0001299933-12-001027.txt : 20120501 0001299933-12-001027.hdr.sgml : 20120501 20120501111326 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-12-001027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120430 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20120501 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120501 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000078460 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 560556998 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06196 FILM NUMBER: 12798600 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4720 PIEDMONT ROW DR CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28210 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043643120 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 33068 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28233 8-K 1 htm_44905.htm LIVE FILING Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   April 30, 2012

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
North Carolina 1-6196 56-0556998
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
4720 Piedmont Row Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina   28210
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   704-364-3120

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 30, 2012, the Board of Directors of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. ("Company") increased the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors from eleven to twelve. Also on April 30, 2012, the Board of Directors elected Phillip D. Wright as a Class III director to serve effective June 1, 2012 and until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, at which time he will stand for election as a director by the shareholders. Mr. Wright recently retired as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for the Williams Companies. Upon the effective date of his election to the Company’s Board of Directors, Mr. Wright will serve on the Board’s Benefits Committee and Finance Committee and shall be entitled to the Company’s standard director compensation arrangements that were previously reported in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on January 18, 2012 in the section entitled "Corporate Governance Information – Director Compensation for 2011."





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
          
May 1, 2012   By:   Jane Lewis-Raymond
       
        Name: Jane Lewis-Raymond
        Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance and Community Affairs Officer