Air Products and Chemicals-LEADING PROXY ADVISORY FIRM EGAN-JONES RECOMMENDS AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" ALL FOUR MANTLE RIDGE DIRECTOR NOMINEES ANDREW EVANS, PAUL HILAL, TRACY MCKIBBEN, AND DENNIS REILLEY

Egan-Jones Finds "Many Compelling Reasons to Support Mantle Ridge's Case for Change" and States that "Voting for the Mantle Ridge Nominees is in the Best Interest of the Company and its Shareholders" Asserts "Mismanagement and the Absence of Effective Leadership" Have "Significantly Eroded Shareholder Value" and that "Mr. Seifi Ghasemi is Not the Right Leader to Unlock the Full Potential of Air Products" Calls Out "Absence of a Clear CEO Succession Plan" Finds "Entrenched and Unqualified CEO" Seifi Ghasem ...