NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY (NYSE:NFG) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On December8, 2016, the Board of Directors (Board) of National
Fuel Gas Company (the Company) elected Thomas E. Skains to serve
as a director of the Company, to hold office until the Companys
next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr.Skains is the former
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Piedmont
Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Piedmont), a natural gas utility
company, having served from 2002 as President, and from 2003 as
Chairman and CEO until his retirement in October 2016. Mr.Skains
has been named to the Boards Nominating/Corporate Governance
Committee.
The Company will compensate Mr.Skains in the same manner it
compensates its other non-employee directors, as described at
page 16 of the Companys proxy statement filed January22, 2016. In
addition, like the Companys other directors, Mr.Skains has
received an indemnification agreement, the terms of which are
described in the Companys Form 8-K filed September18, 2006.
| Item7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
A copy of the Companys press release dated December14, 2016
regarding the election of Mr.Skains as a director is furnished as
part of this Current Report as Exhibit 99.
Neither the furnishing of the press release as an exhibit to this
Current Report nor the inclusion in such press release of any
reference to the Companys internet address shall, under any
circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available
at such internet address into this Current Report. The
information available at the Companys internet address is not
part of this Current Report or any other report filed or
furnished by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
| Item9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit99 | Press release furnished regarding election of new director |
About NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY (NYSE:NFG)
National Fuel Gas Company is a holding company. The Company is an energy company engaged principally in the production, gathering, transportation, distribution and marketing of natural gas. The Company operates in five business segments: Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, Utility, and Energy Marketing. The Company operates an integrated business, with assets centered in western New York and Pennsylvania, and the production and transportation of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale basin. The Company also develops and produces oil reserves, primarily in California. The Company’s Exploration and Production segment operations are carried out by Seneca Resources Corporation (Seneca), a Pennsylvania corporation. The Company’s National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (Supply Corporation), a Pennsylvania corporation, and Empire Pipeline, Inc. (Empire), a New York corporation, carry out the Company’s Pipeline and Storage segment operations. NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY (NYSE:NFG) Recent Trading Information
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY (NYSE:NFG) closed its last trading session down -1.10 at 57.23 with 472,829 shares trading hands.