Form 8-K

 

 

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) 16 May 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)

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Item 8.01. Other Events

The Board of Directors of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) has determined to include in the proxy statement for the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders a management proposal recommending that the Company’s shareholders approve an amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the Company’s classified board of directors structure.

If the proposal is approved by the shareholders, declassification of the board of directors will be phased in over time so as not to affect the unexpired terms of previously elected directors. Directors would start to be elected to a one-year term beginning with the directors elected at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; and the board of directors would be fully declassified beginning with the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The full text of the proposal will be included in the Company’s proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission later this year.

 

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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: 20 May 2013     By:         /s/ Mary T. Afflerbach
      Mary T. Afflerbach
     

Corporate Secretary and Chief

Governance Officer

 

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