法国液化空气公司赢得股东民主大奖for its 2021 General Meeting

The General Meeting and Gender Balance Awards were launched in 2014 with the aim ofshowcasing companies with outstanding practices在大会，治理，企业社会责任（企业社会责任）和性别平衡领域。

Winners are chosen following an analysis by the Institute of Responsible Capitalism of all CAC 40 company and 20 SBF 80 company General Meetings, with the exception of those not held in France or after the date of the Jury's deliberations. As part of this analysis, the institute looked at various criteria, ranging from how General Meetings were organized and adapted to be held behind closed doors, to the set-up enabling remote shareholder participation, through to the educational nature of meetings' preparatory documents.

In particular the Jury commended the fact that shareholders were surveyed before the meeting in order toidentify the most popular topics所以他们可以在会议期间得到解决。陪审团也称赞了dual system for shareholders to ask questions- 特别是视频 - 股东大会之前和期间。所做的努力maintain a close relationship with shareholders throughout the yeardespite the health crisis were also highlighted, thanks to an increased presence through digital tools.

Benoît Potier said: "Acting in everyone's interest of course means growing steadily while remaining in close contact and progressing together. We are proud that, during the health crisis, we have been able to rethink our close relationship with our shareholders. On a day-to-day level — thanks to our Shareholder Services advisors' hard work, the revamp of our online Shareholders' account, and our increased digital communication. But also during our General Meeting, where we made it possible to have a live exchange with our shareholders. Now more than ever, shareholder dialog is central to the Air Liquide strategy."

The award was handed to Fabienne Lecorvaisier, Air Liquide Executive Vice-President, on July 8.