0000884905-17-000013.txt : 20170301 0000884905-17-000013.hdr.sgml : 20170301 20170301175229 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884905-17-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170227 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170301 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170301 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: 10 RIVERVIEW DRIVE CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810 BUSINESS PHONE: 2038372000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 RIVERVIEW DRIVE CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNION CARBIDE INDUSTRIAL GASES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19600201 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bichara Guillermo CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001629436 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11037 FILM NUMBER: 17656068 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810-5113 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2017-02-27 0000884905 PRAXAIR INC PX 0001629436 Bichara Guillermo C/O PRAXAIR, INC. 10 RIVERVIEW DRIVE DANBURY CT 06810 0 1 0 0 VP, General Counsel & Secty Common Stock 1295.1723 I 401(k) Common Stock 2017-02-27 4 M 0 480 0 A 2290 D Common Stock 2017-02-27 4 F 0 165 118.11 D 2125 D Performance Share Units 0 2017-02-27 4 A 0 480 0 A Common Stock 480 480 D Performance Share Units 2017-02-27 4 M 0 480 D Common Stock 480 0 D Stock Option (right to buy) 118.71 2017-02-28 4 A 0 40100 0 A 2018-02-28 2027-02-28 Common Stock 40100 40100 D Stock Option (right to buy) 109.68 2013-02-28 2022-02-28 Common Stock 2560 2560 D Stock Option (right to buy) 110.58 2014-02-26 2023-02-26 Common Stock 4860 4860 D Stock Option (right to buy) 128.80 2015-02-25 2024-02-25 Common Stock 7465 7465 D Stock Option (right to buy) 128.38 2016-02-24 2025-02-24 Common Stock 21190 21190 D Stock Option (right to buy) 102.22 2016-02-23 4 A 0 44665 0 A 2017-02-23 2026-02-23 Common Stock 44665 44665 D Deferred Stock 0 Common Stock 86.628 86.628 D Shares of common stock acquired pursuant to the payout of a performance share unit grant made on February 25, 2014 (the "PSU"). Shares of common stock withheld from the PSU payout to cover tax withholdings. The PSU paid out on February 27, 2017 and the number of shares awarded and paid out was determined based upon the average annual return on capital ("ROC") of Praxair, Inc. from 2014-2016 measured against ROC goals set by the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors when the PSU was granted in 2014. This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 28, 2018. This option became exercisable in three (3) equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant. This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 25, 2015. This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 24, 2016. This option vests over three yeras in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 23, 2017. Conversion to Praxair Common Stock is on a l-for-1 basis. Deferred stock units acquired under the Praxair, Inc. Compensation Deferral Plan as amended ("Deferral Plan") and are to be settled in Praxair Common Stock. Anthony M. Pepper, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-03-01