-----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, CzSXpX13D1t3ZfMoa5RZc35o0suVnmXRNCxxa8+kvgJFSNdeM4teP74itQw08Od1 C7d9B2pyaBfGj77hHpKdaQ== 0001311741-05-000002.txt : 20050309 0001311741-05-000002.hdr.sgml : 20050309 20050309125221 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001311741-05-000002 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: CIPRICH PAULA M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001311741 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03880 FILM NUMBER: 05668697 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: (716)857-7548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6363 MAIN STREET CITY: WILLIAMSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 14221 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 4 2005-03-07 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001311741 CIPRICH PAULA M 6363 MAIN STREET BUFFALO NY 14221 0 1 0 0 General Counsel. NFG Co. Common Stock 2005-03-07 4 M 0 3500 18.4062 A 6634 D Common Stock 2005-03-07 4 F 0 2221 28.995 D 4413 D Common Stock 2005-03-07 5 J 0 59 0 A 3920 I 401k Trust Employee stock option - right to buy 18.4062 2005-03-07 4 M 0 3500 0 D 1997-09-26 2006-09-26 Common stock 3500 0 D Routine acquisitions under the NFG 401k Plan exempt under Rule 16b-3(c), a non-reportable transaction James R. Peterson, Attorney in Fact 2005-03-08 EX-24 2 ciprichpoa.htm PAULA M. CIPRICH Ciprich 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 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 December 10, 2004.

Signature: /s/ Paula M. Ciprich
Name: Paula M. Ciprich

JRP/PowAtt-SECforms-Ciprich 12-10-04

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