Pursuant to this agreement and in the context of its Share Buyback Program, as authorized by the Combined Shareholders Meeting of May 5th, 2020, the Company repurchased 310,000 Air Liquide shares (representing 0.1% of the share capital of the Group as of December 31st 2020) leading to a final total purchase amount of 40,544,838.00 €. The shares purchased pursuant to this agreement shall be affected to the implementation of performance share plans or employee share ownership transactions of the Company.