---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-109510"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APD"
cik: "0000002969"
company_name: "Air Products & Chemicals, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:38:23.739732+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Air Products' Principal Accounting Officer Flugel resigns; Kutz named successor

## Summary
- Russell A. Flugel, SVP & Principal Accounting Officer, resigns effective May 6, 2022.
- Jeffrey Kutz, age 62, promoted to VP, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer.
- Kutz joined Air Products in 2012; previously oversaw accounting at Exelon Generation.
- New officer compensation will be consistent with his seniority and position.
- No transactions requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) are noted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-109510
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APD
- cik: 0000002969
- company_name: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312522109510/0001193125-22-109510-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312522109510/d290702d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-109510.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Kutz was appointed as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Jeffrey Kutz will succeed Mr. Flugel as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, effective upon the effective date of Mr. Flugel’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312522109510/0001193125-22-109510-index.htm
- Executive change
  Russell A. Flugel resigned as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 18, 2022, Russell A. Flugel, the Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company that he was resigning, effective as of May 6, 2022, in order to pursue other opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312522109510/0001193125-22-109510-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.