Air Liquide?s Board of Directors, chaired by Beno?t Potier, met on November 30, 2021. Following the recommendations of the Appointments and Governance Committee, the Board reviewed the Group?s leadership succession plan and unanimously approved the principle of a new form of governance. In this context, when the Board meets at the close of the 2022 Shareholders General Meeting, it will be asked to renew Beno?t Potier?s term of office as Chairman of the Board of Directors and to appoint Fran?ois Jackow to succeed him as Chief Executive Officer with effect from June 1, 2022. On the recommendation of the Appointments and Governance Committee chaired by Jean-Paul Agon, the Lead Director, the Board of Directors announced its intention to appoint Fran?ois Jackow as Chief Executive Officer, taking over from Beno?t Potier whose term of office as Board Director will be submitted for renewal at the General Meeting of shareholders to be held in May 2022. The General Meeting will also be asked to appoint Fran?ois Jackow as Board Director. This succession plan includes a new form of governance separating the roles of Chairman of the Board of Directors and of Chief Executive Officer. In this context, the Board announces its intention to renew Beno?t Potier?s term of office as Chairman of the Board of Directors.