Airgas Inc.

Mike Molinini is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Airgas, Inc. and is a member of the Management Committee. Prior to assuming this position on January 14, 2005, he was senior vice president – Hardgoods, with company-wide responsibility for directing sales and marketing, brand management, procurement, as well as managing distribution center logistics and supplier relationships for these welding and safety products representing sales of $1 billion. Mr. Molinini joined Airgas in April 1997 as group vice president of Airgas Direct Industrial and led the build out of the centralized infrastructure for purchasing, logistics and hardgoods brand management. He also led the development of Airgas' very successful Radnor private label program. Prior to joining Airgas, Mr. Molinini served as vice president marketing at National Welders Supply Company, an Airgas joint venture, where he managed all gases and hardgoods sales and marketing programs, and all MRO supplier relationships. Mr. Molinini joined NWS after spending 19 years with the Linde Division of Union Carbide Corporation where he held a variety of operations, sales and business management positions, including president, Linde Gases of the Southeast. Mr. Molinini received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Seton Hall University in 1972. He has been married for 30 years and has four children.

Mr. Stout, age 53, has been President, Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, with responsibility for global pharmaceutical operations, since January 2003. Prior to that, he served as President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals from 1999 to January 2003. He served as Senior Vice President and Director, Sales and Marketing-U.S., for SmithKline Beecham from October 1996 until 1998. Mr. Stout was President of Schering Laboratories, a division of Schering-Plough Corporation, from 1994 until 1996. He held various executive and sales and marketing positions with Schering-Plough from 1979, when he joined the company, until 1994. Mr. Stout has been an Airgas director since 1999.

Ms. Wolf, age 54, has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Water, the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater company, since 2006. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President and CFO of USEC, Inc. beginning in December 2003 and as Vice President and CFO of American Water from 1999 to 2003. Prior to that, Ms. Wolf held various positions with increasing responsibility in corporate accounting, finance and business development since beginning her career in 1987. She also serves on the board of directors for C&D Technologies Inc., Water for People and the National Association of Water Companies. She serves as a member of Airgas, Inc.'s Audit Committee and has been an Airgas director since 2008.

Mr. Hovey, age 61, is President of The Fox Companies, a diversified real estate development firm, which he joined in 1972, where he has been responsible for the development of numerous housing units and office buildings, and of a sports arena. Mr. Hovey also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships, Inc. and a director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Hovey has been an Airgas director since 1999.

Mr. van Roden, age 58, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of P.H. Glatfelter Company, a diversified global manufacturer of specialty papers and engineered products, from 2003 to 2006, and currently serves as a consultant to P.H. Glatfelter Company on strategic issues. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Conectiv from 1998 to 2003, and as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lukens Inc. from 1982 to 1998. Mr. van Roden also serves on the boards of H.B. Fuller Company, Semco Energy, Inc., and Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. Mr. van Roden has served as a director of the Company since October 2006.

Mr. Thomas, age 63, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Rayonier, Inc. since March 2007. Previously, he served as President of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, beginning in September 2002, and as President and Chief Operating Officer, beginning in March 2003, until his retirement in December 2005. Mr. Thomas held these and other senior executive positions within Georgia-Pacific Corporation since 1993. Prior to that, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Law Companies Environmental Group Inc. and has held numerous federal and state government positions, including positions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Office of the Governor of South Carolina. Mr. Thomas is a director of Rayonier, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group and also serves as a member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Mr. Thomas has served as an Airgas director since 1998.

Ms. Sneed, age 59, served as Executive Vice President of Global Marketing Resources and Initiatives for Kraft Foods, Inc. from June 2005 until her retirement in December 2006. She was responsible for leading Kraft's approximately 700-person Global Marketing Services organization that ensures world-class marketing, including advertising, media, promotions, marketing research, packaging, digital and interactive marketing, CRM and other marketing disciplines for more than 100 major food brands. Ms. Sneed joined General Foods Corporation (which later merged with Kraft Foods, Inc.) in 1977, and served in various executive positions since 1986. She also serves as a trustee of Simmons College, Teach for America and the Chicago Children's Museum. Ms. Sneed is also a member of the board of directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation. Ms. Sneed has been an Airgas director since 1999.

Richard C. Ill, President and CEO, Triumph Group, Inc. headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania is a graduate of Lafayette College, Drexel University, MBA, and the Stanford Executive Program. He served as a Captain in the U. S. Army, 1965-1968. Mr. Ill joined Alco Standard Corporation, 1968 – 1993 progressing in the following positions: Metalsource Corporation, Group Vice President, 1973-1983; Triumph Industries, President, 1976-1983; Metalsource Corporation, President 1983-1987; Triumph Group, President, 1988-1993; Alco Standard Corporation, Vice President, 1989-1993. In 1993 Mr. Ill led a successful management buyout of Triumph Group, Inc., where he now serves as President & CEO and a board director. Mr. Ill is a member of the Advisory Board, Outward Bound USA; the Board of Directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, as well as the Board of Directors of Airgas, Inc. and P. H. Glatfelter.