SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-A/A
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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.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 23-1274455
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195-1501
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
This form relates to the registration This form relates to the
of a class of debt securities and registration of a class of debt
is effective upon filing pursuant securities and is to become
to GeneralInstruction A(c)(1). |_| effective simultaneously with the
effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
General Instruction A(c)(2). |_|
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered
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Preferred Stock Purchase Rights New York
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Pacific
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of Class)
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
Pursuant to Section 12(a) of the Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement")
dated as of March 19, 1998, between Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the
"Company") and the First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent, the
Board of Directors of the Company, in connection with the two-for-one split of
the Company's common stock which occurred on June 15, 1998, (the "Stock Split"),
determined that certain adjustments to the terms of the Rights issued pursuant
to the Rights Agreement were appropriate, in order to preserve, without
increasing or decreasing, the benefits accruing to the holders of the Rights
following the Stock Split. The Board of Directors of the Company therefore
unanimously approved resolutions authorizing the following adjustments to the
terms of the Rights: (i) the Purchase Price per Right was halved from $345.00 to
$172.50; (ii) the number of Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of each
Right was halved from one one-thousandth (1/1000th) to one two-thousandth
(1/2000th) of a share of Preferred Stock; and (iii) the Redemption Price of each
Right was halved from $0.01 to $0.005. Capitalized terms used and not defined
herein have the meanings given to them in the Rights Agreement.
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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: 16 July 1998 By: /s/ James H. Agger
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James H. Agger
Senior Vice President
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