TotalEnergies SE announced that the directorships Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven and Mr. Jean Lemierre expire at the end of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on May 23, 2025. In view of the corporate governance practice of the Corporation?s Board of Directors, according to which a director must not reach the age of 75 during her or his term of office, Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven and Mr. Jean Lemierre did not seek the renewal of their mandates. The Board of Directors warmly thanks Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven for her exceptional contribution to the Board who for almost 10 years provided the Board with the benefit of her knowledge of the global energy economy, the challenges of the energy transition and the associated geopolitical issues.
In her capacity as Chair of the Audit Committee since 2021, Maria van der Hoeven has notably overseen this Committee's work on taking account of regulatory developments in extra-financial reporting. The Board of Directors would also like to express its special due to Mr. Jean Lemierre, who provided the Board throughout his term of office with the benefit of his long experience of the financial world, both in France and internationally as well as of governance of large French companies. His opinion was invaluable to the work of the Board and its committees, notably the Governance and Ethics Committee and the Strategy & CSR Committee.
The appointment of a new director representing employee shareholders, replacing Ms. Emma de Jonge, will also be submitted to the vote of the Shareholders? Meeting. The Board will recommend to the Shareholders?
Meeting the candidacy of Ms. Valérie Della Puppa-Tibi, presented by the collective investments fund (FCPE) TotalEnergies Actionnariat France (TAF), i.e., the largest employee shareholding fund in terms of share of capital held (4.82% of the Corporation's capital as of December 31, 2024). Ms. Valérie Della Puppa-Tibi, who was already a member of the Board of Directors from 2019 to 2022, will therefore immediately be able to contribute fully to the work of the Board. The Board thanks Ms. Emma de Jonge for her active contribution to the work of the Board.
