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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;20, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Delaware</DIV>

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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">23-1274455</DIV>

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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195-1501</DIV>

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan</DIV>

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(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Stephen J. Jones, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195-1501</DIV>

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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">610-481-4911</DIV>

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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff">offering price per share</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff">aggregate offering price</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
par value $1</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;328,479</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$89.34</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;29,346,313.86</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,153.31<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Options Granted, 10/01/07</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,206,884</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$98.85</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$119,300,483.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4,688.51<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Options Granted, 2/20/07</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$77.53</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;775,300.00</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30.47<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,545,363</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$149,422,096.86</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,872.29&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with
paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457, based upon the average of the reported high and
low sales prices of shares of Common Stock on 13 March&nbsp;2008 (i.e., $89.34 per share).</TD>
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    <TD>The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), by the filing of this Registration Statement,
hereby registers additional shares of common stock of the Company, for distribution pursuant to the
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). These are securities of the same class as the securities
registered on Form S-8, Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-103809 for distribution pursuant to the
Plan. Accordingly, the contents of Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-103809 are incorporated herein
by reference. The Company&#146;s report on Form 10-K for the year ended 30 September&nbsp;2007 and the Form
10-Q for the period ended 31 December&nbsp;2007 are also incorporated herein by reference.
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    <TD>Rights Agreement, dated as of 19 March&nbsp;1998, between the Company and First Chicago
Trust Company of New York. (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Form 8-A Registration
Statement dated 19 March&nbsp;1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A dated 16 July&nbsp;1998.)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant</I>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
on this 20<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of March&nbsp;2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">(Registrant)</TD>
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Stephen J. Jones*
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President, General Counsel</TD>
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    <TD>Stephen J. Jones, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, by
signing his name hereto, signs this registration statement on behalf of
the registrant and, for each of the persons indicated by asterisk on pages
3 and 4 hereof, pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such
persons which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John E. McGlade
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">20 March&nbsp;2008</TD>
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John E. McGlade
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Paul E. Huck
</TD>
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Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">20 March&nbsp;2008</TD>
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Paul E. Huck
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ M. Scott Crocco
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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M. Scott Crocco
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Accounting Officer)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">20 March&nbsp;2008</TD>
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Mario L. Baeza
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</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">20 March&nbsp;2008</TD>
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William L. Davis, III
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</TD>
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Michael J. Donahue
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</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">20 March&nbsp;2008</TD>
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Ursula O. Fairbairn
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W. Douglas Ford
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Edward E. Hagenlocker
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Evert Henkes
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John P. Jones III
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Margaret G. McGlynn
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Charles H. Noski
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Lawrence S. Smith
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of 19 March&nbsp;1998, between the
Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York. (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-A Registration Statement dated 19 March&nbsp;1998, as amended by Form&nbsp;8-A/A dated 16
July&nbsp;1998.)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">No opinion of counsel is being filed because the Common Stock to be distributed in connection with
the Plan will consist exclusively of previously issued shares that are presently held by the
registrant as treasury shares and will not constitute original issuance shares; further, no opinion
is being furnished with respect to ERISA compliance because the Plan covered by the registration
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FORM S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2008
Registration No.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
23-1274455
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195-1501
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Stephen J. Jones, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195-1501
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
610-481-4911
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Titles of securities
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of registration
to be registered
Amount to be registered
offering price per share
aggregate offering price
fee
Common Stock,
par value $1
328,479
$89.34
$  29,346,313.86
$1,153.31
(1)
Options Granted, 10/01/07
1,206,884
$98.85
$119,300,483.00
$4,688.51
(2)
Options Granted, 2/20/07
10,000
$77.53
$       775,300.00
$     30.47
(2)
1,545,363
$149,422,096.86
$5,872.29
(1)
The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with
paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457, based upon the average of the reported high and
low sales prices of shares of Common Stock on 13 March 2008 (i.e., $89.34 per share).
(2)
The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance
with paragraph (h) of Rule 457 based upon the stated exercise price of the Options.
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EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-23: CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
EX-24: POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the "Company"), by the filing of this Registration Statement,
hereby registers additional shares of common stock of the Company, for distribution pursuant to the
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). These are securities of the same class as the securities
registered on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-103809 for distribution pursuant to the
Plan. Accordingly, the contents of Registration Statement No. 333-103809 are incorporated herein
by reference. The Company's report on Form 10-K for the year ended 30 September 2007 and the Form
10-Q for the period ended 31 December 2007 are also incorporated herein by reference.
EXHIBITS
4.
Rights Agreement, dated as of 19 March 1998, between the Company and First Chicago
Trust Company of New York. (Filed as Exhibit 1 to the Company's Form 8-A Registration
Statement dated 19 March 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A dated 16 July 1998.)
23.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.
Power of Attorney.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Allentown, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
on this 20
th
day of March 2008.
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Stephen J. Jones
Stephen J. Jones*
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
*
Stephen J. Jones, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, by
signing his name hereto, signs this registration statement on behalf of
the registrant and, for each of the persons indicated by asterisk on pages
3 and 4 hereof, pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such
persons which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
herewith.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John E. McGlade
Director and Chief Executive Officer
20 March 2008
John E. McGlade
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Paul E. Huck
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
20 March 2008
Paul E. Huck
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ M. Scott Crocco
Vice President and Corporate Controller
20 March 2008
M. Scott Crocco
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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Director
20 March 2008
Mario L. Baeza
*
Director
20 March 2008
William L. Davis, III
*
Director
20 March 2008
Michael J. Donahue
*
Director
20 March 2008
Ursula O. Fairbairn
*
Director
20 March 2008
W. Douglas Ford
*
Director
20 March 2008
Edward E. Hagenlocker
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Signature
Title
Date
*
Evert Henkes
Director
20 March 2008
*
Director and Chairman of the Board
20 March 2008
John P. Jones III
*
Margaret G. McGlynn
Director
20 March 2008
*
Charles H. Noski
Director
20 March 2008
*
Lawrence S. Smith
Director
20 March 2008
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Exhibit
Page
4.
Rights Agreement, dated as of 19 March 1998, between the
Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York. (Filed as Exhibit 1 to the Company's
Form 8-A Registration Statement dated 19 March 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A dated 16
July 1998.)
N/A
23.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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24.
Power of Attorney
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No opinion of counsel is being filed because the Common Stock to be distributed in connection with
the Plan will consist exclusively of previously issued shares that are presently held by the
registrant as treasury shares and will not constitute original issuance shares; further, no opinion
is being furnished with respect to ERISA compliance because the Plan covered by the registration
statement is not subject to the requirements of ERISA.
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