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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 3pt"><B>Registration No.</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PRAXAIR, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06-124-9050<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>39 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut 06810<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2009 PRAXAIR, INC. LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>JAMES T. BREEDLOVE<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Secretary<BR>
Praxair, Inc.<BR>
39 Old Ridgebury Road<BR>
Danbury, Connecticut 06810<BR>
(203)&nbsp;837-2000<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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<TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" NOWRAP>12,000,000 shares (2)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">79.80</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">957,600,000</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$53,434.08</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based, in accordance with Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), on the average of the high and low prices on the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. on November&nbsp;3, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the 1933 Act, the number of shares registered hereunder includes such additional
number of shares of Common Stock as are required to prevent dilution resulting from a stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction that result in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 7 Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">3
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Omitted pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Praxair, Inc. (the &#147;Corporation&#148;) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;the
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Corporation filed with the Commission for the
quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2009, June&nbsp;30, 2009 and September&nbsp;30, 2009;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;Current Reports filed with the Commission on Form 8-K dated January&nbsp;29, 2009, March&nbsp;26,
2009, May&nbsp;26, 2009, August&nbsp;13, 2009, September&nbsp;1, 2009, and November&nbsp;2, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;the description of the shares of the Corporation&#146;s common stock, par value $.01 per share
(&#147;Common Stock&#148;) set forth under the caption &#147;Item
11.&nbsp;Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be
Registered&#148; in the Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
10 dated March&nbsp;10, 1992 as amended by the Corporation&#146;s Form 8
dated May 22, 1992, Form 8 dated June 9, 1992 and Form 8 dated June
12, 1992.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference
herein or in any subsequently filed document which is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been passed
on by James T. Breedlove, Senior Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Secretary of the Corporation,
who also is a shareowner of Common Stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Sections&nbsp;102 and 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or Delaware code, set forth the conditions and limitations
governing the indemnification of officers, directors and other persons by Delaware corporations.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generally, Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware code provides that a Delaware corporation shall have
the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
action, suit or proceeding (except actions by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against
all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and
in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. In addition, a Delaware corporation may similarly indemnify such
person for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense
or settlement of any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, provided such person
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of
the corporation, and, in the case of claims, issues and matters as to which such person shall have
been adjudged liable to the corporation, provided that the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall have determined upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of
the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such
court shall deem proper. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a Delaware
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim issue or matter therein, such person shall
be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generally, Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware code provides that the certificate of
incorporation of a Delaware corporation may contain provisions eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of a director to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director; provided that such provision may not eliminate or limit the liability
of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under section 174 of Title VIII, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision may eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date which such
provisions become effective.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VIII of the Corporation&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the
personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances and provides that
each person who is or was a director or officer of us, and each such person who is or was serving
at our request as a director or officer of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or
sponsored by us (including the heirs, executors, administrators and estate of such person) shall be
indemnified and advanced expenses by us to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the
Delaware code or any applicable laws as presently or hereafter in effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware code provides that a Delaware corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such
person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against the same pursuant to the
provisions of the Delaware code. The Corporation&#146;s directors and officers are covered by insurance
policies indemnifying against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under the
Act, which might be incurred by them in such capacities and against which they may not be
indemnified by the Corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For a statement of our undertakings with respect to indemnification of directors and officers,
see Item&nbsp;9 below.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Danbury, and State of Connecticut, on this
9<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of November, 2009.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PRAXAIR, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James T. Breedlove
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">General Counsel &#038; Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                                     /s/ Matthew J. White
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President and Controller&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on this 9<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
November, 2009.
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ STEPHEN F. ANGEL
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Stephen F. Angel)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal executive officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JAMES S. SAWYER
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President &#038; Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(James S. Sawyer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MATTHEW J. WHITE
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Controller</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Matthew J. White)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal accounting officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">NANCE K. DICCIANI*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Nance K. Dicciani)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EDWARD G. GALANTE*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Edward G. Galante)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">CLAIRE W. GARGALLI*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Claire W. Gargalli)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">IRA D. HALL*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Ira D. Hall)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">RAYMOND W. LEBOEUF*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Raymond W. LeBoeuf)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">LARRY D. MCVAY*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Larry D. McVay</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">WAYNE T. SMITH*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Wayne T. Smith)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">H. MITCHELL WATSON, JR.*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(H. Mitchell Watson, Jr.)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ROBERT L. WOOD*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Robert L. Wood)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">*By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                    /s/ Anthony M. Pepper
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">ANTHONY M.PEPPER&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AFTER
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(a)
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on May&nbsp;6, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01 of the Corporation&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(b)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and restated Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.02 to the
Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed December&nbsp;12, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the securities to be registered is filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(a)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</TD>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2009
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRAXAIR, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
06-124-9050
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
39 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut 06810
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
2009 PRAXAIR, INC. LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
JAMES T. BREEDLOVE
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Praxair, Inc.
39 Old Ridgebury Road
Danbury, Connecticut 06810
(203) 837-2000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Per Share (1)
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
12,000,000 shares (2)
$
79.80
$
957,600,000
$53,434.08
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based, in accordance with Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), on the average of the high and low prices on the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. on November 3, 2009.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the 1933 Act, the number of shares registered hereunder includes such additional
number of shares of Common Stock as are required to prevent dilution resulting from a stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction that result in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 7 Exemption from Registration Claimed
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5
EX-23.A
EX-24
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PART I
Omitted pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference:
(1) the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Praxair, Inc. (the "Corporation") filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the year ended December 31, 2008;
(2) the
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Corporation filed with the Commission for the
quarters ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009;
(3) Current Reports filed with the Commission on Form 8-K dated January 29, 2009, March 26,
2009, May 26, 2009, August 13, 2009, September 1, 2009, and November 2, 2009.
(4) the description of the shares of the Corporation's common stock, par value $.01 per share
("Common Stock") set forth under the caption "Item
11. Description of Registrant's Securities to be
Registered" in the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form
10 dated March 10, 1992 as amended by the Corporation's Form 8
dated May 22, 1992, Form 8 dated June 9, 1992 and Form 8 dated June
12, 1992.
All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference
herein or in any subsequently filed document which is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The legality of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been passed
on by James T. Breedlove, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of the Corporation,
who also is a shareowner of Common Stock.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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The Corporation is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Sections 102 and 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or Delaware code, set forth the conditions and limitations
governing the indemnification of officers, directors and other persons by Delaware corporations.
Generally, Section 145 of the Delaware code provides that a Delaware corporation shall have
the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
action, suit or proceeding (except actions by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against
all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and
in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. In addition, a Delaware corporation may similarly indemnify such
person for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense
or settlement of any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, provided such person
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of
the corporation, and, in the case of claims, issues and matters as to which such person shall have
been adjudged liable to the corporation, provided that the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall have determined upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of
the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such
court shall deem proper. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a Delaware
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim issue or matter therein, such person shall
be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith.
Generally, Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware code provides that the certificate of
incorporation of a Delaware corporation may contain provisions eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of a director to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director; provided that such provision may not eliminate or limit the liability
of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or knowing violation of law, (iii) under section 174 of Title VIII, or (iv) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision may eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date which such
provisions become effective.
Article VIII of the Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the
personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances and provides that
each person who is or was a director or officer of us, and each such person who is or was serving
at our request as a director or officer of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or
sponsored by us (including the heirs, executors, administrators and estate of such person) shall be
indemnified and advanced expenses by us to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the
Delaware code or any applicable laws as presently or hereafter in effect.
Section 145 of the Delaware code provides that a Delaware corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such
person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against the same pursuant to the
provisions of the Delaware code. The Corporation's directors and officers are covered by insurance
policies indemnifying against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under the
Act, which might be incurred by them in such capacities and against which they may not be
indemnified by the Corporation.
For a statement of our undertakings with respect to indemnification of directors and officers,
see Item 9 below.
ITEM 7 Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
See Exhibit Index
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement:
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Danbury, and State of Connecticut, on this
9
th
day of November, 2009.
PRAXAIR, INC.
By
/s/ James T. Breedlove
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary
By
/s/ Matthew J. White
Vice President and Controller
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on this 9
th
day of
November, 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ STEPHEN F. ANGEL
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Stephen F. Angel)
(principal executive officer)
/s/ JAMES S. SAWYER
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(James S. Sawyer)
(principal financial officer)
/s/ MATTHEW J. WHITE
Vice President and Controller
(Matthew J. White)
(principal accounting officer)
NANCE K. DICCIANI*
Director
(Nance K. Dicciani)
EDWARD G. GALANTE*
Director
(Edward G. Galante)
CLAIRE W. GARGALLI*
Director
(Claire W. Gargalli)
IRA D. HALL*
Director
(Ira D. Hall)
RAYMOND W. LEBOEUF*
Director
(Raymond W. LeBoeuf)
LARRY D. MCVAY*
Director
Larry D. McVay
WAYNE T. SMITH*
Director
(Wayne T. Smith)
H. MITCHELL WATSON, JR.*
(H. Mitchell Watson, Jr.)
Director
ROBERT L. WOOD*
(Robert L. Wood)
Director
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*By:
/s/ Anthony M. Pepper
ANTHONY M.PEPPER
AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR THE
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AFTER
WHOSE NAMES APPEARS AN ASTERISK
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4(a)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on May 6, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Corporation's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
4(b)
Amended and restated Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 12, 2007.
5
Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the securities to be registered is filed herewith
23(a)
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23(b)
The consent of counsel is contained in Exhibit 5.
24
Power of Attorney is filed herewith