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Pricing Term Sheet
Final Term Sheet
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Dated August 31, 2011
Relating to
Prospectus Supplement dated August 31, 2011 to
Registration Statement No. 333-162982
(PRAXAIR LOGO)
$500,000,000 3.000% Notes due 2021
     
Issuer:
  Praxair, Inc.
Principal Amount:
  $500,000,000
CUSIP / ISIN:
  74005P AZ7 / US74005PAZ71
Title of Securities:
  3.000% Notes due 2021
Trade Date:
  August 31, 2011
Original Issue Date (Settlement Date):
  September 6, 2011
Maturity Date:
  September 1, 2021
Benchmark Treasury:
  2.125% due August 15, 2021
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:
  99-20 and 2.167%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
  93 basis points
Yield to Maturity:
  3.097%
Interest Rate:
  3.000% per annum
Public Offering Price (Issue Price):
  99.173% of the Principal Amount thereof
Interest Payment Dates:
  Semi-annually in arrears on each March 1st and September 1st
 
  commencing March 1, 2012
Redemption Provision:
  Make-whole call at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points
Joint Bookrunners:
  Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
 
  RBS Securities Inc.
 
  Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
 
  Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Co-Managers:
  Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
 
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
 
  Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
 
  HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
 
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
 
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
 
 
Incorporated
 
  Santander Investment Securities Inc.
 
  SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited
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