Joseph S Karney Form 4 Northwest Natural Holding / Joseph S Karney ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Karney Joseph S

(Last) (First) (Middle)

250 SW TAYLOR STREET

(Street)

PORTLAND OR 97204

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Northwest Natural Holding Co [ NWN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director		10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
VP, Eng & Utility Operations / NW Natural

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/21/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/21/2024		A		164(1)	A	$0	2,358.6568(2)	D
Common Stock	02/21/2024		A		47(3)	A	$0	112.535(4)	I	See Footnote(5)
Common Stock								216.46	I	See Footnote(6)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares are issuable as a result of satisfaction of the performance threshold for 2023 under restricted stock unit awards. Organization and Executive Compensation Committee certification of the satisfaction of the performance threshold occurred on the transaction date.

2. Includes 270 time-based RSUs granted under issuer's Long Term Incentive Plan. The RSUs vest in three installments: 108 shares on each of March 1, 2024 and 2025 and 54 shares on March 1, 2026.

3. Shares are issuable as a result of satisfaction of the performance threshold for 2023 under restricted stock unit awards, and credited to reporting person's account under Northwest Natural Gas Company's Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and Executives pursuant to a prior election. Organization and Executive Compensation Committee certification of the satisfaction of the performance threshold occurred on the transaction date.

4. Includes 30 time-based RSUs granted under issuer's Long Term Incentive Plan. The reporting person previously elected that shares received on vesting of such RSUs will be deferred under Northwest Natural Gas Company's Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and Executives. The RSUs will vest in three installments: 12 shares on each of March 1, 2024 and 2025 and 6 shares on March 1, 2026.

5. Shares have been credited to reporting person's account under Northwest Natural Gas Company's Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and Executives.

6. Shares held in reporting person's account under Northwest Natural Gas Company's Retirement K Savings Plan as of January 31, 2024.

	Shawn M. Filippi, Attorney-in-Fact	02/23/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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