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Item 7.01
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Regulation FD Disclosure
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On August 9, 2017, Hudson Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”)
disclosed the information contained in the slides attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which include information with respect to the
Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary
Hudson Holdings, Inc., and Airgas, Inc. (“Seller”), which provides for the sale (the “Sale”) by Seller
to Holdings of all of the outstanding stock of Airgas-Refrigerants, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ARI”).
Statements contained in Exhibit 99.1 which are not historical
facts constitute forward-looking statements. These include statements regarding management’s intentions, plans, beliefs,
expectations or forecasts for the future including, without limitation, the Company’s expectations with respect to the benefits,
costs and other anticipated financial impacts of the proposed ARI transaction; future financial and operating results of the Company;
the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations and services; approval of
the proposed transaction by governmental regulatory authorities; the availability of financing; the satisfaction of the closing
conditions to the proposed transaction; and the timing of the completion of the proposed transaction. Such forward-looking statements
involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in the laws and regulations affecting
the industry, changes in the demand and price for refrigerants (including unfavorable market conditions adversely affecting the
demand for, and the price of, refrigerants), the Company's ability to source refrigerants, regulatory and economic factors, seasonality,
competition, litigation, the nature of supplier or customer arrangements that become available to the Company in the future, adverse
weather conditions, possible technological obsolescence of existing products and services, possible reduction in the carrying value
of long-lived assets, estimates of the useful life of its assets, potential environmental liability, customer concentration, the
ability to obtain financing, any delays or interruptions in bringing products and services to market, the timely availability of
any requisite permits and authorizations from governmental entities and third parties as well as factors relating to doing business
outside the United States, including changes in the laws, regulations, policies, and political, financial and economic conditions,
including inflation, interest and currency exchange rates, of countries in which the Company may seek to conduct business, the
Company’s ability to successfully integrate any assets it acquires from third parties into its operations, and other risks
detailed in the Company's 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and other subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Examples of such risks and uncertainties specific to the proposed ARI transaction include, but are not limited to:
the possibility that the proposed transaction is delayed or does not close, including due to the failure to receive required regulatory
approvals or the failure of other closing conditions; the possibility that the expected benefits will not be realized, or will
not be realized within the expected time period; and the ability to complete the contemplated debt financings. The words "believe",
"expect", "anticipate", "may", "plan", "should" and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date the statement was made.
The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report
on Form 8-K and in Exhibit 99.1 to comply with Regulation FD. Such information, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed”
for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including
Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation
language in such filing.