share capital increase following the exercise of stock options the board of directors during its meeting of february 15 2023 noted that from june 1st 2022 to december 31 2022 172 840 new shares with a par value of 550 euros each had been issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options divided into 523450271 shares with a par value of 550 euros each a world leader in gases technologies and services for industry and health air liquide is present in 73 countries with approximately 67100 employees and serves more than 39 million customers and patients oxygen nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life matter and energy they embody air liquides scientific territory and have been at the core of the companys activities since its creation in 1902 taking action today while preparing the future is at the heart of air liquides strategy with advance its strategic plan for 2025 air liquide is targeting a global performance combining financial and extrafinancial dimensions positioned on new markets the group benefits from major assets such as its business model combining resilience and strength its ability to innovate and its technological expertise the group develops solutions contributing to climate and the energy transitionparticularly with hydrogenand takes action to progress in areas of healthcare digital and high technologies air liquides revenue amounted to more than 299 billion euros in 2022 air liquide is listed on the euronext paris stock exchange compartment a and belongs to the cac 40 cac 40 esg euro stoxx 50 ftse4good and djsi europe indexes