X0303 4 2009-08-17 0 0000850660 THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORP /DE THMD 0001342298 Adorjan J Joe 223 N. BEMISTON AVE CLAYTON MO 63105 1 0 0 0 Stock Option (Right To Buy) 4.79 2009-08-17 4 A 0 40000 0 A 2019-08-17 Common Stock 40000 40000 D Consistent with the terms of the 2004 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, the exercise price is equal to the closing sales price of the registrant's common stock on August 14, 2009, the last market trading day prior to the date of the grant. One-third of the option vests on each of the grant date, the first anniversary of the grant date and the second anniversary of the grant date. Therefore, the option vests with respect to 13,333 of the underlying shares on August 17, 2009 and August 17, 2010, respectively, and with respect to 13,334 of the underlying shares on August 17, 2011. Debbie Bockius, Attorney in Fact 2009-08-19