0000884905-16-000118.txt : 20160301 0000884905-16-000118.hdr.sgml : 20160301 20160301160944 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884905-16-000118 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160229 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160301 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160301 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: Bichara Guillermo CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001629436 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11037 FILM NUMBER: 161473307 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810-5113 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2016-02-29 0000884905 PRAXAIR INC PX 0001629436 Bichara Guillermo C/O PRAXAIR, INC. 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD DANBURY CT 06810-5113 0 1 0 0 VP, General Counsel & Secty Common Stock 971.565 I 401(k) Common Stock 2016-02-29 4 M 0 428 0 A 1956 D Common Stock 2016-02-29 4 F 0 146 103.24 D 1810 D Performance Share Units 0 2016-02-29 4 A 0 428 0 A Common Stock 428 428 D Performance Share Units 2016-02-29 4 M 0 428 D Common Stock 428 0 D Shares of common stock acquired pursuant to the payout of a performance share unit grant made on February 26, 2013 (the "PSU"). Shares of common stock withheld from the PSU payout to cover tax withholdings. The PSU paid out on February 29, 2016 and the number of shares awarded and paid out was determined based upon the average annual return on capital ("ROC') of Praxair, Inc. from 2013- 2015 measured against ROC goals set by the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors when the PSU was granted in 2013. Anthony M. Pepper, Attorney-in-Fact 2016-03-01