UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 333-188772, 333-75258, 333-136463, 333-174883, 333-196664
Airgas, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
259 North Radnor-Chester Road, Suite 100
Radnor, PA 19087-5283
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
1.650% Senior Notes due 2018
3.050% Senior Notes due 2020
2.375% Senior Notes due 2020
2.900% Senior Notes due 2022
3.650% Senior Notes due 2024
Deferred Compensation Obligations*
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1) | ¨ | |
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2) | ¨ | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) | x | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ¨ | |
| Rule 15d-6 | x |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
1.650% Senior Notes due 2018 | 55 | |||||
3.050% Senior Notes due 2020 | 34 | |||||
2.375% Senior Notes due 2020 | 51 | |||||
2.900% Senior Notes due 2022 | 33 | |||||
3.650% Senior Notes due 2024 | 20 | |||||
Deferred Compensation Obligations | 109 |
| * | Deferred compensation obligations are unsecured obligations of Airgas, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Airgas, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan II for eligible employees. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Airgas, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
| AIRGAS, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Robert H. Young, Jr. | |||||
| Date: June 2, 2016 | Name: | Robert H. Young, Jr. | ||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and General | |||||
| Counsel | ||||||