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) September 9, 2016

 

 

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 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 9, 2016, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its board of directors has approved, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions described in Versum Materials’ previously filed Registration Statement on Form 10, the completion of the previously announced separation of the Company’s Electronic Materials Division from the remaining businesses of the Company to form Versum Materials, Inc.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1. The press release, including all financial statements, is furnished and is not deemed to be filed.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press Release dated September 9, 2016.

 

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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.
Dated: September 9, 2016     By:   /s/    Mary T. Afflerbach
      Mary T. Afflerbach
     

Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

No.

   

Description

99.1    Press Release dated September 9, 2016.

 

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