{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-21-211369","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"APD","cik":"0000002969","company_name":"Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.","filed_at":"2021-07-09T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:20.257619+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-30T06:28:11.754034+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Air Products CFO Scott Crocco to retire Sept 30; Melissa Schaeffer named successor effective Aug 10","bullets":["CFO Scott Crocco retires Sept 30, 2021, after 31 years at Air Products.","Melissa Schaeffer, age 41, appointed SVP & CFO effective Aug 10, 2021.","Schaeffer joined Air Products in 2016; most recently VP Finance-GEMTE, Americas, Middle East, India.","She holds a Finance/Accounting degree from Indiana University and an MBA from Villanova.","Transition described as seamless; Schaeffer will oversee controllership, treasury, tax, audit, and shared services."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-211369","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-211369.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-211369.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-211369.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312521211369/0001193125-21-211369-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312521211369/d168806d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-30T06:28:11.754034+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"1b4c59b0e1","claim":"M. Scott Crocco departed as Chief Financial Officer at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"M. Scott Crocco, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, informed the Company that he will retire effective September 30, 2021.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312521211369/0001193125-21-211369-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"c743c13899","claim":"Melissa Schaeffer was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"Melissa Schaeffer will succeed Mr. Crocco as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company commencing August 10, 2021.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312521211369/0001193125-21-211369-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}