UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On January 31, 2025, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”), which took effect immediately. The Bylaws supersede the previously existing Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, which took effect on September 17, 2023.
The Bylaws were amended to authorize the Board to appoint a Vice Chairman of the Board, to assign to the Vice Chairman with certain responsibilities with respect to Board matters and to make conforming changes throughout the Bylaws. As previously disclosed, the Board then named Wayne T. Smith as its Chairman and Dennis H. Reilley as its Vice Chairman.
The summary of the amendment to the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated January 31, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | |
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) | ||||||
| Date: February 5, 2025 |
By: | /s/ Sean D. Major | ||||
| Sean D. Major | ||||||
| Executive Vice President, | ||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||