-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RU9tow7ul/E1pEbp8yJHSAEfaizw4Pqgf/GHZg2s1PVfafF8FpqQRPfdZAldsPUJ cIpNLB/yzqZIKBMOGL43uw== 0000315066-94-000155.txt : 19940216 0000315066-94-000155.hdr.sgml : 19940216 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-94-000155 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19940214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AIRGAS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000804212 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 5084 IRS NUMBER: 560732648 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 34 SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-38422 FILM NUMBER: 94507949 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 MATSONFORD RD STE 550 STREET 2: 5 RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 BUSINESS PHONE: 2156875253 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, STE 550 STREET 2: 100 MATSONFORD ROAD CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 0000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 SC 13G 1 SCHEDULE 13G - 2-14-94 - AIR GAS INCORPORATED SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. Air Gas Incorporated common stock Cusip # 009363102 Filing Fee: Yes Cusip # 009363102 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID: 04-2507163) Item 4: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Item 5: 7,600 Item 6: None Item 7: 1,618,500 Item 8: None Item 9: 1,618,500 Item 11: 5.01% Item 12: HC Cusip # 009363102 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d - (Tax ID: ###-##-####) Item 4: United States of America Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 1,618,500 Item 8: None Item 9: 1,618,500 Item 11: 5.01% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Air Gas Incorporated Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 100 Matsonford Road, Suite 550 Radnor, PA 19087-4527 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR Corp. Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 009363102 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d- 2(b) and the person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d- 1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,618,500 (b) Percent of Class: 5.01% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 7,600 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 1,618,500 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the common stock of Air Gas Incorporated. No one person's interest in the common stock of Air Gas Incorporated is more than five percent of the total outstanding common stock. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit(s) A and B. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable, see attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. February 11, 1994 Date /S/Arthur S. Loring Signature Arthur S. Loring, Vice President Name/Title SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 1,605,900 shares or 4.97% of the common stock outstanding of Air Gas Incorporated ("the Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to several investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Edward C. Johnson 3d, FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the Funds each has sole power to dispose of the 1,605,900 shares owned by the Funds. Neither FMR Corp. nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the Shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the Shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity Management Trust Company, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 12,600 shares or 0.04% of the common stock outstanding of the company as a result of its serving as investment manager of the institutional account(s). FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity Management Trust Company, has sole dispositive power over 12,600 Shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 7,600 shares, and no power to vote or to direct the voting of 5,000 Shares of common stock owned by the institutional account(s) as reported above. Edward C. Johnson 3d owns 34.0% of the outstanding voting common stock of FMR Corp. Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of FMR Corp. Various Johnson family members and trusts for the benefit of Johnson family members own FMR Corp. voting common stock. These Johnson family members, through their ownership of voting common stock, form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(e) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on February 11, 1994, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the common stock of Air Gas Incorporated at December 31, 1993. FMR Corp. By /S/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Vice President - Legal Edward C. Johnson 3d By /S/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Under Power of Attorney dated 5/17/89 On File with Schedule 13G for Airborne Freight Corp. 9/10/91 Fidelity Management & Research Company By /S/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Sr. V.P. and General Counsel -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----