shareholders’ Meeting:Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Dividend ex date*:Monday, May 18, 2015
Dividend payment date*:Wednesday, May 20, 2015
* subject to the necessary approvals of the next Combined
Shareholders’ Meeting
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with more than
50,000 employees and serves more than 2 million customers and
patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of
the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s
ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term
performance and acting responsibly.
Air Liquide ideas create value over the long term. At the core
of the company’s development are the commitment and constant
inventiveness of its people.
Air Liquide anticipates the challenges of its markets, invests
locally and globally, and delivers high-quality solutions to its
customers and patients, and the scientific community.
The company relies on competitiveness in its operations,
targeted investments in growing markets and innovation to deliver
profitable growth over the long-term.
Air Liquide’s revenues amounted to € 15.4 billion in 2014, and
its solutions that protect life and the environment represented
more than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris Euronext
stock exchange (compartment A) and is a member of the CAC 40
and Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 indexes.
www.airliquide.com
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