0000070145-12-000013.txt : 20120210 0000070145-12-000013.hdr.sgml : 20120210 20120210143843 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000070145-12-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120208 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120210 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RAMSDELL JAMES D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209938 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03880 FILM NUMBER: 12592055 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO STREET 2: 10 LAFAYETTE SQUARE CITY: BUFFALO STATE: NY ZIP: 14203 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 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0304 4 2012-02-08 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001209938 RAMSDELL JAMES D 6363 MAIN STREET WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2012-02-08 4 M 0 25000 24.495 A 97108 D Common Stock 2012-02-08 4 F 0 12397 49.395 D 84711 D Common Stock 2012-02-08 4 F 0 4594 49.395 D 80117 D Common Stock 2012-02-08 5 J 0 125 0 A 14173 I 401(k) Trust Common Stock 3809 I ESOP Trust Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 24.495 2012-02-08 4 M 0 25000 0 D 2005-03-14 2012-03-15 Common Stock 25000 0 D On February 8, 2012, the reporting person in the aggregate exercised 25,000 stock options, delivered 12,397 shares of Common Stock of the Company for cancellation in payment of the exercise price of such options, and had 4,594 shares of Common Stock of the Company withheld and cancelled to cover minimum required tax withholding. These shares cancellations are shown on Table I as dispositions (Transaction Code "D" in column 4), although none of these cancelled shares were sold into the market, as indicated by Transaction Code "F" in column 3. Routine acquisition under the NFG 401(k) Plan Trust, exempt under Rule 16b-3(c), a non-reportable transaction. James R. Peterson, Attorney in Fact 2012-02-10