半数以上的票数在Airgas在德雷克塞尔山，宾夕法尼亚州，今天举行的年度会议支持在1月18日，另一次会议，使空气化工产品公司被提名人有机会在4个月的董事会的控制权。 Airgas行政总裁彼得麦考斯兰在接受采访时说，这次会议的建议是无效的。 The company today challenged it in Delaware Chancery Court.该公司今天在美国特拉华州衡平法院挑战它。
Airgas上升百分之3.6至67.16美元在纽约交易，这意味着投资者预计将有1提供比空气产品公司的65.50美元出价更高。 Air Products raised the offer from $63.50 last week and said it would end its pursuit of Airgas unless investors voted for its proposals at the meeting.空气化工产品公司提出的63.50美元报价从上周表示，将结束其Airgas除非投资者在会议上的提案投赞成票的追求。
“像Airgas现在看来已经没有选择的友好协议，但谈判一说，”莱昂内尔梅尔卡，一个在伯恩海姆德雷福斯和谁管理，包括Airgas公司股票在巴黎资产套利的投资者。 He said he expects a friendly deal at $70 or $72 a share.他说，他预计在70美元，或每股72美元的友好协议。 “The 'just say no' defense is no longer viable.” “这就是刚才说没有的防守不再是可行的。”
空气化工产品上涨1.17美元，或1.5个百分点，至81.38美元为4:15在纽约证交所交易时。
The final results of the vote will be released after being tabulated and certified, Airgas said in a statement.在投票的最后结果将制表和认证后获释，Airgas在声明中说。
'Ready to Negotiate' '准备好进行谈判'
“Airgas shareholders have provided a clear mandate to negotiate a transaction,” Air Products CEO John McGlade said in a statement. “Airgas股东提供了明确的任务，谈判一项交易，”空气化工产品公司的首席执行官约翰麦克格莱德在声明中说。 “We stand ready to negotiate immediately.” “我们随时准备立即进行谈判。”
McGlade, who runs the world's biggest hydrogen producer, took a $60-a-share bid directly to shareholders in February after two prior requests for friendly talks were rejected.麦克格莱德，谁运行着世界上最大的氢生产，采取了友好的交谈后，两个前向股东请求60美元1股，直接被拒绝的出价在2月份。
“It's now a question of the two parties sitting down and negotiating a friendly deal,” said Mark Gulley, a New York based analyst at Soleil Securities. “现在的问题，双方坐下来谈判友好交易，”马克格利说，在纽约Soleil证券的分析师。
Investors at the meeting elected Air Products' nominees John P. Clancey, Robert L. Lumpkins, and Ted B. Miller Jr. The vote ousted McCausland as chairman, and two other directors, W. Thacher Brown, and Richard C. Ill.在当选的空气化工产品公司的被提名人约翰P.克兰斯，罗伯特L.兰普金斯会见投资者，特德二小米勒担任董事长下台麦考斯兰的选票，而另外两名董事之际，撒切尔布朗和理查德病态。
Airgas shareholders voted to bar defeated directors from being reseated for three years, with the exception of McCausland, who can be reseated as long he doesn't serve as chairman. Airgas股东投票否决被禁止三年重新插拔董事，随着麦考斯兰例外，谁可以重新插拔一下，只要他不担任主席。 Investors also approved an Air Products proposal to repeal any bylaw amendments adopted by the Airgas board since April 7.投资者还批准了空气化工产品公司的建议，废除任何附例的Airgas自4月7日董事会通过的修正案。
Proxy Recommendations代理的建议
Four proxy advisory firms, including Institutional Investor Services, recommended last week that Airgas shareholders oppose Air Products' proposal to hold the next annual meeting in January.四代理咨询公司，包括机构投资者服务，上周Airgas建议股东反对空气产品公司的建议，明年1月举行的年度会议。 ISS said the threat of a board takeover would deprive Airgas of the ability to negotiate the best price.国际空间站的一个委员会表示，将收购的威胁剥夺的谈判能力最好的价格Airgas。
Airgas said Aug. 23 that the accelerated annual meeting schedule was legally invalid, partly because it may improperly shorten directors' terms. Airgas表示，8月23日的年度会议时间表加快在法律上无效的，部分是因为它可能不正确缩短董事的条款。
“Delaware law does not permit two 'annual' meetings for the election of directors in just four months,” Airgas lawyers said in a brief filed in Wilmington. “特拉华州的法律不允许两个年度'为选举董事会议，在短短4个月，”Airgas律师表示，在威尔明顿提出了简短。
“Airgas' lawsuit is completely without merit,” Air Products said in a separate statement. “Airgas'诉讼是完全没有好处，”空气产品公司在另一项声明中说。
Market Leader市场领导者
Air Products is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles north of Airgas's headquarters.空气产品公司是总部设在宾夕法尼亚州Allentown，大约60英里以北的Airgas的总部。 A combination of the companies would have more than $12 billion in sales, replacing US market leader Praxair Inc. and closing the gap with Air Liquide SA of France and Germany's Linde AG.阿的公司合并后将有超过120亿美元的销售额，取代美国普莱克斯公司和市场的领导者缩小与法国液化空气SA公司和德国林德公司的差距。
McCausland created Airgas in 1982 with his first purchase of a packaged-gas company for $5.3 million.麦考斯兰创建于1982年与他的一个包装，煤气公司首次购买530万美元Airgas。 Radnor, Pennsylvania-based Airgas made more than 400 acquisitions, grabbing 25 percent of the market for industrial gases such as argon and oxygen sold in small quantities.拉德纳，位于宾夕法尼亚州的Airgas了400多个收购，抢走了，如氩气和氧气的小批量销售工业气体市场的百分之25。
Should Air Products end its pursuit, Airgas may institute a share buyback to support the share price and recapitalize the balance sheet, McCausland said last week.如果空气化工产品公司结束其追求，Airgas可能建立一个股票回购计划，以支持股价和资产重组的资产负债表，麦考斯兰上周说。 The company also would talk with other potential bidders, he said.该公司也将与其他潜在投标人，他说。
McCausland owns 9.2 percent of the company's shares.麦考斯兰拥有9.2公司的股份。
--With assistance from Phil Milford in Wilmington. - 由菲尔米尔福德援助威尔明顿。 Editors: Simon Casey, Steven Frank.编辑：西门凯西，史蒂芬弗兰克。
To contact the reporter on this story: Jack Kaskey in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, at jkaskey@bloomberg.net.要联系本故事记者：杰克在德雷克塞尔山，宾夕法尼亚州，卡斯基在jkaskey@bloomberg.net。
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Simon Casey at scasey@bloomberg.net.联络scasey@bloomberg.net的编辑负责对这个故事：西蒙凯西。
