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-----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, QbmDIZ68+RAmEyq59p75MvaB0P/xBkDU6JLsDkVoMGX2n80PoPBjkt3u0kdUJ8vS 9rP0tjgt+6CHhGr5/ux8pQ== 0001181431-09-008491.txt : 20090212 0001181431-09-008491.hdr.sgml : 20090212 20090212185511 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-09-008491 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 5 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090212 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FELTZ STEPHEN P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001192778 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 5 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15973 FILM NUMBER: 09596876 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 NW SECOND AVE CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97209 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000073020 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 930256722 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 NW SECOND AVE CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97209 BUSINESS PHONE: 5032264211 5 1 rrd233004.xml YE 2008 GIFTS FORM 5 X0303 5 2008-12-31 0 0 0 0000073020 NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS CO NWN 0001192778 FELTZ STEPHEN P 220 NW SECOND AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97209-3991 0 1 0 0 Treasurer and Controller Common Stock 2008-09-18 5 G 0 200 0 D 10335 D Common Stock 2863.2190 I See Note Common Stock 3.448 I See Note Common Stock 69.448 I See Note Employee Stock Option to Buy 43.29 2018-03-06 Common Stock 2000 2000 D Employee Stock Option to Buy 44.48 2017-02-28 Common Stock 2000 2000 D Employee Stock Option to Buy 34.29 2016-02-29 Common Stock 2500 2500 D Employee Stock Option to Buy 31.34 2014-03-04 Common Stock 5000 5000 D Employee Stock Option to Buy 26.30 2012-03-05 Common Stock 5000 5000 D Held by reporting person under issuer's Retirement K Savings Plan as of December 31, 2008. Held by reporting person under the Oregon Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for Callista Feltz. Held by reporting person under the Oregon Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for Grant M. Feltz. Option was granted for 2,000 shares pursuant to Northwest Natural Gas Company's Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The option vests in installments of 500 shares on each February 27, 2009 and January 1, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Option was granted for 2,000 shares pursuant to Northwest Natural Gas Company's Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The option vests in installments of 500 shares on each February 21, 2008 and January 1, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Option was granted for 2,500 shares pursuant to Northwest Natural Gas Company's Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The option vests in installments of 625 shares on each February 22, 2007 and January 1, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Option was granted for 5,000 shares pursuant to Northwest Natural Gas Company's Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The option vests in installments of 1,700 shares on each February 25, 2005 and January 1, 2006 and 1,600 shares on January 1, 2007. Option was granted for 5,000 shares pursuant to Northwest Natural Gas Company's Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The option vests in installments of 1,700 shares on each February 27, 2003 and January 1, 2004 and 1,600 shares on January 1, 2005. MardiLyn Saathoff, Attorney-in-Fact 2009-02-12 EX-24.1 2 rrd208863_236287.htm UPDATED POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd208863_236287.html

POWER OF ATTORNEY
      KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of MardiLyn Saathoff, Chief Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary, Margaret D. Kirkpatrick, Vice President and General Counsel, and Shawn M. Filippi, Associate Counsel, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
 (1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of and/or director of and/or beneficial owner of greater than ten percent of a class of equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), of Northwest Natural Gas Company, an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;
(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 any such Forms 3, 4 and 5 and timely file any such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange or similar authority, and the Company; 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 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 attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 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 Power of Attorney to be executed as of the 25th day of September 2008.
/s/ Stephen P. Feltz
Stephen P. Feltz

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