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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4720 Piedmont Row Drive</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Charlotte, North Carolina</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Voluntary Deferral Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jane Lewis- Raymond </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President and Chief Legal, Compliance and External Relations Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4720 Piedmont Row Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and Address of Agent for Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(704) 364-3120 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>R.
Douglas Harmon </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Parker Poe Adams&nbsp;&amp; Bernstein LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>401 S. Tryon Street, Suite 3000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (704)&nbsp;372-9020 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering Price<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>$5,000,000</B></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the amount of Deferred Compensation Obligations registered is based on an estimate of the amount of
compensation participants may defer under the Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Deferred Compensation Obligations are general unsecured obligations of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as &#147;we,&#148; &#147;Piedmont,&#148; the &#147;Company&#148; or the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) to pay deferred compensation from time to time in the future in accordance with the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A HREF="#toc899471_8">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>3</B></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc899471_1"></A>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the &#147;<I>Note</I>&#148; to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to participants in the Plan (the
&#147;Participants&#148;) as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3, below, taken together constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc899471_2"></A>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference herein: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October&nbsp;31, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December&nbsp;29, 2014,&nbsp;January&nbsp;7, 2015,&nbsp;January&nbsp;26, 2015, January 26, 2015 and March&nbsp;10, 2015; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of
which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any documents or information &#147;furnished&#148; and not &#147;filed&#148; in accordance with the Commission rules shall not
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><A NAME="toc899471_4"></A>Item&nbsp;4.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Plan will allow employees of Piedmont Natural Gas
Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries designated by the Benefit Plan Committee of the Company (the &#147;Committee&#148;), which may include the Company&#146;s officers and director-level employees (the &#147;Participants&#148;), to elect to defer a
portion of their base salary (&#147;Base Salary&#148;) and annual short-term incentive cash bonuses (&#147;Bonus&#148;) on a tax-deferred basis. The Company will not make contributions to the Plan. The Plan became effective November&nbsp;1, 2008.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Plan allows for deferrals of up to 50% of the Participant&#146;s annual Base Salary and up to 95% of the Participant&#146;s annual
Bonus. All amounts deferred by a Participant under the Plan will be credited to an account maintained in the Participant&#146;s name. Such accounts shall be bookkeeping entries only and shall be utilized solely as a device to measure and determine
the amounts to be paid to Participants under the Plan. All amounts deferred by Participants under the Plan are fully vested. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Distributions may take place as of a date-certain elected by the Participant or upon separation
from service due to termination, death, disability or change in control. Participants who elect a date-certain distribution must elect a date that is at least two years later than the beginning of the year for which the deferrals were made under the
Plan and may elect to change the date for a distribution to commence. The new distribution date election must be made by the Participant at least twelve months prior to the original distribution date and the new distribution date elected by the
Participant must be at least five years later than the original distribution date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Participant&#146;s account will be distributed in
cash. In most cases, the Participant has an election of whether to take distributions in installments over a period not greater than 10 years or in a one-time lump sum payment. Distributions will begin within 90 days from the Participant&#146;s
separation from service. Participants who are &#147;specified employees&#148; under Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code will not receive the first installment payment or the lump-sum payment until they have been separated from the service
of the Registrant for at least six months. Small account balances will be paid in a lump-sum payment in cash and in the event of a change in control or the death of a Participant, account balances will be immediately cashed out in a lump-sum
payment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Participant&#146;s Plan account will be deemed to be invested in accordance with the Participant&#146;s election in one or
more of the same investment options that are available under the Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan, excluding the investment option comprised of shares of common stock of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The obligations of the Company under the Plan will be unsecured general obligations of the Company to pay the deferred compensation in the
future in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Amounts paid under the Plan will be paid from the general funds of the Company, and each Participant and his or her beneficiaries have the status of unsecured general creditors of the Company with no
special or prior right to any assets of the Company for payment of any obligations under the Plan. Except as otherwise provided by law, benefits are not assignable, may not be used as security for loans or otherwise alienated and are exempt from the
claims of Participants&#146; creditors and other claimants. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors may, at any time and for any reason, amend or
terminate the Plan, subject to applicable law, regulations and rules. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the
North Carolina Business Corporation Act (&#147;NCBCA&#148;), our Restated Articles of Incorporation (our &#147;Articles of Incorporation&#148;) and our Bylaws, as amended and restated to date (our &#147;Bylaws&#148;), provide for indemnification of
our directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act. We have insurance covering expenditures we might incur in connection with the indemnification of our directors and officers for their
liabilities and expenses. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The NCBCA provides directors and officers with a right to indemnification when the director or officer has been
wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is or was a director or officer of the corporation. The NCBCA also permits a corporation to indemnify directors and officers who met a
certain standard of conduct. Directors and officers are also entitled to apply to a court for an order requiring the corporation to indemnify the director or officer in a particular case. The court may grant such an order if it determines the
director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances. Nevertheless, under the NCBCA, a corporation may not indemnify a director or officer in connection with a proceeding by or in the
right of the corporation in which the director or officer is adjudged liable to the corporation or in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to a director or officer who is adjudged liable on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received by such director or officer. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The NCBCA also authorizes a corporation to indemnify directors and officers beyond the
indemnification rights granted by law. Our Bylaws provide that any person who is or was a director, and our officers who are also directors or who are designated by the Board of Directors from time to time as indemnified officers and any director or
officer who at the request of Piedmont serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any other corporation or other enterprise, will be reimbursed and indemnified against liability and expenses incurred by that
person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of that person&#146;s status as director or officer if it is determined that person&#146;s acts or omissions were not reasonably known or believed by him or her to be clearly in
conflict with Piedmont&#146;s best interests. Our Bylaws further provide that Piedmont shall indemnify each director and indemnified officer for his or her reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys&#146; fees incurred in connection with the
enforcement of the rights to indemnification granted under our Bylaws, if it is determined that such director or indemnified officer is entitled to indemnification under the Bylaws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As authorized by the NCBCA, and to the fullest extent permitted by the NCBCA, our Articles of Incorporation limit the liability of a director
by providing that a director shall not be liable to Piedmont or to any Piedmont shareholder for monetary damages arising from the director&#146;s breach of his or her duties as a director, except for liability with respect to (i)&nbsp;acts or
omissions not made in good faith that the director at the time of the breach knew or believed were in conflict with the best interests of the corporation, (ii)&nbsp;unlawful distributions, (iii)&nbsp;any transaction from which the director or
officer derived an improper personal benefit and (iv)&nbsp;acts or omissions occurring prior to the date the provision of our Articles of Incorporation limiting the liability of our directors became effective. In addition, Section&nbsp;55-8-30(d) of
the NCBCA provides that a director is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to take any action, if he or she performed the duties of his or her office in compliance with the general standards of conduct applicable to
directors of North Carolina corporations. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption From Registration Claimed</B>.<B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><A NAME="toc899471_8"></A>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits</B>.<B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2009, File No. 1-6196)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Parker Poe Adams &amp; Bernstein LLP regarding the legality of securities registered</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Parker Poe Adams &amp; Bernstein LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement)</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><A NAME="toc899471_9"></A></B><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings</B>.<B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc899471_10"></A>SIGNATURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on March&nbsp;31, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Karl W. Newlin</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Karl W. Newlin</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc899471_11"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned directors and officers of the above named Registrant, by his or her execution hereof, hereby constitutes and appoints
Karl&nbsp;W. Newlin, Jane Lewis-Raymond and Judy Z. Mayo and each of them, with full power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, to do any and all acts and things for him or her, and in his or her name, place
and stead, to execute and sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and
file the same, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission and with such state securities authorities as may be appropriate, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, which they may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas E. Skains</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Karl W. Newlin</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Karl W. Newlin</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jose M. Simon</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jose M. Simon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">E.James Burton</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Malcolm E. Everett III</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Frank B. Holding, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Frankie T. Jones, Sr.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jo Anne Sanford</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Minor M. Shaw</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David E. Shi</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael C. Tarwater</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Phillip D. Wright</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
North Carolina
56-0556998
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina
28210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
Voluntary Deferral Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Jane Lewis- Raymond
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal, Compliance and External Relations Officer
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(704) 364-3120
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to Be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Deferred Compensation Obligations (2)
$5,000,000
100%
$5,000,000
$581.00
(1)
In accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the amount of Deferred Compensation Obligations registered is based on an estimate of the amount of
compensation participants may defer under the Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are general unsecured obligations of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "we," "Piedmont," the "Company" or the
"Registrant") to pay deferred compensation from time to time in the future in accordance with the Plan.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
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SIGNATURES
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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the "
Note
" to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to participants in the Plan (the
"Participants") as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3, below, taken together constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference herein:
•
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014;
•
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2015;
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Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2014, January 7, 2015, January 26, 2015, January 26, 2015 and March 10, 2015; and
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The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
Additionally, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of
which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Any documents or information "furnished" and not "filed" in accordance with the Commission rules shall not
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
The Plan will allow employees of Piedmont Natural Gas
Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries designated by the Benefit Plan Committee of the Company (the "Committee"), which may include the Company's officers and director-level employees (the "Participants"), to elect to defer a
portion of their base salary ("Base Salary") and annual short-term incentive cash bonuses ("Bonus") on a tax-deferred basis. The Company will not make contributions to the Plan. The Plan became effective November 1, 2008.
The Plan allows for deferrals of up to 50% of the Participant's annual Base Salary and up to 95% of the Participant's annual
Bonus. All amounts deferred by a Participant under the Plan will be credited to an account maintained in the Participant's name. Such accounts shall be bookkeeping entries only and shall be utilized solely as a device to measure and determine
the amounts to be paid to Participants under the Plan. All amounts deferred by Participants under the Plan are fully vested.
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Distributions may take place as of a date-certain elected by the Participant or upon separation
from service due to termination, death, disability or change in control. Participants who elect a date-certain distribution must elect a date that is at least two years later than the beginning of the year for which the deferrals were made under the
Plan and may elect to change the date for a distribution to commence. The new distribution date election must be made by the Participant at least twelve months prior to the original distribution date and the new distribution date elected by the
Participant must be at least five years later than the original distribution date.
A Participant's account will be distributed in
cash. In most cases, the Participant has an election of whether to take distributions in installments over a period not greater than 10 years or in a one-time lump sum payment. Distributions will begin within 90 days from the Participant's
separation from service. Participants who are "specified employees" under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code will not receive the first installment payment or the lump-sum payment until they have been separated from the service
of the Registrant for at least six months. Small account balances will be paid in a lump-sum payment in cash and in the event of a change in control or the death of a Participant, account balances will be immediately cashed out in a lump-sum
payment.
A Participant's Plan account will be deemed to be invested in accordance with the Participant's election in one or
more of the same investment options that are available under the Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan, excluding the investment option comprised of shares of common stock of the Company.
The obligations of the Company under the Plan will be unsecured general obligations of the Company to pay the deferred compensation in the
future in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Amounts paid under the Plan will be paid from the general funds of the Company, and each Participant and his or her beneficiaries have the status of unsecured general creditors of the Company with no
special or prior right to any assets of the Company for payment of any obligations under the Plan. Except as otherwise provided by law, benefits are not assignable, may not be used as security for loans or otherwise alienated and are exempt from the
claims of Participants' creditors and other claimants.
The Board of Directors may, at any time and for any reason, amend or
terminate the Plan, subject to applicable law, regulations and rules.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the
North Carolina Business Corporation Act ("NCBCA"), our Restated Articles of Incorporation (our "Articles of Incorporation") and our Bylaws, as amended and restated to date (our "Bylaws"), provide for indemnification of
our directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act. We have insurance covering expenditures we might incur in connection with the indemnification of our directors and officers for their
liabilities and expenses.
The NCBCA provides directors and officers with a right to indemnification when the director or officer has been
wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is or was a director or officer of the corporation. The NCBCA also permits a corporation to indemnify directors and officers who met a
certain standard of conduct. Directors and officers are also entitled to apply to a court for an order requiring the corporation to indemnify the director or officer in a particular case. The court may grant such an order if it determines the
director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances. Nevertheless, under the NCBCA, a corporation may not indemnify a director or officer in connection with a proceeding by or in the
right of the corporation in which the director or officer is adjudged liable to the corporation or in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to a director or officer who is adjudged liable on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received by such director or officer.
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The NCBCA also authorizes a corporation to indemnify directors and officers beyond the
indemnification rights granted by law. Our Bylaws provide that any person who is or was a director, and our officers who are also directors or who are designated by the Board of Directors from time to time as indemnified officers and any director or
officer who at the request of Piedmont serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any other corporation or other enterprise, will be reimbursed and indemnified against liability and expenses incurred by that
person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of that person's status as director or officer if it is determined that person's acts or omissions were not reasonably known or believed by him or her to be clearly in
conflict with Piedmont's best interests. Our Bylaws further provide that Piedmont shall indemnify each director and indemnified officer for his or her reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys' fees incurred in connection with the
enforcement of the rights to indemnification granted under our Bylaws, if it is determined that such director or indemnified officer is entitled to indemnification under the Bylaws.
As authorized by the NCBCA, and to the fullest extent permitted by the NCBCA, our Articles of Incorporation limit the liability of a director
by providing that a director shall not be liable to Piedmont or to any Piedmont shareholder for monetary damages arising from the director's breach of his or her duties as a director, except for liability with respect to (i) acts or
omissions not made in good faith that the director at the time of the breach knew or believed were in conflict with the best interests of the corporation, (ii) unlawful distributions, (iii) any transaction from which the director or
officer derived an improper personal benefit and (iv) acts or omissions occurring prior to the date the provision of our Articles of Incorporation limiting the liability of our directors became effective. In addition, Section 55-8-30(d) of
the NCBCA provides that a director is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to take any action, if he or she performed the duties of his or her office in compliance with the general standards of conduct applicable to
directors of North Carolina corporations.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2009, File No. 1-6196)
5.1
Opinion of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP regarding the legality of securities registered
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement)
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on March 31, 2015.
PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.
By:
/s/ Karl W. Newlin
Karl W. Newlin
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Each of the undersigned directors and officers of the above named Registrant, by his or her execution hereof, hereby constitutes and appoints
Karl W. Newlin, Jane Lewis-Raymond and Judy Z. Mayo and each of them, with full power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, to do any and all acts and things for him or her, and in his or her name, place
and stead, to execute and sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and
file the same, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission and with such state securities authorities as may be appropriate, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, which they may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Dates
/s/ Thomas E. Skains
Thomas E. Skains
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
March 31, 2015
/s/ Karl W. Newlin
Karl W. Newlin
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
March 31, 2015
/s/ Jose M. Simon
Jose M. Simon
Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)
March 31, 2015
/s/ E. James Burton
E.James Burton
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Malcolm E. Everett III
Malcolm E. Everett III
Director
March 31, 2015
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Signature
Title
Dates
/s/ Frank B. Holding, Jr.
Frank B. Holding, Jr.
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Frankie T. Jones, Sr.
Frankie T. Jones, Sr.
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Vickie McElreath
Vickie McElreath
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Jo Anne Sanford
Jo Anne Sanford
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Minor M. Shaw
Minor M. Shaw
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ David E. Shi
David E. Shi
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Michael C. Tarwater
Michael C. Tarwater
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Phillip D. Wright
Phillip D. Wright
Director
March 31, 2015
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