Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2016

Registration No.                             

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   23-1274455

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

7201 Hamilton Boulevard,

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195-1501

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Mary T. Afflerbach,

Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.,

7201 Hamilton Boulevard,

Allentown, PA 18195-1501

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

610-481-4911

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Titles of securities

to be registered

 

Amount

to be

registered

 

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per share

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate
offering price

  Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock, par value $1

  442,079   $142.43   $62,965,311.97   $6340.61(1)

Options Granted 5/08/15

  4,225   $147.93   $625,004.25   $62.94(2)

Options Granted 6/1/15

  565   $147.45   $83,309.25   $8.39(2)

Options Granted 10/5/15

  2,978   $132.92   $395,835.76   $39.86(2)

Total

  449,847       $64,069,461.23   $6,451.80

 

 

(1) The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457, based upon the average of the reported high and low sales prices of shares of Common Stock on 13 May 2016 (i.e., $142.43 per share).
(2) The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with paragraph (h) of Rule 457 based upon the stated exercise price of the Options.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Registrant”), has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register 449,847 additional shares of common stock of the Registrant, for distribution pursuant to the Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)

These are securities of the same class as the securities registered on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-103809 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on 14 March 2003, (the “Initial Registration”) relating to the Plan.

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Initial Registration are incorporated herein by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference:

 

  (a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2015, filed on 24 November 2015;

 

  (b) The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 31 December 2015, filed on 29 January 2016 and for the quarter ended 31 March 2016, filed on 28 April 2016; and

 

  (c) The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on 29 October 2015, 1 December 2015, 28 January 2016, 29 January 2016, 29 March 2016, 28 April 2016 and 6 May 2016.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective date amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Item 8. Exhibits

 

  23. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

  24. Power of Attorney

 

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SIGNATURES

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Trexlertown, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 20th day of May 2016.

 

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:  

/s/ Mary T. Afflerbach

  Mary T. Afflerbach*
 

Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance

Officer

 

 

* Mary T. Afflerbach, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, by signing her name hereto, signs this registration statement on behalf of the registrant and, for each of the persons indicated by asterisk on page 3 hereof, pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such persons which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission herewith.

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

 

 

/s/ Seifi Ghasemi

Seifi Ghasemi

  

Director, Chairman of the Board,

President and Chief Executive
Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  20 May 2016

 

/s/ M. Scott Crocco

M. Scott Crocco

  

Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  20 May 2016

 

/s/ Russell A. Flugel

Russell A. Flugel

  

Vice President and Corporate
Cintroller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  20 May 2016

*

Susan K. Carter

   Director   20 May 2016

*

Charles I. Cogut

   Director   20 May 2016

*

Chadwick C. Deaton

   Director   20 May 2016

*

David H. Y. Ho

   Director   20 May 2016

*

Margaret G. McGlynn

   Director   20 May 2016

*

Edward L. Monser

   Director   20 May 2016

*

Matthew H. Paull

   Director   22 May 2015

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

       

Page

 
23.    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      5   
24.    Power of Attorney      6   

No opinion of counsel is being filed because the Common Stock to be distributed in connection with the Plan will consist exclusively of previously issued shares that are presently held by the registrant as treasury shares and will not constitute original issuance shares; further, no opinion is being furnished with respect to ERISA compliance because the Plan covered by the registration statement is not subject to the requirements of ERISA.

 

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