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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
1519439	A Sally Savoia	C/O Praxair, Inc. 39 Old Ridgebury Road Danbury CT 06810-5113	Vice President	No	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	Explanation
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-05-02	40,000	$26.43	43,992	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2011-05-02	40,000	$105.42	3,992	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
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	2011-05-02	40,000	$0.00	40,000	$26.43

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2004-02-28	2013-02-28	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	302	Indirect	Joint with spouse
Common Stock	781	Indirect	Owned by child
Common Stock	18,254	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)	$36.58	2005-02-24	2014-02-24	50,000	50,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$44.25	2006-02-22	2015-02-22	55,000	55,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$53.98	2007-02-28	2016-02-29	45,000	45,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$61.47	2008-02-27	2017-02-27	35,000	35,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$83.89	2009-02-26	2018-02-26	21,000	21,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$60.92	2010-02-24	2019-02-24	29,780	29,780	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$76.16	2011-02-23	2020-02-23	22,175	22,175	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$97.84	2012-02-22	2021-02-22	21,440	21,440	Direct
Common Stock	Deferred Stock	$0.00			59,942	59,942	Direct

Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
2014-02-24	50,000	50,000	Direct
2015-02-22	55,000	55,000	Direct
2016-02-29	45,000	45,000	Direct
2017-02-27	35,000	35,000	Direct
2018-02-26	21,000	21,000	Direct
2019-02-24	29,780	29,780	Direct
2020-02-23	22,175	22,175	Direct
2021-02-22	21,440	21,440	Direct
	59,942	59,942	Direct

Footnotes

This total includes shares previous acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment under the Praxair Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and unvested restricted stock units.
The $105.42 price reported is the weighted average sale price. The sale prices ranged from $105.15 to $105.87 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.
The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.
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 24, 2010.
This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 23, 2011.
This option vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 22, 2012.
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 ("Deferral Program") and are to be settled in Praxair Common Stock.