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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) 25 October 1996
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 1-4534 23-1274455
(State of other jurisdiction (Commission file number) (IRS Identification
of incorporation) number)
7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195-1501
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (610) 481-4911
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Item 5. Other Events.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. ("Air Products") has announced that
its Spanish subsidiary, Air Products Iberica, S.A. ("APISA"), has completed the
third tender offer for the publicly-held shares of Sociedad Espanola de Carburos
Metalicos, S.A. ("Carburos Metalicos"), Spain's leading industrial gas supplier.
In October, 1994, Air Products had announced the plan that three separate tender
offer applications to acquire such shares would be filed in 1994, 1995 and 1996
with the Comision Nacional de Mercado Valores ("CNMV"), Spain's securities
exchange authority.
At the time of the commencement of the third tender offer on September
18, 1996, APISA held 6,198,105 shares, or 47.63%, of the 13,012,226 outstanding
shares of Carburos Metalicos. After the conclusion of the third tender offer,
the CNMV on October 22, 1996 confirmed the acquisition of the 6,378,133 shares
tendered, and APISA then held 12,576,238, or 96.65% of the outstanding shares of
Carburos Metalicos. The amount paid or to be paid in respect of the shares of
Carburos Metalicos acquired in the three tender offers (amounting to 70.83% of
the total issued shares) is, in the aggregate, approximately $408,444,353 at
current exchange rates.
The consolidated sales for Carburos Metalicos were approximately $300
million in 1995. Air Products acquired its initial 15% interest in Carburos
Metalicos in 1982, and since then has provided to it technological, product and
management support.
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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: 25 October 1996 By: /s/ Arnold H. Kaplan
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Arnold H. Kaplan
Vice President - Finance
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