UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 24, 2013

 

 

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		1-4534		23-1274455
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania				18195-1501
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

(610) 481-4911

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

                         not applicable                        

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At its meeting on 24 January 2013, the Board of Directors elected David Hing-Yuen Ho director of the Company. His term will expire at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in January 2015. Mr. Ho will be assigned to the Environmental, Safety and Public Policy and Finance Committees of the Board effective in July 2013.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

						Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
						(Registrant)
Dated: January 30, 2013			By:			/s/ Mary T. Afflerbach
						Mary T. Afflerbach
						Corporate Secretary and Chief
						Governance Officer

 

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