National Fuel Gas (NFG) Form 4 NATIONAL FUEL GAS / PAULA M CIPRICH 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^*

CIPRICH PAULA M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

6363 MAIN STREET

(Street)

WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO [ NFG ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Senior VP & Gen Counsel

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/2018

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	12/19/2018		A		4,051	A	$0.00	74,655	D
Common Stock	12/19/2018		F		1,377(1)	D	$54.53	73,278	D
Common Stock	12/20/2018		M		733	A	(2)	74,011	D
Common Stock	12/20/2018		F		290(3)	D	$53.836	73,721	D
Common Stock								699	I	Held by Spouse
Common Stock								10,651(4)	I	401K Trust

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
Restricted Stock Units	(5)	12/19/2018		A		2,511		(6)	(6)	Common Stock	2,511	$0.00	2,511	D
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	12/20/2018		M			733	(7)	(7)	Common Stock	733	$0.00	1,467	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On December 19, 2018, the reporting person had 1,377 shares withheld and cancelled to cover minimum required tax withholdings due to the vesting of performance shares. These share cancellations are shown on Table I as dispositions (Transaction Code "D" in Column 4), although none of these cancelled shares were sold into the market, as indicated by Transaction Code "F" in Column 3.

2. Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.

3. On December 20, 2018, the reporting person had 290 shares withheld and cancelled to cover minimum required tax withholdings due to the vesting of restricted stock units. These share cancellations are shown on Table I as dispositions (Transaction Code "D" in Column 4), although none of these cancelled shares were sold into the market, as indicated by Transaction Code "F" in Column 3.

4. The NFG stock fund under the NFG 401(k) plan is denominated in units, representing ownership interests in a fund that includes both NFG common stock and a reserve of cash. The information reported represents the dollar value of the reporting person's balance in the NFG stock fund as of December 20, 2018, as reported by the plan administrator, divided by the closing price of NFG common stock on that date.

5. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of NFG common stock.

6. The restricted stock units vest as follows: 837 on December 19, 2019, 837 on December 19, 2020, and 837 on December 19, 2021.

7. On December 20, 2017, the reporting person was granted 2,200 restricted stock units, vesting as follows: 733 on December 20, 2018, 733 on December 20, 2019, and 734 on December 20, 2020.

Remarks:

	J. P. Baetzhold, Attorney in Fact	12/21/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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