5th, 6th and 7th resolutions  [ Return towards  Draft resolutions  ]

Mr. Édouard de Royere, whose term of office is due to expire at the date of this Shareholders’ Meeting, decided not to seek its renewal. The Board of Directors wishes to extend its warmest thanks to Mr. Édouard de Royere, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide from 1985 to 1995, for his significant contribution to the Company’s development and for the importance he attached to the Company’s relations with its shareholders.

The 5^th resolution concerns the renewal of the term of office of Mr. Rolf Krebs as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors for a period of four years.

Under the 6^th and 7^th resolutions, the shareholders are asked to appoint, for a period of four years, two new directors:

• Mrs. Karen Katen, whose managerial and operational experience acquired after more than 30 years service at the Pfizer Group will provide Air Liquide with her excellent knowledge of the healthcare sector in North America and the rest of the world;
• Mr. Jean-Claude Buono, who, after 18 years of devotion in the Air Liquide Group, exercised his retirement rights at the end of 2007. He will provide the Board with his excellent knowledge of the Group, its business lines and its specific nature of the share ownership, and will therefore contribute to the continuity of the Group’s values.

Renewal of the term of office of Mr. Rolf Krebs as a director

The shareholders, deliberating according to the quorum and majority required for Ordinary Shareholders’ Meetings, after having reviewed the report of the Board of Directors, decide to renew the term of office of Mr. Rolf Krebs as a director for a term of four years, which will expire at the end of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting for 2012, called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

Appointment of Mrs. Karen Katen as a director

The shareholders, deliberating according to the quorum and majority required for Ordinary Shareholders’ Meetings, after having reviewed the report of the Board of Directors, decide to appoint Mrs. Karen Katen as a director for a term of four years, which will expire at the end of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting for 2012, called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

Appointment of Mr. Jean-Claude Buono as a director

The shareholders, deliberating according to the quorum and majority required for Ordinary Shareholders’ Meetings, after having reviewed the report of the Board of Directors, decide to appoint Mr. Jean-Claude Buono as a director for a term of four years, which will expire at the end of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting for 2012, called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.