-----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, B3By5Q/EbLxepWYFy1xaAWFuiL7Ryd+ymxtK0zcqrxEoYuHthJGp+HB8NU7/atni akVWBOw0zINO+ujvU4CIfw== 0000884905-08-000064.txt : 20080806 0000884905-08-000064.hdr.sgml : 20080806 20080806084850 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884905-08-000064 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080801 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080806 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080806 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: White Matthew J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001441755 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11037 FILM NUMBER: 08993356 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: (203) 837-2488 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PRAXAIR, INC. STREET 2: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 12533 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0203 3 2008-08-01 0 0000884905 PRAXAIR INC PX 0001441755 White Matthew J C/O PRAXAIR, INC. 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD DANBURY CT 06810-5113 0 1 0 0 Vice President and Controller Common Stock 274.6868 I 401(k) Stock Option (right to buy) 44.25 2006-02-22 2015-02-22 Common Stock 12000 D Stock Option (right to buy) 53.98 2007-02-28 2016-02-29 Common Stock 20000 D Stock Option (right to buy) 61.47 2008-02-27 2017-02-27 Common Stock 20000 D Stock Option (right to buy) 83.89 2009-02-26 2018-02-26 Common Stock 7200 D Stock Option (right to buy) 83.89 2009-02-26 2018-02-26 Common Stock 10800 D Deferred Stock 0 Common Stock 8.873 D The option vests in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 22, 2006. The option vests in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 28 2007. The option vests in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 27, 2008. The option vests in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 26, 2009. Deferred stock units acquired under the 1993 Praxair, Inc. Compensation Deferral Program as amended and are to be settled in Praxair Common Stock. Conversion to Praxair Common Stock is on a 1-for-1 basis. Anthony M. Pepper, Attorney-in-Fact 2008-08-05 EX-24 2 ex24white.htm 
Exhibit 24





POWER OF ATTORNEY



I, Matthew J. White, an Officer 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/ Matthew J. White

Matthew J. White



Dated: August 1, 2008
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