Form 8-A12B

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   23-1274455
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7201 Hamilton Boulevard

Allentown, Pennsylvania

  18195-1501
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box:  x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box:  ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-200537

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

0.375% Notes due 2021   New York Stock Exchange

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference the description of its securities to be registered hereunder contained in the Prospectus dated November 24, 2014 under “Description of Securities” and in the Prospectus Supplement dated May 24, 2016 under “Description of Notes,” which Prospectus Supplement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 25, 2016 under Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-200537) previously filed with the Commission under the Act.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

1. Indenture, dated as of January 10, 1995, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to U.S. Bank National Association (formerly Wachovia Bank, National Association and initially First Fidelity Bank, National Association), as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Company’s Registration Statement No. 33-57357.)

 

2. Form of 0.375% Notes due 2021 (included as Exhibit A to Officer’s Certificate in Exhibit 3).

 

3. Officer’s Certificate issued June 1, 2016 setting forth the terms of the 0.375% Notes due 2021.


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, thereto duly authorized.

 

    Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Date: June 1, 2016     By:  

/s/ M. Scott Crocco

      Name: M. Scott Crocco
      Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer