Case 2:15-cv PBT Document 6 Filed 08/25/16 Page 1 of 5. c.a. No. 2:1scv678~h '/c. c.a. No. 2:16c.,22s x

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1 () O!\ UNITED '\\) ' '\ - /\ Case 2:15-cv PBT Document 6 Filed 08/25/16 Page 1 of 5 STATES DISTRICT CO"URT ;ras'ffir1'1 mstiuct OF PENNSYLVANIA JASON WOJ'~ICKI,!ndividually and on Behalf 0f All Others Similarly Situated, v. P)aintiff, AIEGAS, INC., JOHN P~ CLANCEY, JAMES W. HOVEY, illchard C. ILL, PETER MCCAUSLAI JD, TED B. MILLER, JR., MICHAEL L. MOLININI, JOHN C. VAN RODEN, JR.,? AULS A. SNEED, DAVID M. STOUT, LEE ~1LTHOivtt\S, and ELLEN C. "NOLF, Defendaats. KATHLEEN 00 JDBABDY ROBBINS, Individually and on Behalf of Al~ Others Similarly Situl'.":ted, Plaintiff, c.a. No. 2:1scv678~h '/c CLASS ACTION c.a. No. 2:16c.,22s x CLASS ACTION F\LED AUG \G C'( v. C\i\N, Interim Clef\< \.! U oep.c\erk By--- v. AIRGAS, INC., JOHN P. CLANCEY, JAMES W. HOVEY, RICHARD C. ILL, PETER MCCAUSLAND, TED B. MILLER, JR., MICHAEL L. MOLININI, JOHN C. VAN RODEN, JR., :-AULS A. SNEED, DAVID M. STOUT, LEE M. THOMAS, and ELLEN C. WOLF, Defenda11ts. STIPULATED (PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING ACTIONS WHEREAS, on December 23, 2015 plaintiff Jason Wojcicki commenced an action (the "Wojcicki Action") in this Court against defendants Airgas, Inc. ("Airgas," er the "Company"), John LEGAL\ \1

2 Case 2:15-cv PBT Document 6 Filed 08/25/16 Page 2 of 5 P. Clancey, James W. Hovey, Richard C. Ill, Peter McCausland, Ted B. Miller, Jr., Michael L. Molinini, John C. Van Roden, Jr., Paula A. Sneed, David M. Stout, Lee M. Thomas, and Ellen C. Wolf (collectively, "Defendants"); WHEREAS, on January 19, 2016 plaintiff Kathleen Goodbaudy Robbins (together with plaintiff Jason Wojcicki, "Plaintiffs") commenced an action in this Court against Defendants (the "Robbins Action," and together with the Wojcicki Action, the "Actions"); WHEREAS, the Actions allege that Defendants violated Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder by causing an- allegedly materially incomplete and misleading preliminary Schedule l 4A Proxy Statement (the "Proxy") to be filed with the SEC on December 8, 2015, which recommended that Airgas shareholders vote in favor of approving a proposed transaction between the Company and L' Air Liquide, S.A. ("Air Liquide"); WHEREAS, during a special meeting of Airgas shareholders held on February 23, 2016, Airgas stockholders voted to approve the proposed transaction; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs believe that the Proxy, as amended on January 8, 2016, and the Definitive Proxy distributed and filed with the Securities Exchange Commissions on January 22, 2016, addressed certain of Plaintiffs' allegations and claims under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; WHEREAS, on July 28, 2016, Plaintiffs filed separate Motions in Support of Their Petition For An Award of Attorneys' Fees and Expenses (the "Fee and Expense Applications"), arguing that Defendants' amendments to the Proxy mooted certain of plaintiffs' claims in response and due to the commencement of these Actions; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Airgas have reached agreement with respect to payment of attorneys' fees and expenses based on the benefits Plaintiffs claim were provided by disclosures set -2-

3 Case 2:15-cv PBT Document 6 Filed 08/25/16 Page 3 of 5 forth in the Proxy and Definitive Proxy, fully resolving the Fee and Expense Applications and providing for a single payment of $200,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses; WHEREAS, it is the current intention of counsel for Plaintiffs in the Actions to dismiss the Actions with prejudice as to Plaintiffs and without prejudice as to the other members of the Class; WHEREAS, based on the proceedings to date, Plaintiffs have determined that certain claims asserted in these Actions have been mooted and the remaining claims are so unlikely to be successful as to warrant dismissal; WHEREAS, no class has been certified in the Action; NOW, THEREFORE, upon consent of the parties and subject to approval of the Court: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this d i.f tty of ~sr ' 2016 that the Actions are dismissed, and the claims asserted therein are dismissed with prejudice as to Plaintiffs and without prejudice as to the other members of the putative Class. DATED: August ljf

4 Case 2:15-cv PBT Document 6 Filed 08/25/16 Page 4 of 5 OF COUNSEL: Nadeem Faruqi James M. Wilson, Jr. 685 Third A venue, Floor New York, NY Telephone: (212) Facsimile: (212) Derrick B. Farrell 20 Montchanin Road, Suite 145 Wilmington, DE Telephone: (302) Facsimile: (302) By:~/1.~ J~ 101 Greenwood Ave. Suite 600 Jenkintown, PA Telephone: (215) Facsimile: (215) Counsel for Plaintiffe Jason Wojcicki and Kathleen Goodbaudy Robbins Counsel for Plaintiff Jason Wojcicki Donald J. Enright Elizabeth K. Tripodi LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP th Street, N.W., Suite 115 Washington, DC Telephone: (202) Counsel.for Plaintiff Kathleen Goodbaudy Robbins -4-

5 Case 2:15-cv PBT Document 6 Filed 08/25/16 Page 5 of 5 OF COUNSEL: Meredith Kotler CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP One Liberty Plaza New York, NY Telephone: (212) Facsimile: (212) Counsel for Airgas, Inc. COZEN O'CONNOR By:~ Jeffrey G. Weil Jeffrey M. Monhait COZEN O'CONNOR, P.C Market Street, Suite 2800 Philadelphia, PA Telephone: (215) Facsimile: (215) Counsel for Airgas, Inc. Pe7e;;B:Tucker, Chief Judge United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania -5-