DANBURY, CT — Ricardo Malfitano sold 138,075 shares of Praxair Inc stock, or $15,188,350 worth, as noted in an SEC Filing today. As reported in the filing, the transactions occurred on February 17, 2012.

After the transaction, Ricardo Malfitano's stake was reported as 35,883 shares of Praxair Inc stock (a 79% decrease from before the transaction took place). In addition, Ricardo Malfitano performed several other transactions, including using transaction codes 'M' (exercise, usually of options). Ricardo Malfitano's title was listed as "Executive Vice President" at Praxair Inc within the filing.

As noted on February 21, 2012, Ricardo Malfitano's sale was done directly over 3 transactions on February 17, 2012. The share price ranged from $110 to $110 according to the regulatory filing detailing the transactions.

If we look over the past 12 months, Ricardo Malfitano has sold a total of 286,075 shares of Praxair Inc, proceeds from the sale totaled $30,731,874. Over the same time period, Ricardo Malfitano has purchased no shares of Praxair Inc stock. Ricardo Malfitano has also performed other transactions including payment of tax liabilites , and exercise of options .

Let's take a quick, high-level look at insider trading at Praxair Inc over the past 12 months. A total of 741,360 shares of Praxair Inc stock was sold by insiders, totaling $78,870,522. Over the same time 12 month time period, no shares of Praxair Inc were purchased by company insiders.

To view the complete SEC Filing: Praxair Inc 4 (Insider Trading) SEC Filing