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accession: "0001193125-24-271060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APD"
cik: "0000002969"
company_name: "Air Products & Chemicals, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Mantle Ridge withdraws five director nominees at Air Products; slates four for 2025 meeting

## Summary
- Mantle Ridge withdrew nominations for David Khani, Thomas Linebarger, Nichelle Maynard-Elliott, Donald Wallette Jr., and J. Steven Whisler.
- Mantle Ridge now nominates only its remaining four candidates for election at the January 23, 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Air Products will file a supplement to its definitive proxy statement and a new WHITE proxy card reflecting the change.
- The notice was received on December 4, 2024, one day after the company filed its definitive proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-271060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APD
- cik: 0000002969
- company_name: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312524271060/0001193125-24-271060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312524271060/d843347d8k.htm

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