-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BzGMgcxpD7LgzJR16e1DnEvmsdEWjsTwf5wNddp0jc4f+8fBWSK2WGeT2mR4VHA+ jbKB6z1818aQasxJqj/gBA== 0000884905-06-000047.txt : 20060302 0000884905-06-000047.hdr.sgml : 20060302 20060302134551 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884905-06-000047 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060228 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060302 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060302 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRAXAIR INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000884905 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810] IRS NUMBER: 061249050 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY RD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810-5113 BUSINESS PHONE: 2038372000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810-5113 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNION CARBIDE INDUSTRIAL GASES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19600201 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WATSON H MITCHELL JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001190774 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11037 FILM NUMBER: 06659065 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810-5113 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 4 2006-02-28 0000884905 PRAXAIR INC PX 0001190774 WATSON H MITCHELL JR 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD DANBURY CT 06810-5113 1 0 0 0 Stock Option (Right to Buy) 53.98 2006-02-28 4 A 0 7620 0 A 2007-02-28 2016-02-28 Common Stock 7620 7620 D The option vests in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 28, 2007. Anthony M. Pepper, Attorney-in-Fact 2006-03-02 EX-24 2 ex24watson.htm 
Exhibit 24





POWER OF ATTORNEY



I, H. Mitchell Watson, a Director of

Praxair, Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby

authorize and designate each of James T.

Breedlove, Robert A. Bassett or Anthony M.

Pepper my agent and attorney in fact, with

full power of substitution, to:



(1)  prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3,

Form 4 or Form 5 under Section 16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any

amendments thereto, and file the same with

the Securities and Exchange Commission

and the New York Stock Exchange;



(2)  prepare and sign on my behalf

any Form 144 Notice under the Securities

Act of 1933 and any amendments thereto

and file the same with the Securities and

Exchange Commission; and



(3) do anything else necessary or

proper in connection with the forgoing





This power of attorney shall remain in effect

as long as I am subject to Section 16 with

respect to the Corporation, and shall

not be affected by my subsequent disability or

incompetence.







/s/ H. Mitchell Watson

H. Mitchell Watson



Dated: January 23, 2006
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