0000070145-16-000181.txt : 20161209 0000070145-16-000181.hdr.sgml : 20161209 20161209151611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000070145-16-000181 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161207 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161209 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: TANSKI RONALD J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209940 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03880 FILM NUMBER: 162043858 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO STREET 2: 10 LAFAYETTE SQUARE CITY: BUFFALO STATE: NY ZIP: 14203 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2016-12-07 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001209940 TANSKI RONALD J 6363 MAIN STREET WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221 1 1 0 0 President & CEO Common Stock 2016-11-17 5 G 0 627 0 D 304709 D Common Stock 2016-11-25 5 G 0 995 0 D 303714 D Common Stock 2016-12-07 4 A 0 11372 0 A 315086 D Common Stock 2016-12-07 4 F 0 4205 56.905 D 310881 D Common Stock 23243 I 401(k) Trust Common Stock 2943 I ESOP Trust On December 7, 2016, the reporting person had 4,205 shares withheld and cancelled to cover minimum required tax withholdings due to the vesting of performance shares. These share 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. The NFG stock fund under the NFG 401(k) plan is denominated in units, representing ownership interests in a fund that includes both NFG common stock and a reserve of cash. The information reported represents the dollar value of the reporting person's balance in the NFG stock fund as of December 5, 2016, as reported by the plan administrator, divided by the closing price of NFG common stock on that date. The NFG employee stock ownership plan is denominated in units, representing ownership interests in a fund that includes both NFG common stock and a reserve of cash. The information reported represents the dollar value of the reporting person's balance in the ESOP as of December 5, 2016, as reported by the plan administrator, divided by the closing price of NFG common stock on that date. Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney James P. Baetzhold, Attorney in Fact 2016-12-09 EX-24 2 poatanski.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24



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 Paula M. Ciprich,

Sarah J. Mugel, Michael W. Reville and James P. Baetzhold, 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 supersedes any prior power of attorney executed by the

undersigned with respect to the matters set forth herein.



      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney

to be executed effective as of April 1, 2016.





     Signature:    /s/ R. J. Tanski



     Name:         R. J. Tanski