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 Its Charter)
| Delaware | 1-4534 | 23-1274455 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania |
18195-1501 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 481-4911
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 9, 2016, Versum Materials, Inc. (“Versum”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., issued a press release announcing the offering under Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), subject to market and other conditions, of $425 million aggregate principal amount of Versum’s senior unsecured notes.
A copy of the Versum press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and it will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by the Registrant under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits: |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 9, 2016* | |
| * | Furnished herewith. |
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SIGNATURE
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. | ||||||
| Date: September 9, 2016 | By: | /s/ Mary T. Afflerbach | ||||
| Name: | Mary T. Afflerbach | |||||
| Title: | Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer | |||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated September 9, 2016 | |
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