{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-24-016729","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"APD","cik":"0000002969","company_name":"Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:26.527954+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-06T16:45:43.974145+00:00","sec_items":["5.07"],"event_type":"other","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.1,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.1,"confidence":"high","headline":"Air Products shareholders elect all 9 director nominees at 2024 annual meeting","bullets":["86.81% of shares represented at Jan 25, 2024 meeting; all 9 director nominees elected with 10.9M to 175.9M votes for.","Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 72.87% of votes cast (128.1M for, 47.7M against).","Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2024: 99.47% of votes cast (191.6M for).","Broker non-votes: 16.3M on director elections and advisory compensation vote; none on auditor ratification."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-016729","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-016729.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-016729.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-016729.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312524016729/0001193125-24-016729-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312524016729/d742111d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-06T16:45:43.974145+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":"16e99afea0601ff8cfecdde199d4ff155cd94a7d","claim":"Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-01-25 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Each of the nominees for director was elected to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier retirement, resignation, removal or death. The voting results were as follows: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes Tonit M. Calaway 164,420,397 11,970,477 225,956 16,317,524 Charles Cogut 174,110,931 2,292,342 213,557 16,317,524 Lisa A. Davis 168,643,461 7,782,577 190,792 16,317,524 Seifollah Ghasemi 167,378,294 8,563,714 674,822 16,317,524 Jessica Trocchi Graziano 175,865,249 551,917 199,664 16,317,524 David H.Y. Ho 170,299,240 6,109,202 208,388 16,317,524 Edward L. Monser 170,225,721 6,175,013 216,096 16,317,524 Matthew H. Paull 172,461,882 3,944,137 210,811 16,317,524 Wayne T. Smith 173,313,154 3,101,136 202,540 16,317,524","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312524016729/0001193125-24-016729-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-01-25"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"2ca1548c0f5ac1d64308e0da597a6cdcc1d67c57","claim":"Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Officer Compensation at the 2024-01-25 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, by the vote set forth in the table below. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 128,054,059 (72.87% of the votes cast) 47,653,798 908,973 16,317,524","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312524016729/0001193125-24-016729-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-01-25"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"ed69c3bac63c34deaea851595dade33ec2af4309","claim":"Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors at the 2024-01-25 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 by the vote set forth in the table below. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 191,613,073 (99.47% of the votes cast) 1,017,715 303,566 0","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312524016729/0001193125-24-016729-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-01-25"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}