Insider trade

CFO sold ~$824K of APD shares in the open market

Traded May 1, 2026 · Filed May 4, 2026

Air ProductsAPD

~$824K
Reported value · 2,714 sh @ $303.76: 14K
Holds after · shares reported: -9.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +6.0%, $301.07 → $273.33 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Air Products sold $824K of Air Products shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: May 1, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 4, 2026

CFO$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$824,405

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

1 day after results of Apr 30, 2026, 90 days before results of Jul 30, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $301.07 on May 1, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 6% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $230.76 (Dec 9, 2025) to $303.65 (Apr 23, 2026), 96% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $284.15 on Mar 19, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-0.1%	+2.0%	-2.1%
30 days	-6.9%	+4.6%	-11.5%
90 days	-3.6%	+4.7%	-8.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001225208-26-004772
Filed / recorded: May 4, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 2969
Ticker: APD
Reporting person: Melissa N. Schaeffer
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Exec Vice President and CFO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 1, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,714
Price per share: $303.76
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 14,212
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Actual sale price ranged from $303.19 - $304.32

Around the same time

6mo ago

Congress trade

$1,001 - $15,000Reported range · official band, not an exact amount

3 different filers disclosed APD within 90 days. Disclosed 34 days after the transaction; reported as an official range, not an exact amount.

Why it stands out Official record

6mo ago

18.86Derivative units · @ $291.56

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

6mo ago

5.91Derivative units · @ $291.56

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record