UNITED STATES

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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Airgas, Inc.

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Air Products Distribution, Inc.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

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Paul Huck
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Forward Looking Statement

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This presentation contains “forward-looking statements” within the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including earnings guidance and comments regarding the
Company’s proposed acquisition of Airgas, Inc. These forward-looking statements are based on
management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date this presentation is made regarding
important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and
estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by
management, including, without limitation, longer than anticipated delay in global economic recovery;
renewed deterioration in economic and business conditions; poor demand for the Company's products;
future financial and operating performance of major customers and industries served by the Company;
inability to collect receivables from or recovery of payments made by customers in bankruptcy proceedings;
unanticipated contract terminations or customer cancellations or postponement of projects and sales; asset
impairments due to economic conditions or specific product or customer events; unexpected costs
associated with the Company’s cash tender offer for Airgas, Inc.; costs of future restructuring actions which
are not currently planned or anticipated; the impact of competitive products and pricing; interruption in
ordinary sources of supply of raw materials; the ability to recover unanticipated increased energy and raw
material costs from customers; costs and outcomes of litigation or regulatory activities; charges related to
current portfolio management and cost reduction actions; the success of implementing cost reduction
programs; failure to consummate the tender offer for Airgas, Inc. or inability to achieve anticipated
acquisition synergies or unanticipated integration costs; the timing, impact, and other uncertainties of future
acquisitions or divestitures; significant fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currencies from that currently
anticipated; the continued availability of capital funding sources in all of the Company's foreign operations;
the impact of new or changed environmental, healthcare, tax or other legislation and regulations in
jurisdictions in which the Company and its affiliates operate; the impact of new or changed financial
accounting guidance; the timing and rate at which tax credits can be utilized and other risk factors
described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2009. The Company disclaims
any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
contained in this document to reflect any change in the Company’s assumptions, beliefs or expectations or
any change in events, conditions, or circumstances upon which any such forward-looking statements are
based.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
On February 11, 2010, Air Products Distribution, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. ("Air
Products"), commenced a cash tender offer for all the outstanding shares of common stock of Airgas, Inc. ("Airgas") not
already owned by Air Products, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated as of February 11,
2010 (the "Offer to Purchase").  The purchase price to be paid upon the successful closing of the cash tender offer is $60.00
per share in cash, without interest and less any required withholding tax, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase, as amended. The offer is scheduled to expire at midnight, New York City time, on Friday, June 4, 2010,
unless further extended in the manner set forth in the Offer to Purchase.
 
This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The tender offer is being
made pursuant to a tender offer statement on Schedule TO (including the Offer to Purchase, a related letter of transmittal
and other offer materials) filed by Air Products with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 11, 2010.
INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF AIRGAS ARE URGED TO READ THESE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC
CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.
Investors and security holders can obtain free copies of these documents and other documents filed with the SEC by Air
Products through the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. The Offer to Purchase and related materials
may also be obtained for free by contacting the Information Agent for the tender offer, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., at 212-929-
5500 or toll-free at 800-322-2885.
 
In connection with the proposed transaction, Air Products may file a proxy statement with the SEC. Any definitive proxy
statement will be mailed to stockholders of Airgas. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF AIRGAS ARE URGED TO READ THESE
AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain
free copies of these documents (if and when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Air Products through the
web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING PARTICIPANTS
Air Products and certain of its respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the proposed
transaction under the rules of the SEC. Security holders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests
of Air Products' directors and executive officers in Air Products' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
2009, which was filed with the SEC on November 25, 2009, and its proxy statement for the 2010 Annual Meeting, which was
filed with the SEC on December 10, 2009. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated
above. Additional information regarding the interests of these participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their
direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will also be included in any proxy statement and other relevant
materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.

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Financial Performance*

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* non-GAAP, see appendix for reconciliation

	FY04	thru	FY08	H109	H209	H110
Sales ( CAGR| % chg vs PY )		14%		(16%)	(25%)	7%
Operating Margin	12.8%	+1.8%	14.6%	13.2%	15.5%	16.0%
Adj’d Cont Ops EPS ( CAGR| % chg vs PY )		21%		(24%)	(16%)	28%
ROCE (4 quarter trailing)	9.6%	+3.4%	13.0%
ROCE (instantaneous)				10%	11%	12%

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We have Multiple Growth Opportunities

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lHydrogen for refining

lOxygen for gasification

lLNG heat exchangers

Energy

Environment

Emerging Markets

lOxyfuel

lCarbon capture

lMultiple Gas Applications

lElectronics across Asia

lEquity Affiliate positions

lExpanding Merchant
positions in Asia

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•Leading Merchant Gases
supplier in India

•Generating growth through
our value-added technology

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Cleanfire® HRi™
burner

Efficient oxygen
plant design

Merchant Gases
Applications Driven Growth

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A winning combination!

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Merchant Gases
Winning New Customers with Industrial Gases

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Integra® Cylinders

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Low-Conversion
Refinery

H2 scf/ bbl0 - 150

Sulfur spec.None

High-Conversion
Refinery

800 -1000 +

<30 to <15ppm s

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Other 20%

Residual Fuel 34%

Other 17%

Residual fuel 1%

Transportation Fuel 46%

Transportation Fuel 82%

Conversion
45%

Crude25%

Clean
Fuels
15%

Outsourcing
15%

Tonnage Gases
Hydrogen Still Fueling Future Growth

Refinery Conversion

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Tonnage Gases
Leading Global Hydrogen Positions

Southern
California

Edmonton,
Canada

Sarnia, Canada

Texas

Louisiana

Rotterdam

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•Steel

−Asian infrastructure growth

−Mill modernization

•Gasification

−Power

−Feedstock independence

−Low BTU hydrocarbons

•Cleaner coal

−Power

−CO2 capture

200,000-300,000 tons-per-day new oxygen capacity by 2018

100+ new plants

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Tonnage Gases
Asian growth accelerating

•With Premiere Customers:Sinopec, Petrochina, CNOOC,
Jushi Group, Samsung and TSMC

•In All Key Markets - Steel, Non-Ferrous Metals, Electronics,
Chemicals, Refining, Coal Gasification

•With Our Premiere Offerings

−Oxygen (leading supplier of O2 for gasification plants)

−HyCO (global leader)

−Nitrogen

−LNG

−Cold Energy (unique offering)

•Opportunity pipeline continues to grow across the region

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Projected 2010

•Marathon Garyville

• XOM Baton Rouge

• Total Port Arthur

• XOM Baytown

• MarkWest Texas

Projected 2011-2012

•XOM Rotterdam

• Shell Rotterdam

• Marathon Detroit

• Monsanto Louisiana

Continuous
improvement

Operating
bonuses

Base take
or pay

Franchise
positions

Additional
products

Superior returns:

• Ann Joo Steel Malaysia

• US Steel Nanticoke, Ont.

• Shadeed Steel Oman

• Sphinx Glass Egypt

• Isle of Grain LNG UK

• Emirates Glass Abu Dhabi

• Weihe Energy Gasifier

• Xingtai Steel

• PetroChina ASU JV

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Electronics
Strong Recovery Continues

•Solid growth in existing and new markets

–TFT-LCD = 20%

–PV = 30%

–LED = 14%

(‘09 to ‘13 CAGR)

•Majority market share positions with industry leaders

–#1 in IC, TFT-LCD and foundry

•#1 in Electronic industry powerhouses Korea and Taiwan

•Positioned well to capitalize in emerging geographies

•New and existing products leverage market demand for
new technology

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Equity Affiliates
Important Source of Growth

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Mexico

Italy

India

South Africa

Thailand

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Outlook

Q3 FY’10 EPS $1.25-$1.29

lImproving economy, seasonality

lNew plants on-stream

lHigher Electronics restructuring costs

lHigher Energy development spending/outages

FY’10 EPS$4.90-$5.00

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lWW manufacturing growth up ~2%

lCapEx forecast unchanged, ~$1.3B-$1.5B

lTax rate unchanged, about 25%-26%

Offer to Acquire Airgas

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Airgas transaction highlights

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Consideration	All-cash offer for all Airgas shares at $60.00 per share
Premium	Premium of 38% to ARG unaffected price on 2/04/10 of $43.53
Accretion	Expected to be substantially accretive to Air Products cash EPS in year one
Synergies	Substantial cost synergies yielding $250 million run-rate by the end of year two
Financing	•APD has secured committed financing, is committed to remaining investment grade and to returning to A rating •Transaction costs expected to be approximately $200MM, expensed as incurred •Q2$0.07 per share •Q3 ~$0.10 per share
Regulatory Approval	•Air Products has thoroughly considered potential regulatory issues and is prepared to make appropriate divestitures •Productive discussions with FTC continue

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Compelling strategic and industrial logic

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Creates one of the world’s leading integrated industrial gas companies

•Largest industrial gas company in North America

•Diversified across geographies and distribution channels with competitive
positions in all three supply modes: Packaged Gases, Liquid Bulk, Tonnage

Combination of highly complementary skills and strengths enables us to better
serve the needs of customers

•Air Products’ leadership in tonnage, strong European and joint venture
packaged gas positions

•Airgas’ leadership in U.S. packaged gases

•Air Products’ Engineering and Technology Skills

Mutually beneficial strategic transaction

•Provides Air Products a highly efficient re-entry into U.S. packaged gas market

•APD global infrastructure enables more rapid Airgas international expansion

Significant synergies available

•Substantial cost savings

•Growth opportunities as economy recovers

•Leverages Air Products’ supply chain and SAP capabilities

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Synergies

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Supply Chain

•Consolidate filling locations

•Consolidate specialty gas plant locations

•Move from local delivery to hub and spoke

•Combine purchasing requirements

•Utilize Shared Services for Packaged Gas operations and
Product Management

Overheads

•Use Shared Services for back office - finance, HR, IT,
purchasing, invoicing, credit & collections, marketing

•Rationalize management

•Rationalize corporate infrastructure

SAP enables these synergies

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Path forward . . .

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Air Products
committed to
completing
transaction

Litigation

•Commenced litigation in
Delaware

Tender offer

•Offer commenced Feb 11

•Financing committed

Regulatory process

•Prepared to make
appropriate divestitures

Shareholder meeting proposals

•Provided notice May 13

•Annual Meeting on or before
September 17

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1.Election of three independent director nominees

2.Amend by-laws to implement director eligibility requirements

•Would make any Airgas board members (except CEO) not
elected at annual meeting ineligible to serve on Airgas Board for
three years

•If not elected but re-appointed, CEO could not serve as Chairman

3.Amend by-laws to require Airgas to hold future annual
meetings in January

•2011 annual meeting to be held on January 18

•Provides early opportunity for shareholders to replace majority of
Airgas Board

4.Repeal all by-law amendments after April 7, 2010

Air Products’ proposals

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John P. Clancey

−Age 65

−Chairman Emeritus, Maersk Inc.

−Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Sea-Land Service, Inc.

−Principal and founder, Hospitality Logistics, International

−Former Director, UST Inc.

−Former Director, Foster Wheeler AG

−Former Director, AT&T Capital

−Retired Captain, U.S. Marine Corps

Robert L. Lumpkins, Jr.

−Age 66

−Chairman, The Mosaic Company

−Former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Cargill Inc.

−Director, Ecolab Inc.

−Director, Black River Asset Management LLC

−Advisor, Varde Partners, Inc.

−Advisory Board Member, Metalmark Capital

−Trustee, Howard University

Ted B. Miller, Jr.

−Age 58

−Founder, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Crown Castle International Corp.

−President, 4M Investments, LLC

−Chairman, founder and majority shareholder, M7 Aerospace LP

−Chairman, founder and majority shareholder, Intercomp Technologies, LLC

−Chairman, founder and majority shareholder, Visual Intelligence

−Former Director, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.

Highly qualified nominees

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RESULTS

•Double-digit EPS growth

•ROCE 3-5% above cost of
capital

The Air Products opportunity

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STABILITY

•Long term contracts,
consistent and
predictable cash flow

•Diversified across
geographies and
distribution channels

•Airgas opportunity
creates competitive
positions in all three
supply modes,
maintains strong
balance sheet

GROWTH

•Solid backlog and
strong growth
opportunities across all
geographies

•New growth
opportunities in energy,
environment and
emerging markets

•Airgas provides highly
efficient re-entry into
U.S. packaged gas
market, broadening our
growth opportunities

Well positioned for long-term value creation

Thank you

www.airproducts.com

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Non GAAP Appendix: Year over Year Deltas

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Non GAAP Appendix: Half Year Deltas

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Appendix:ROCE

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Appendix:ROCE Tax Rate

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Non GAAP Appendix: ROCE FY04 and FY08

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Non GAAP Appendix:
ROCE Tax Rate FY04 and FY08

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Non-GAAP Appendix:FY10 Guidance

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($ Millions, except per share data)

FY10 Guidance vs. FY09

Diluted EPS

Continuing Ops

FY09 GAAP

$3.00

FY09 Global Cost Reduction Plan

$0.94

FY09 Pension Settlement

$0.02

FY09 Customer Bankruptcy and Asset Actions

$0.10

FY09 Non GAAP

$4.06

FY10 Guidance, excludes acquisition related costs

$4.90-$5.00

FY09 GAAP

$3.00

% Change GAAP

63%-67%

FY10 Guidance, excludes acquisition related costs

$4.90-$5.00

FY09 Non GAAP

$4.06

% Change Non GAAP

21%-23%