Praxair Announces Price Increases for Gases and Facility Fees Effective June 1, 2012

Praxair, Inc.

and its divisions and subsidiaries (Praxair Distribution, Praxair Healthcare Services, Praxair Canada Inc., and Praxair Puerto Rico N.V.) are notifying bulk and packaged industrial, electronics, specialty, and medical gases customers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico of increases in prices effective June 1, 2012, or as contracts permit, as follows: Up to 12% for nitrogen and oxygen; Up to 18% for argon, and hydrogen; Up to 15% for facility fees or monthly bulk product charges and cylinder rental rates; Up to 15% on hardgoods.