On September 17, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”), which took effect immediately. The Bylaws supersede the previously existing Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, which took effect on November 26, 2019.

The Bylaws were amended to provide in Article I, Section 2, that a special meeting of stockholders may be called upon the written request of one or more stockholders owning not less than 10% of the Company’s outstanding common stock for at least one year. The amendment also establishes procedures for requesting a special meeting and provides that a special meeting will be held not more than 120 days following the submission of a valid special meeting request.