---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-020026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APD"
cik: "0000002969"
company_name: "Air Products & Chemicals, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:42:04.401828+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Air Products names Eduardo F. Menezes as CEO effective Feb 7, 2025; Ghasemi departs

## Summary
- Eduardo Menezes appointed CEO effective Feb 7, 2025; succeeds Seifi Ghasemi after 10+ years.
- Menezes was Linde EVP for EMEA with $8B+ sales, 18,000 employees; prior senior roles at Praxair.
- Wayne T. Smith named Chairman, Dennis H. Reilley named Vice Chairman of the board.
- Menezes base salary $1.27M, annual incentive target 145% of base, equity award $9.888M.
- Ghasemi receives severance per Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated May 17, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-020026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APD
- cik: 0000002969
- company_name: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312525020026/0001193125-25-020026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312525020026/d812080d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-020026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-020026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-020026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dennis H. Reilley was named as Vice Chairman at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: named
  - Role: Vice Chairman
  source text: the Company announced that its board of directors named Wayne T. Smith as Chairman and Dennis H. Reilley as Vice Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312525020026/0001193125-25-020026-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eduardo F. Menezes was appointed as Director at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Menezes will also join the Company’s board of directors and will serve on the board’s executive committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312525020026/0001193125-25-020026-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eduardo F. Menezes was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On February 4, 2025, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Eduardo F. Menezes will succeed Seifollah (“Seifi”) Ghasemi as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer effective February 7, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312525020026/0001193125-25-020026-index.htm
- Executive change
  Seifollah (Seifi) Ghasemi departed as Chief Executive Officer at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Eduardo F. Menezes will succeed Seifollah (“Seifi”) Ghasemi as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer effective February 7, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312525020026/0001193125-25-020026-index.htm
- Executive change
  Wayne T. Smith was named as Chairman at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc..
  - Action: named
  - Role: Chairman
  source text: the Company announced that its board of directors named Wayne T. Smith as Chairman
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000119312525020026/0001193125-25-020026-index.htm

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