UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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) August 13, 2002
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 1-4534 23-1274455
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission file number) (IRS Identification number)
7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195-1501
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(Address of principal executive officer) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code 610 481-4911
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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
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On August 13, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, John P.
Jones III, and Principal Financial Officer, John R. Owings, of Air Products and
Chemicals, Inc. submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460. A copy of each of these statements is
attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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(Registrant)
Dated: 13 August 2002 By: /s/John R. Owings
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John R. Owings
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit 99.1: Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated
August 13, 2002.
Exhibit 99.2: Statement under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated
August 13, 2002.
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Exhibit 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
And Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, John P. Jones III, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented
in a subsequent covered report:
|X| No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the
case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
as of the date on which it was filed); and
|X| No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on
Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it
was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
|X| Report of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year
ended September 30, 2001
|X| All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
proxy materials of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. filed with the
Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified
above; and
|X| Any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Dated: 13 August 2002 /s/ John P. Jones III
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John P. Jones III
Chief Executive Officer
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
) SS:
COUNTY OF LEHIGH )
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002.
/s/ Lynn German Long
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Lynn German Long
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 4/25/04
Exhibit 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
And Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, John R. Owings, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., and, except as corrected
or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
|X| No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
|X| No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as
of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
|X| Report of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. on Form 10-K for the
year ended September 30, 2001
|X| All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
10-K identified above; and
|X| Any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Dated: 13 August 2002 /s/ John R. Owings
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John R. Owings
Chief Financial Officer
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
) SS:
COUNTY OF LEHIGH )
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002.
/s/ Lynn German Long
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Lynn German Long
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 4/25/04