SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14D-9
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement
Pursuant to Section 14(d)(4) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 7)
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CBI INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
CBI INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share
(and Associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)
(Title of Class of Securities)
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124800 10 3
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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Charles O. Ziemer, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
CBI Industries, Inc.
800 Jorie Boulevard
Oak Brook, Illinois 60521-2268
(708) 572-7000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf
of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
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With a copy to:
Richard D. Katcher, Esq.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019-6150
(212) 403-1000<PAGE>
This Amendment No. 7 amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recomendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
on November 16, 1995, and as subsequently amended (as so
amended, the "Schedule 14D-9"), by CBI Industries, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company" or "CBI"), relating to the
tender offer made by PX Acquisition Corp. ("P Sub"), a Delaware
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Praxair"), to purchase all outstanding
shares of Common Stock, including the associated Rights issued
pursuant to the Amendment and Restatement dated as of August 8,
1989 of a Rights Agreement dated as of March 4, 1986, between
the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as
Rights Agent, at a price of $32.00 per Share, net to the seller
in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in the Offer to Purchase dated November 3, 1995 and the related
Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Praxair
Offer"), as disclosed in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule
14D-1 filed by P Sub and Praxair with the Commission on Novem-
ber 3, 1995, and as subsequently amended. Unless otherwise
indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9.
ITEM 6. RECENT TRANSACTIONS AND INTENT WITH RESPECT TO SECU-
RITIES.
(a) Twenty-one trusts, of which John T. Horton, a
director of the Company, is a co-trustee and in which Mr.
Horton has a one-sixth beneficial interest, have filed Forms 144
with the Commission with respect to 575,022 shares of CBI
Common Stock. By notice dated December 5, 1995, the trusts
filed Forms 144 with respect to an aggregate of 75,012 shares.
By notice dated December 7, 1995, the trusts filed Forms 144 with
respect to an aggregate of 500,010 shares. Mr. Horton has advised
the Company that he did not participate in any decisions with
respect to the possible disposition of such shares.<PAGE>
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its know-
ledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the informa-
tion set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
CBI INDUSTRIES, INC.
Dated: December 13, 1995 By: /s/ John E. Jones
John E. Jones
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
