---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-218658"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APD"
cik: "0000002969"
company_name: "Air Products & Chemicals, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:37:44.132901+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Air Products elects Wayne T. Smith to board of directors, effective August 1, 2021

## Summary
- Wayne T. Smith, former Chairman & CEO of BASF Corporation, elected to Air Products board effective Aug 1, 2021.
- Smith will serve on Audit and Finance Committee and Management Development and Compensation Committee.
- He brings over 35 years of experience in industrial gases and chemicals.
- Smith holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse and an MBA from Wharton.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-218658
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APD
- cik: 0000002969
- company_name: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312521218658/0001193125-21-218658-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312521218658/d197960d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-218658
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-218658.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-218658.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wayne T. Smith was elected as director at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 19, 2021 the board of directors (the “Board”) of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Wayne T. Smith as a director of the Company, effective August 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312521218658/0001193125-21-218658-index.htm

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