-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VFiMqZLHvtsciR5Xtp13WBhQ9q1a8nlw5/CB0NxeErW3npLguyqQS2qn74yUpDcw LOEFMk1M0gNrEiZuFFLLoA== 0000070145-04-000115.txt : 20041005 0000070145-04-000115.hdr.sgml : 20041005 20041005114122 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000070145-04-000115 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20041001 FILED AS OF DATE: 20041005 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041005 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000070145 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 131086010 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6363 MAIN STREET CITY: WILLIAMSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 14221-5887 BUSINESS PHONE: 716-857-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6363 MAIN STREET STREET 2: 6363 MAIN STREET CITY: WILLIAMSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 14221-5887 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RIORDAN JOHN F CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001212664 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03880 FILM NUMBER: 041064816 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: MAID OF THE MIST CORP STREET 2: 151 BUFFALO AVE. CITY: NIAGARA FALLS STATE: NY ZIP: 14303 BUSINESS PHONE: 7162848897 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE STREET 2: 1700 SO. MT. PROSPECT RD. CITY: DE PLAINES STATE: IL ZIP: 60018-1804 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 4 2004-10-01 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001212664 RIORDAN JOHN F GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 1700 SO. MT. PROSPECT RD. DES PLAINES IL 60018-1804 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2004-10-01 4 A 0 300 28.425 A 6800 D Acquired through quarterly grant under the National Fuel Gas Company Retainer Policy for Non-Employee Directors. Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney James R. Peterson, Attorney in Fact 2004-10-04 EX-24 2 riordanpoa.htm JOHN F. RIORDAN Riordan Power of Attorney

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned officer and/or director of National Fuel Gas Company (the “Company”) hereby constitutes and appoints Anna M. Cellino, Paula M. Ciprich, and James R. Peterson, or any of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned SEC Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 reporting the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in Company securities, in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, all as amended;


(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute, manually or electronically, any such Forms 3, 4, 5, or 144, and timely file any such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and


(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.


        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file SEC Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of August 29, 2002.

 

/s/   John F. Riordan

JRP/PowAtt-SECforms-Riordan 8-29-02

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