SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OHARA KEVIN M (Last) (First) (Middle) 1915 REXFORD ROAD (Street) CHARLOTTE NC 28211 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC [ PNY ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/31/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/31/2003	01/31/2003	P(1)		74.766	A	$31.559	10,670.098	D
Common Stock	04/30/2003	04/30/2003	P(1)		87.526	A	$32.76	10,757.624	D
Common Stock	07/31/2003	07/31/2003	P(1)		70.765	A	$34.7305	10,828.389	D
Common Stock	10/31/2003	10/31/2003	P(1)		80.555	A	$35.595	10,908.944	D
Common Stock	12/12/2003	12/12/2003	J(2)		990	A	$41.91	11,898.944(3)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares acquired pursuant to Piedmont Natural Gas Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

2. Award of Common Stock pursuant to Executive Long-Term Incentive Plan.

3. Reporting Person indirectly owns 1,155.4281 shares by 401(k) as of November 25, 2003.

	/s/ Martin C. Ruegsegger by limited power of attorney for Kevin M. O'Hara	12/15/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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