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Note 9	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	Events After the Balance Sheet Date In the Business Combination, Praxair, Inc.’s business will be brought indirectly under the Company through the Merger and Linde AG’s business will be brought indirectly under the Company through the Exchange Offer. Following settlement of the Exchange Offer, the Company intends to pursue a post-completion reorganization with respect to Linde AG if the relevant ownership threshold for such a post-completion reorganization has been reached as a result of or following the Exchange Offer. Also refer to Note 1.

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The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

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