0000884905-16-000173.txt : 20160801 0000884905-16-000173.hdr.sgml : 20160801 20160801104509 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884905-16-000173 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160801 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160801 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160801 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: Hoyt Kelcey E CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681090 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11037 FILM NUMBER: 161796188 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD CITY: DANBURY STATE: CT ZIP: 06810-5113 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2016-08-01 0 0000884905 PRAXAIR INC PX 0001681090 Hoyt Kelcey E C/O PRAXAIR, INC. 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD DANBURY CT 06810-5113 0 1 0 0 Vice President, Controller Common Stock 148 D Common Stock 400.4252 I 401(k) Stock Option (right to buy) 97.84 2012-02-22 2021-02-22 Common Stock 4950 D Stock Option (right to buy) 109.68 2013-02-28 2022-02-28 Common Stock 3995 D Stock Option (right to buy) 110.58 2014-02-26 2023-02-26 Common Stock 2675 D Stock Option (right to buy) 128.80 2015-02-25 2024-02-25 Common Stock 3735 D Stock Option (right to buy) 128.38 2016-02-24 2025-02-24 Common Stock 5150 D Stock Option (right to buy) 102.22 2017-02-23 2026-02-23 Common Stock 9360 D 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 options vests over three years in three consecutive equal annual installments beginning on February 23, 2017. Anthony M. Pepper, Attorney-in-Fact 2016-08-01 EX-24 2 ex24hoyt.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24





POWER OF ATTORNEY



I, Kelcey Hoyt, an officer of

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

authorize and designate each of

Guillermo Bichara,

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/ Kelcey Hoyt

Kelcey Hoyt

Dated: July 28, 2016