LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Air Products (NYSE:APD) today declared a quarterly dividend of $1.77 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on February 10, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 2, 2025.

About Air Products

Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets and generating a cleaner future. The Company supplies essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, medical and food. As the leading global supplier of hydrogen, Air Products also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects, supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the industrial and heavy-duty transportation sectors. Through its sale of equipment businesses, the Company also provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) today issued the following statement regarding the nomination of director candidates by Mantle Ridge for election to the Air Products Board of Directors at the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting:

Air Products' Board of Directors has received Mantle Ridge's nomination notice and director nominees. The Board will present its formal recommendation regarding director nominees in the Company's proxy materials to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in due course. Air Products shareholders are not required to take any action at this time.

Bob Patel and Alfred Stern, seasoned executives with experience leading major publicly listed industrial companies, to stand for election at Air Products' 2025 Annual Meeting of ShareholdersPatel, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of W.R. Grace and LyondellBasell and former President of Standard Industries, brings 35 years of global chemicals and materials industry experience in senior manufacturing, commercial, and management roles, and on public company boards, with extensive experience leading large-scale, global company transformationsStern, CEO and Executive Board Chairman of the OMV Group, Supervisory Board Chairman of OMV Petrom, and former CEO of Borealis, has 29 years of proven experience in leading and transforming global energy and chemicals companies and leading international multi-billion-dollar projects

Fiscal Year 2024 (comparisons versus prior year):

GAAP EPS# of $17.24, up 67 percent; GAAP net income of $3.9 billion, up 65 percent; and GAAP net income margin of 31.9 percent, up 1,330 basis pointsAdjusted EPS* of $12.43, up eight percent; adjusted EBITDA* of $5.0 billion, up seven percent; and adjusted EBITDA margin* of 41.7 percent, up 440 basis points

Q4 FY24 (comparisons versus prior year):

GAAP EPS# of $8.81, up 186 percent; GAAP net income of $2.0 billion, up 181 percent; and GAAP net income margin of 61.2 percent, up 3,940 basis pointsAdjusted EPS* of $3.56, up 13 percent; adjusted EBITDA* of $1.4 billion, up 12 percent; and adjusted EBITDA margin* of 44.1 percent, up 460 basis points

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) will release its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter financial results prior to market open on Thursday, November 7, 2024 and will review these results in a teleconference at 8:30 a.m. ET. The teleconference will be open to the public and the media in listen-only mode by telephone and Internet broadcast.

Live teleconference:  773-305-6853Passcode: 9129758Internet broadcast/slides: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products' Investor Relations website. Internet replay: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products' Investor Relations website.

Reiterates the Need for the Board to Engage in Proper Succession Planning and Insist on a More Rigorous Capital Allocation Policy

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The D. E. Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm with more than $60 billion in investment capital and a history of working with companies to help build long-term value, today sent an open letter to the Board of Directors of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) (the "Company" or "APD") calling for changes aimed at addressing the longstanding underperformance in its shares and deficiencies in its governance and capital allocation policies. Funds advised by D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. are shareholders of APD and currently hold a significant economic position in the Company.

Strategic divestiture reflects Air Products' commitment to its industrial gases and clean hydrogen growth strategyAll related assets, intellectual property, manufacturing capability, and personnel have successfully transferred to Honeywell

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has completed the sale of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business to Honeywell for $1.81 billion in cash. First announced in July 2024, closing conditions for the transaction have been fully met and regulatory approvals received.

TAIPEI, Taiwan , Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD), a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced Air Products San Fu Co. Ltd. has signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for solar electricity with Tatung Forever Energy, a subsidiary of Tatung Company, one of Taiwan's leading conglomerates. The strategic renewable energy agreement underscores Air Products' long-term commitment to address climate change and support the decarbonization and sustainable development of Taiwan's industrial gases sector.

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products today announced that Sidd Manjeshwar, vice president, Investor Relations, will speak at Jefferies Industrials Conference on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 8:05 a.m. US ET.

Access to the session is available via Air Products' Investor Relations Event Details website.

About Air ProductsAir Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products' base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.

TAIPEI, Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD), a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced Air Products San Fu Co. Ltd. has signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for solar electricity with Tatung Forever Energy, a subsidiary of Tatung Company, one of Taiwan's leading conglomerates. The strategic renewable energy agreement underscores Air Products' long-term commitment to address climate change and support the decarbonization and sustainable development of Taiwan's industrial gases sector.