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    AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.   Meeting Information
          

 

Meeting Type:        Annual Meeting

           For holders as of:   November 30, 2016
           Date: January 26, 2017   

Time: 2:00 p.m.

           Location:  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
          

         Corporate Headquarters

          

         7201 Hamilton Boulevard

          

         Allentown, PA 18195

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AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.

7201 HAMILTON BLVD.

ALLENTOWN, PA 18195-1501

     

 

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote

              
  FOR the following:              
  1.    Election of Directors              
    

 

Nominees:

               

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

     
    

 

1a.

   

 

Susan K. Carter

                    
    

 

1b.

   

 

Charles I. Cogut

               

 

4.

   

 

Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017.

     
    

 

1c.

   

 

Seifi Ghasemi

                       
                              
    

 

1d.

   

 

Chadwick C. Deaton

               

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

     
    

 

1e.

   

 

David H. Y. Ho

                    
     1f.    Margaret G. McGlynn                       
     1g.    Edward L. Monser                       
     1h.    Matthew H. Paull                       
  The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:                       
  2.    Advisory vote on Executive Officer compensation.                       
  The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:                       
  3.    Frequency of advisory votes on Executive Officer compensation.                       

 

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