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Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
884905	Praxair Inc	PX	Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)	061249050

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1190775	F Stephen Angel	C/O Praxair, Inc. 39 Old Ridgebury Road Danbury CT 06810-5113	President & Ceo	Yes	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-08-02	50,000	$23.11	81,389	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-02	50,000	$87.96	31,389	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-08-02	50,000	$27.43	81,389	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-02	50,000	$87.96	31,389	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	Disposition	2010-08-02	50,000	$0.00	50,000	$23.11
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	Disposition	2010-08-02	50,000	$0.00	50,000	$27.43

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2002-04-23	2011-04-23	No	4	M	Direct
60,000	2003-01-02	2012-01-02	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	2,268	Indirect	In trust for children
Common Stock	50,990	Indirect	Joint Tenant with Wife
Common Stock	5,997	Indirect	401(k)

Reported Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Price	Date	Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$26.43	2004-02-28	2013-02-28	100,000	100,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$36.58	2005-02-24	2014-02-24	120,000	120,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$44.25	2006-02-22	2015-02-22	143,100	143,100	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$53.98	2007-02-28	2016-02-29	130,600	130,600	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$61.47	2008-02-27	2017-02-27	308,300	308,300	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$83.89	2009-02-26	2018-02-26	195,200	195,200	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$83.89	2011-02-26	2018-02-26	85,000	85,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$60.92	2010-02-24	2019-02-24	281,510	281,510	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$76.16	2011-02-23	2020-02-23	204,640	204,640	Direct
Common Stock	Deferred Stock	$0.00			63,622	63,622	Direct

Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
2013-02-28	100,000	100,000	Direct
2014-02-24	120,000	120,000	Direct
2015-02-22	143,100	143,100	Direct
2016-02-29	130,600	130,600	Direct
2017-02-27	308,300	308,300	Direct
2018-02-26	195,200	195,200	Direct
2018-02-26	85,000	85,000	Direct
2019-02-24	281,510	281,510	Direct
2020-02-23	204,640	204,640	Direct
	63,622	63,622	Direct

Footnotes

Represents shares of unvested restricted stock including shares acquired upon dividend reinvestment.
The $87.9556 price reported is the weighted average sale price. The sale price ranged from $87.90 to $88.00 per share. Upon request of the SEC Staff, Praxair, Inc. or a security holder of Praxair, Inc., the reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
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 26, 2009.
This option will vest in full if Praxair, Inc. achieves cumulative fiscal year earnings per share growth of at least 33% over 2007 earnings per share at any time prior to January 1, 2011. If vested, the option may be exercised beginning on the third anniversary of the grant date. If Praxair, Inc. fails to meet the cumulative earnings per share goal, this option will be forfeited.
This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 24, 2010.
This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 23, 2011.
Conversion to Praxair Common Stock is on a 1-for-1 basis.
Deferred stock units acquired under the Praxair, Inc. Compensation Deferral Program as amended ("Deferred Program") and are to be settled in Praxair Common Stock.