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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (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):   August 7, 2006

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 1-4534 23-1274455
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania   18195-1501
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   610 481-4911

Not Applicable
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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:

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Item 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plans.

On August 7, 2006, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. provided notice to its directors and executive officers under Section 306(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of a blackout period. The notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits
99.1 Notice of Blackout Period





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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.
          
August 7, 2006   By:   W. Douglas Brown
       
        Name: W. Douglas Brown
        Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1
  Notice of Blackout Period
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Memorandum

             
To:
  Directors and Executive Officers   Dept./Loc.:  
 
            
From:
  W. D. Brown   Dept./Ext.:   Corp. Secretary’s Office/17350
 
            
Date:
  7 August 2006  
 
 
            
Subject:
  Notice of Blackout Period  
 

As a director or executive officer of the Company, you are subject to the restrictions under Section 306(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which prohibits certain trades during “blackout” periods related to pension plan events. Please note a blackout period will be imposed as follows.

  1.   The blackout period will commence on 31 August 2006 and is expected to end on 7 September 2006.  

  2.   The blackout period is imposed because participants in the Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) will not be permitted to enter into any transactions under the Plan with respect to Company securities for a time because the Plan recordkeeper and Trustee is being changed.  

  3.   You are not permitted to purchase, sell, or otherwise acquire or transfer any equity securities of the Company (or derivative securities of those equity securities) during the blackout period.  

  4.   The prohibition on sales and other transfers described in 2 above applies only to equity securities of the Company (and derivatives of such securities) that you have acquired in connection with your service or employment as a director or executive officer of the Company. It is important to note that any such security you sell or otherwise transfer will be automatically treated as acquired in connection with your service or employment unless you establish that the securities were acquired from another source and this identification is consistent with your treatment of the securities for tax purposes and all other disclosure and reporting requirements.  

  5.   If you have questions about the blackout period, please contact Mary Afflerbach at 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195, or via telephone at (610) 481-6807.