0000070145-12-000017.txt : 20120228 0000070145-12-000017.hdr.sgml : 20120228 20120228104208 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000070145-12-000017 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120224 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120228 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CIPRICH PAULA M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001311741 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03880 FILM NUMBER: 12644962 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6363 MAIN STREET CITY: WILLIAMSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 14221 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 2012-02-24 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001311741 CIPRICH PAULA M 6363 MAIN STREET BUFFALO NY 14221 0 1 0 0 General Counsel & Secretary Common Stock 2012-02-24 4 M 0 6418 24.495 A 54544 D Common Stock 2012-02-24 4 F 0 3130 50.215 D 51414 D Common Stock 2012-02-24 4 F 0 1185 50.215 D 50229 D Common Stock 2012-02-24 5 J 0 23 0 A 7163 I 401k Trust Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 24.495 2012-02-24 4 M 0 6418 0 D 2005-03-14 2012-03-15 Common Stock 6418 0 D On February 24, 2012, the reporting person exercised 6,418 stock options, delivered 3,130 shares of Common Stock of the Company for cancellation in payment of the exercise price of such options, and had 1,185 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 2012-02-28