-----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, QSy8wIa7duqTVtplWMBRh2vLfFiV3BRvzVKOOKB+hMjpgNe24GZmjhjukb8XYiQx +wayE84JZUZmci5y52Rgyw== 0001209930-05-000001.txt : 20050309 0001209930-05-000001.hdr.sgml : 20050309 20050309130647 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209930-05-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050307 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050309 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: 0905 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: ACKERMAN PHILIP C CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03880 FILM NUMBER: 05668736 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 7168577082 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 X0202 4 2005-03-07 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001209930 ACKERMAN PHILIP C 6363 MAIN STREET WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221 0 1 0 0 President, CEO and Chairman Common Stock 2004-12-17 5 G 0 1050 0 D 378793 D Common Stock 2005-03-07 4 M 0 140000 14.2812 A 518793 D Common Stock 2005-03-07 4 F 0 68954 28.995 D 449839 D Common Stock 2005-03-07 4 F 0 28350 28.995 D 421489 D Common Stock 2005-03-07 5 J 0 220 0 A 14711 I 401k Trust Common Stock 2005-03-07 5 J 0 94 0 A 20783 I ESOP Trust Common Stock 1000 I Wife, trust for mother Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 14.2812 2005-03-07 4 M 0 140000 0 D 1996-10-04 2005-10-05 Common Stock 140000 0 D Gifts of stock to various charitable organizations. Of these, 70,000 options exercised were originally issued as Stock Appreciation Rights on August 29, 1995, and were later converted to Non-Qualified Stock Options on November 20, 2001. This was approved by the shareholders at the Special Meeting of Stockholders held on October 16, 2001. Routine acquisitions under the NFG 401(k) Plan Trust, exempt under Rule 16b-3(c), a non-reportable transaction. Routine acquisitions under the NFG ESOP Trust, exempt under Rule 16b-3(c), a non-reportable transaction James R. Peterson, Attorney in Fact 2005-03-08 EX-24 2 ackermanpoa.htm PHILIP C. ACKERMAN ackerman 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, in the undersigned’s capacity as the grantee of options to purchase shares of National Fuel Gas Company common stock, Notices of Exercise which bind the undersigned to purchase such stock at the price stated therein; and

(2)	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;

(3)

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 options or 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

(4)

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 beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the date set forth below, and until the undersigned no longer has any options to purchase National Fuel Gas Company common stock, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, or until the undersigned is no longer eligible to exercise options to purchase shares of National Fuel Gas Company common stock, or 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.

To induce National Fuel Gas Company or any other third party to act hereunder, I hereby agree that any third party receiving a duly executed copy or facsimile of this instrument may act hereunder, and that revocation or termination hereof shall be ineffective as to such third party unless and until actual notice or knowledge of such revocation or termination shall have been received by such third party, and I for myself and for my heirs, executors, legal representatives and assigns, hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless any such third party from and against any and all claims that may arise against such third party by reason of such third party having relied on the provisions of this instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of November 1, 2002.

Signature: /s/ P. C. Ackerman
Name Philip C. Ackerman

JRP/PowAtt-options&SECforms-Ackerrman 11-1-02

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