-----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, OHcrCpKPovFXX0vKd2i14kM6PiXRYViU/ihcsN925ux2FvprMSu29tHzrynMGB0V IBFAljtajf5HXvNbtbYQ9w== 0000884905-10-000046.txt : 20100803 0000884905-10-000046.hdr.sgml : 20100803 20100803115355 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884905-10-000046 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100726 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100803 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100803 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bernardes Oscar CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001189308 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11037 FILM NUMBER: 10986499 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810-5113 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BERNARDES OSCAR DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020913 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 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0203 3 2010-07-26 0 0000884905 PRAXAIR INC PX 0001189308 Bernardes Oscar C/O PRAXAIR, INC. 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD DANBURY CT 06810-5113 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 1200 D Common Stock 1220 D Restricted stock units payable in shares of Praxair Common Stock, payable in full after a restrictive period ending on April 27, 2013, unless the payout is deferred by the reporting person. Anthony M. Pepper, Attorney-in-Fact 2010-08-03 EX-24 2 ex24bernardes.htm 
Exhibit 24





POWER OF ATTORNEY



I, Oscar de Paula Bernardes, a Director of

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

authorize and designate each of James T.

Breedlove, Mark D. Nielsen, 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/ Oscar de Paula Bernardes

Oscar de Paula Bernardes

Dated: July 21, 2010
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