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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On August 18, 2025, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Howard Ungerleider as a director of the Company, effective September 1, 2025. Mr. Ungerleider, 56, is an Operating Advisor at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a leading private equity firm, and previously served from 2018 to 2023 as President and from 2014 to 2023 as Chief Financial Officer of Dow Inc. and its predecessors.
In connection with Mr. Ungerleider’s election, the Board considered his independence under New York Stock Exchange listing standards and the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and concluded that he will be an independent director under these standards. The Board assigned Mr. Ungerleider to serve as a member of its Audit and Finance Committee, also effective September 1, 2025.
Mr. Ungerleider will receive compensation and be subject to indemnification for serving as a member of the Board consistent with the Company’s normal arrangements for non-employee directors, which are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2025 annual meeting of shareholders. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Ungerleider and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Ungerleider was elected as a director, and neither Mr. Ungerleider nor any of his immediate family members is a party, either directly or indirectly, to any transaction that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the election of Mr. Ungerleider is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated August 20, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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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. | ||||||
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| Date: August 20, 2025 | By: | /s/ Matthew Lepore | ||||
| Matthew Lepore | ||||||
| Executive Vice President, | ||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||
Exhibit 99.1
| News Release |
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
1940 Air Products Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18106-5500
www.airproducts.com
Howard Ungerleider to Join Air Products’ Board of Directors
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (August 20, 2025) – Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) Board of Directors has elected Howard Ungerleider as a director of the Company, effective September 1, 2025. He will serve as a member of the Audit and Finance Committee.
”Howard is an excellent addition to the Air Products Board, bringing more than three decades of global business and financial leadership experience in the chemicals and specialty materials industries,” said Chairman of the Board Wayne T. Smith. “We look forward to applying his extensive expertise as Air Products advances its mission to create exceptional value through operational excellence and disciplined capital management.”
Mr. Ungerleider has served as Operating Advisor for Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a leading private equity firm, since 2024. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ungerleider held various positions of increasing responsibility at Dow Inc. and its predecessors, DowDuPont and Dow Chemical, including service as President from 2018 to 2023 and Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2023, as Executive Vice President, Advanced Materials, from 2012 to 2014, and as Senior Vice President and President, Performance Plastics, from 2011 to 2012.
Mr. Ungerleider is a member of the boards of directors of American Airlines Group Inc. and Kyndryl Holdings Inc.
Mr. Ungerleider holds an M.B.A. from UCLA and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets and generating a cleaner future. The Company supplies essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, medical and food. As the leading global supplier of hydrogen, Air Products also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world’s largest clean hydrogen projects, supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the industrial and heavy-duty transportation sectors. Through its sale of equipment businesses, the Company also provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.
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Air Products had fiscal 2024 sales of $12.1 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of over $60 billion. For more information, visit airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook or Instagram.
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