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<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>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 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 <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </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>National Fuel Gas Company </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"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13-1086010</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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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:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6363 Main Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Williamsville, New York 14221 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>David P.
Bauer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6363 Main Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Williamsville, New York 14221 </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>(716) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">857-7000</FONT> </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>It is respectfully requested that the Commission send copies of all orders, notices and communications to: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James P. Baetzhold, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6363 Main Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Williamsville, New York 14221 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(716) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">857-7000</FONT> </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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">National Fuel Gas Company (the &#147;<B><I>Registrant</I></B>&#148;) hereby files this Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&#148;) to register an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, under the National Fuel Gas Company
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan (the &#147;<B><I>Plan</I></B>&#148;) for which previously filed registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to the Plan are effective.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (Registration
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-03055)</FONT> filed by the Registrant on May&nbsp;1, 1996 and the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (Registration
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-102220)</FONT> filed by the Registrant on December&nbsp;26, 2002, including, in each case, all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the
information set forth herein. </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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B><I>SEC</I></B>&#148;). The following documents filed
with the SEC by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000007014522000034/nfg-20220930.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> (SEC File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-03880)</FONT> for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2022, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;18, 2022; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> (SEC File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-03880)</FONT> for the quarterly periods ended (i)&nbsp;December&nbsp;
31, 2022, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000007014523000010/nfg-20221231.htm">February&nbsp;3, 2023</A>, (ii) March&nbsp;
31, 2023, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000007014523000016/nfg-20230331.htm">May&nbsp;4, 2023</A>, and (iii)&nbsp;June&nbsp;
30, 2023, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000007014523000030/nfg-20230630.htm">August 3, 2023</A>; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (SEC File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-03880),</FONT> filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312522299459/d429179d8k.htm">December&nbsp;
6, 2022</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312523066129/d443129d8k.htm">March&nbsp;9, 2023</A> (Items&nbsp;
5.02 and 5.07 only) and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312523147745/d511228d8k.htm">May&nbsp;18, 2023</A>; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000007014523000023/a20221231form11kuniontdsp.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">11-K</FONT></A> (SEC File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-03880)</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;22, 2023; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statements on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/0000070145-96-000046.txt">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the SEC under Section&nbsp;
12(b) of the Exchange Act, as updated by the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000007014519000030/nfg-9302019xexhibit41.htm">Exhibit 4.1</A> to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended September&nbsp;30, 2019 and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Registrant will not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed &#147;filed&#148; with the SEC,
including any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> unless, and except to the extent, specified in such reports. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in any document 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 other subsequently filed document which 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 modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Description of Securities. </B></P></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>
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<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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;14A:3-5</FONT> of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated provides: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">&#147;INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) As used in this section, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) &#147;Corporate agent&#148; means any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the indemnifying
corporation or of any constituent corporation absorbed by the indemnifying corporation in a consolidation or merger and any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of any other enterprise, serving as such at the request
of the indemnifying corporation, or of any such constituent corporation, or the legal representative of any such director, officer, trustee, employee or agent; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) &#147;Other enterprise&#148; means any domestic or foreign corporation, other than the indemnifying corporation, and any
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust or other enterprise, whether or not for profit, served by a corporate agent; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) &#147;Expenses&#148; means reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) &#147;Liabilities&#148; means amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments, fines and penalties; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) &#147;Proceeding&#148; means any pending, threatened or completed civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative action,
suit or proceeding, and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) References to &#147;other enterprises&#148; include employee benefit plans; references to &#147;fines&#148; include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to &#147;serving at the request of the indemnifying corporation&#148; include any service as a corporate agent which imposes duties on, or involves services
by, the corporate agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of
an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner &#147;not opposed to the best interests of the corporation&#148; as referred to in this section. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special law of this State shall have the power to indemnify
a corporate agent against his expenses and liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been such a corporate agent, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) such corporate agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, such corporate agent had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not of itself create a presumption that such corporate agent did not
meet the applicable standards of conduct set forth in paragraphs <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(2)(a)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(2)(b).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special law of this State shall have the power to indemnify
a corporate agent against his expenses in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been such corporate agent, if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. However, in such proceeding no indemnification shall be provided in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
corporate agent shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Superior Court or the court in which such proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of
liability, but in view of all circumstances of the case, such corporate agent is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the Superior Court or such other court shall deem proper. </P>
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law of this State shall indemnify a corporate agent against expenses to the extent that such corporate agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding referred to in subsections
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(2)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(3)</FONT> or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5) Any indemnification under subsection <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(2)</FONT> and, unless ordered by a court,
under subsection <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(3)</FONT> may be made by the corporation only as authorized in a specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the corporate agent met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsection <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(2)</FONT> or subsection <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(3).</FONT> Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, such
determination shall be made </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) by the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to or otherwise involved in the proceeding; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable and such quorum of the board of directors or committee by a majority vote of the disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel, in a written opinion, such counsel to be designated by the board of
directors; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) by the shareholders if the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or a resolution of the board of
directors or of the shareholders so directs. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) Expenses incurred by a corporate agent in connection with a proceeding
may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the corporate agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be
indemnified as provided in this section. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) (a) If a corporation upon application of a corporate agent has failed or
refused to provide indemnification as required under subsection <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(4)</FONT> or permitted under subsections <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(2),</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(3)</FONT>
and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(6),</FONT> a corporate agent may apply to a court for an award of indemnification by the corporation, and such court </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">may award indemnification to the extent authorized under subsections
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(2)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(3)</FONT> and shall award indemnification to the extent required under subsection <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(4),</FONT> notwithstanding any
contrary determination which may have been made under subsection <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(5);</FONT> and </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">may allow reasonable expenses to the extent authorized by, and subject to the provisions of, subsection <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(6),</FONT> if the court shall find that the corporate agent has by his pleadings or during the course of the proceeding raised genuine issues of fact or law. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Application for such indemnification may be made </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">in the civil action in which the expenses were or are to be incurred or other amounts were or are to be paid;
or </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to the Superior Court in a separate proceeding. If the application is for indemnification arising out of a
civil action, it shall set forth reasonable cause for the failure to make application for such relief in the action or proceeding in which the expenses were or are to be incurred or other amounts were or are to be paid. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The application shall set forth the disposition of any previous application for indemnification and shall be made in such manner and form as may be required
by the applicable rules of court or, in the absence thereof, by direction of the court to which it is made. Such application shall be upon notice to the corporation. The court may also direct that notice shall be given at the expense of the
corporation to the shareholders and such other persons as it may designate in such manner as it may require. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(8) The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to the other subsections of this section shall not exclude any other rights, including the right to be indemnified against liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings
by or in the right of the corporation, to which a corporate agent may be entitled under a certificate of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders, or otherwise; provided that no indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of a
corporate agent if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the corporate agent establishes that his acts or omissions (a)&nbsp;were in breach of his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, as defined in subsection
(3)&nbsp;of N.J.S. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:2-7,</FONT> (b)&nbsp;were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law or (c)&nbsp;resulted in receipt by the corporate agent of an improper personal benefit. </P>
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law of this State shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any corporate agent against any expenses incurred in any proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him by reason of his being or having been a corporate
agent, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such expenses and liabilities under the provisions of this section. The corporation may purchase such insurance from, or such insurance may be reinsured in whole or
in part by, an insurer owned by or otherwise affiliated with the corporation, whether or not such insurer does business with other insureds. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(10) The powers granted by this section may be exercised by the corporation, notwithstanding the absence of any provision in
its certificate of incorporation or bylaws authorizing the exercise of such powers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(11) Except as required by subsection <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(4),</FONT> no indemnification shall be made or expenses advanced by a corporation under this section, and none shall be ordered by a court, if such action would be inconsistent with a provision of the certificate
of incorporation, a bylaw, a resolution of the board of directors or of the shareholders, an agreement or other proper corporate action, in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of action asserted in the proceeding, which prohibits,
limits or otherwise conditions the exercise of indemnification powers by the corporation or the rights of indemnification to which a corporate agent may be entitled. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(12) This section does not limit a corporation&#146;s power to pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a corporate agent in
connection with the corporate agent&#146;s appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when the corporate agent has not been made a party to the proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(13) A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses in favor of an officer or director pursuant to a
corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation or bylaws shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws after the occurrence of an act or omission that is the subject of a civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the certificate of incorporation or bylaws in effect at the time of the act or omission explicitly authorizes that
elimination or impairment after the action or omission has occurred.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restated Certificate of Incorporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Ninth of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;No director or officer of this corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or any of its shareholders for
monetary damages for breach of any duty owed to the corporation or any of its shareholders, except to the extent that such exemption from liability is not permitted under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter
be amended, or under any revision thereof or successor statute thereto.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article II, Section&nbsp;8 of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> of the Registrant provides as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;A. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, to the fullest
extent permitted and in the manner provided by the laws of the State of New Jersey as now or hereafter in effect, including, without limitation, the indemnification permitted by N.J.S.A. &#167; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14A:3-5(8),</FONT>
against all liabilities (including amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments, fines and penalties) and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements) imposed upon or incurred by such person
in connection with any pending, threatened or completed civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding
(&#147;Proceeding&#148;) in which such person may be made, or threatened to be made, a party, or in which such person may become involved by reason of such person being or having been a director or officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the
Corporation, or of serving or having served at the request of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of, or in any other capacity with, another foreign or domestic corporation, or any
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, whether or not for profit. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article II Section&nbsp;8
shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, and the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, promptly
advance expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements) that are incurred, from time to time, in connection therewith by any such current or former director or officer of the Corporation, subject to the receipt by
the Corporation of an undertaking of such person as required by law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. Nothing in this Article II Section&nbsp;8 shall
restrict or limit the power of the Corporation to indemnify its employees, agents and other persons, to advance expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) on their behalf and to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any corporate agent,
including any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, in connection with any Proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">D. The indemnification provided by this Article II Section&nbsp;8 shall not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking
indemnification may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws,</FONT> agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise. The indemnification provided by this Article II Section&nbsp;8 shall continue as
to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall extend to the estate or personal or legal representative of any deceased director or officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">E. Any repeal or modification of this Article II Section&nbsp;8 shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to
the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing prior to such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indemnification Agreements </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Registrant has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with each of its directors (each, a &#147;<B><I>Director</I></B>&#148;). The Indemnification Agreement provides that the Registrant will indemnify the Director against any and all expenses,
judgments, costs, fines and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, &#147;<B><I>Losses</I></B>&#148;), to the fullest extent permitted by law, in connection with any present or future threatened, pending or completed proceeding based upon, arising
from, relating to, or by reason of the Director&#146;s status as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Registrant or any other entity the Director serves at the request of the Registrant. In addition, the Registrant will advance,
to the extent not prohibited by law, the expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any proceeding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No indemnification may be
made to the Director with respect to any proceeding if a final judgment adverse to the Director establishes that the Director engaged in disqualifying conduct. &#147;Disqualifying conduct&#148; means that the Director&#146;s actions or omissions
(i)&nbsp;were in breach of the Director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant and its shareholders, (ii)&nbsp;were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law, or (iii)&nbsp;resulted in the receipt by the Director of an improper
personal benefit. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any other provision in the Indemnification Agreement, the Registrant will not be obligated to make any
indemnity or advance in connection with any claim made against the Director: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for which payment has actually
been made to the Director under any insurance policy, other indemnity provision, contract or agreement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for
(i)&nbsp;an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by the Director of securities of the Registrant that did, in fact, violate Section&nbsp;16(b) of the Exchange Act or (ii)&nbsp;any reimbursement of the
Registrant by the Director of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Director from the sale of securities of the Registrant, as required in each case under the Exchange Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;except as otherwise provided in the Indemnification Agreement, in connection with any proceeding initiated by the
Director alone or in concert with others, including any proceeding initiated by the Director against the Registrant or its directors, officers, employees or other Directors, unless (i)&nbsp;the Board of Directors authorized the proceeding prior to
its initiation, or (ii)&nbsp;the Registrant provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Registrant under applicable law; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in the event that the Registrant is advised, in a written opinion of its regular outside legal counsel, that the
Registrant&#146;s performance of any provision of the Indemnification Agreement would violate Section&nbsp;13(k) of the Exchange Act. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in
the Indemnification Agreement is unavailable to the Director for any reason, then the Registrant will contribute to Losses incurred by the Director in such proportion as reflects (a)&nbsp;the relative benefits received by the Registrant, on the one
hand, and the Director, on the other hand, as a result of the events or transactions giving rise to the proceeding, or (b)&nbsp;if the allocation described in clause (a)&nbsp;above is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the
Registrant, on the one hand, and the Director, on the other hand, in connection with such events or transactions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indemnification
Agreement provides that, to the extent a change in New Jersey law permits greater indemnification or advancement of expenses than would be afforded under the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> and the Indemnification Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that the Director will enjoy the greater benefits afforded by the change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant also maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance coverage with respect to acts or omissions by such
directors and officers in their capacity as such. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <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; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Number</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312512478803/d439807dex31.htm">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of National Fuel Gas Company dated September&nbsp;
21, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated March&nbsp;
14, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2012, filed on November&nbsp;21, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference (SEC File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-03880)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312521082784/d228069dex31.htm">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of National Fuel Gas Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
 Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;16, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference (SEC File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-03880)).</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312516506366/d139175dex31.htm">National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> as amended and restated June&nbsp;
15, 2022 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed on June&nbsp;15, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference (SEC File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
001-03880)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex44.htm">National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex45.htm">Amendment No. 1 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex46.htm">Amendment No. 2 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex47.htm">Amendment No. 3 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex48.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex49.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.10</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex410.htm">Amendment No. 6 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.11</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex411.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;7 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.12</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex412.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;8 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.13</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex413.htm">Amendment No. 9 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.14</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex414.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;10 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Number</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.15</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex415.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;11 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex416.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;12 to the National Fuel Gas Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex51.htm">Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex52.htm">Internal Revenue Service determination letter dated January&nbsp;26, 2017 that the Plan is qualified under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Registrant previously submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;<B><I>IRS</I></B>&#148;) and received a determination letter from the IRS confirming that the Plan was qualified under Section&nbsp;401 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Code</I></B>&#148;). The Plan&#146;s most recent determination letter from the IRS is dated January&nbsp;26, 2017 and is filed herewith. The Registrant undertakes to make any changes
required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section&nbsp;401 of the Code.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex231.htm">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex51.htm">Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex233.htm">Consent of Netherland, Sewell&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. regarding Seneca Resources Company, LLC. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dex234.htm">Consent of Bonadio&nbsp;&amp; Co., LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d439806dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Undertakings. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Filing Fee Tables&#148; or &#147;Calculation
of Registration Fee&#148; table, as applicable, in the effective Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and 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>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) 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 bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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 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 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Amherst, State of New
York, on this 11th day of August, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ D. P. Bauer</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">D. P. Bauer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <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
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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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ D. F. Smith</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board and Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">D. F. Smith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">D. P. Bauer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ T. J. Silverstein</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">T. J. Silverstein</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ E. G. Mendel</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Controller and Principal Accounting Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">E. G. Mendel</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ D. H. Anderson</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">D. H. Anderson</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ B. M. Baumann</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">B. M. Baumann</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ D. C. Carroll</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">D. C. Carroll</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ S. C. Finch</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ R. Ranich</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ J. W. Shaw</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">J. W. Shaw</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ T. E. Skains</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">T. E. Skains</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">August 11, 2023</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the National Fuel Gas
Company <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Amherst, State of New York, on this 11th
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ E. G. Mendel</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tax-Deferred</FONT> Savings Plan Committee</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
National Fuel Gas Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey
13-1086010
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6363 Main Street
Williamsville, New York 14221
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David P.
Bauer
President and Chief Executive Officer
6363 Main Street
Williamsville, New York 14221
(Name and address of agent for service)
(716)
857-7000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
It is respectfully requested that the Commission send copies of all orders, notices and communications to:
James P. Baetzhold, Esq.
6363 Main Street
Williamsville, New York 14221
(716)
857-7000
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
National Fuel Gas Company (the "
Registrant
") hereby files this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(the "
Registration Statement
") to register an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, under the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan (the "
Plan
") for which previously filed registration statements on Form
S-8
relating to the Plan are effective.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(Registration
No. 333-03055)
filed by the Registrant on May 1, 1996 and the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(Registration
No. 333-102220)
filed by the Registrant on December 26, 2002, including, in each case, all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the
information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "
Exchange Act
"), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
"). The following documents filed
with the SEC by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
(SEC File
No. 001-03880)
for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on November 18, 2022;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q
(SEC File
No. 001-03880)
for the quarterly periods ended (i) December 
31, 2022, filed with the SEC on
February 3, 2023
, (ii) March 
31, 2023, filed with the SEC on
May 4, 2023
, and (iii) June 
30, 2023, filed with the SEC on
August 3, 2023
;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
(SEC File
No. 001-03880),
filed with the SEC on
December 
6, 2022
,
March 9, 2023
(Items 
5.02 and 5.07 only) and
May 18, 2023
;
(d)
The Plan's Annual Report on
Form
11-K
(SEC File
No. 001-03880)
for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on June 22, 2023; and
(e)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statements on
Form
8-A
filed with the SEC under Section 
12(b) of the Exchange Act, as updated by the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Exhibit 4.1
to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended September 30, 2019 and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Registrant will not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed "filed" with the SEC,
including any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
unless, and except to the extent, specified in such reports.
Any statement contained in any document 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 other subsequently filed document which 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 modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 14A:3-5
of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated provides:
"INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
(1) As used in this section,
(a) "Corporate agent" means any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the indemnifying
corporation or of any constituent corporation absorbed by the indemnifying corporation in a consolidation or merger and any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of any other enterprise, serving as such at the request
of the indemnifying corporation, or of any such constituent corporation, or the legal representative of any such director, officer, trustee, employee or agent;
(b) "Other enterprise" means any domestic or foreign corporation, other than the indemnifying corporation, and any
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust or other enterprise, whether or not for profit, served by a corporate agent;
(c) "Expenses" means reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees;
(d) "Liabilities" means amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments, fines and penalties;
(e) "Proceeding" means any pending, threatened or completed civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative action,
suit or proceeding, and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding; and
(f) References to "other enterprises" include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the indemnifying corporation" include any service as a corporate agent which imposes duties on, or involves services
by, the corporate agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of
an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this section.
(2) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special law of this State shall have the power to indemnify
a corporate agent against his expenses and liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been such a corporate agent, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if
(a) such corporate agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation; and
(b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, such corporate agent had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not of itself create a presumption that such corporate agent did not
meet the applicable standards of conduct set forth in paragraphs
14A:3-5(2)(a)
and
14A:3-5(2)(b).
(3) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special law of this State shall have the power to indemnify
a corporate agent against his expenses in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been such corporate agent, if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. However, in such proceeding no indemnification shall be provided in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
corporate agent shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Superior Court or the court in which such proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of
liability, but in view of all circumstances of the case, such corporate agent is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the Superior Court or such other court shall deem proper.
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(4) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special
law of this State shall indemnify a corporate agent against expenses to the extent that such corporate agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding referred to in subsections
14A:3-5(2)
and
14A:3-5(3)
or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein.
(5) Any indemnification under subsection
14A:3-5(2)
and, unless ordered by a court,
under subsection
14A:3-5(3)
may be made by the corporation only as authorized in a specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the corporate agent met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsection
14A:3-5(2)
or subsection
14A:3-5(3).
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, such
determination shall be made
(a) by the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to or otherwise involved in the proceeding; or
(b) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable and such quorum of the board of directors or committee by a majority vote of the disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel, in a written opinion, such counsel to be designated by the board of
directors; or
(c) by the shareholders if the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or a resolution of the board of
directors or of the shareholders so directs.
(6) Expenses incurred by a corporate agent in connection with a proceeding
may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the corporate agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be
indemnified as provided in this section.
(7) (a) If a corporation upon application of a corporate agent has failed or
refused to provide indemnification as required under subsection
14A:3-5(4)
or permitted under subsections
14A:3-5(2),
14A:3-5(3)
and
14A:3-5(6),
a corporate agent may apply to a court for an award of indemnification by the corporation, and such court
(i)
may award indemnification to the extent authorized under subsections
14A:3-5(2)
and
14A:3-5(3)
and shall award indemnification to the extent required under subsection
14A:3-5(4),
notwithstanding any
contrary determination which may have been made under subsection
14A:3-5(5);
and
(ii)
may allow reasonable expenses to the extent authorized by, and subject to the provisions of, subsection
14A:3-5(6),
if the court shall find that the corporate agent has by his pleadings or during the course of the proceeding raised genuine issues of fact or law.
(b) Application for such indemnification may be made
(i)
in the civil action in which the expenses were or are to be incurred or other amounts were or are to be paid;
or
(ii)
to the Superior Court in a separate proceeding. If the application is for indemnification arising out of a
civil action, it shall set forth reasonable cause for the failure to make application for such relief in the action or proceeding in which the expenses were or are to be incurred or other amounts were or are to be paid.
The application shall set forth the disposition of any previous application for indemnification and shall be made in such manner and form as may be required
by the applicable rules of court or, in the absence thereof, by direction of the court to which it is made. Such application shall be upon notice to the corporation. The court may also direct that notice shall be given at the expense of the
corporation to the shareholders and such other persons as it may designate in such manner as it may require.
(8) The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to the other subsections of this section shall not exclude any other rights, including the right to be indemnified against liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings
by or in the right of the corporation, to which a corporate agent may be entitled under a certificate of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders, or otherwise; provided that no indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of a
corporate agent if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the corporate agent establishes that his acts or omissions (a) were in breach of his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, as defined in subsection
(3) of N.J.S.
14A:2-7,
(b) were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law or (c) resulted in receipt by the corporate agent of an improper personal benefit.
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(9) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special
law of this State shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any corporate agent against any expenses incurred in any proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him by reason of his being or having been a corporate
agent, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such expenses and liabilities under the provisions of this section. The corporation may purchase such insurance from, or such insurance may be reinsured in whole or
in part by, an insurer owned by or otherwise affiliated with the corporation, whether or not such insurer does business with other insureds.
(10) The powers granted by this section may be exercised by the corporation, notwithstanding the absence of any provision in
its certificate of incorporation or bylaws authorizing the exercise of such powers.
(11) Except as required by subsection
14A:3-5(4),
no indemnification shall be made or expenses advanced by a corporation under this section, and none shall be ordered by a court, if such action would be inconsistent with a provision of the certificate
of incorporation, a bylaw, a resolution of the board of directors or of the shareholders, an agreement or other proper corporate action, in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of action asserted in the proceeding, which prohibits,
limits or otherwise conditions the exercise of indemnification powers by the corporation or the rights of indemnification to which a corporate agent may be entitled.
(12) This section does not limit a corporation's power to pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a corporate agent in
connection with the corporate agent's appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when the corporate agent has not been made a party to the proceeding.
(13) A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses in favor of an officer or director pursuant to a
corporation's certificate of incorporation or bylaws shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws after the occurrence of an act or omission that is the subject of a civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the certificate of incorporation or bylaws in effect at the time of the act or omission explicitly authorizes that
elimination or impairment after the action or omission has occurred."
Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides as follows:
"No director or officer of this corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or any of its shareholders for
monetary damages for breach of any duty owed to the corporation or any of its shareholders, except to the extent that such exemption from liability is not permitted under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter
be amended, or under any revision thereof or successor statute thereto."
By-Laws
Article II, Section 8 of the
By-Laws
of the Registrant provides as follows:
"A. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, to the fullest
extent permitted and in the manner provided by the laws of the State of New Jersey as now or hereafter in effect, including, without limitation, the indemnification permitted by N.J.S.A. §
14A:3-5(8),
against all liabilities (including amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments, fines and penalties) and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements) imposed upon or incurred by such person
in connection with any pending, threatened or completed civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding
("Proceeding") in which such person may be made, or threatened to be made, a party, or in which such person may become involved by reason of such person being or having been a director or officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the
Corporation, or of serving or having served at the request of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of, or in any other capacity with, another foreign or domestic corporation, or any
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, whether or not for profit.
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B. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article II Section 8
shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, and the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, promptly
advance expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements) that are incurred, from time to time, in connection therewith by any such current or former director or officer of the Corporation, subject to the receipt by
the Corporation of an undertaking of such person as required by law.
C. Nothing in this Article II Section 8 shall
restrict or limit the power of the Corporation to indemnify its employees, agents and other persons, to advance expenses (including attorneys' fees) on their behalf and to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any corporate agent,
including any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, in connection with any Proceeding.
D. The indemnification provided by this Article II Section 8 shall not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking
indemnification may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation,
By-Laws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise. The indemnification provided by this Article II Section 8 shall continue as
to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall extend to the estate or personal or legal representative of any deceased director or officer.
E. Any repeal or modification of this Article II Section 8 shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to
the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing prior to such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification."
Indemnification Agreements
The
Registrant has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with each of its directors (each, a "
Director
"). The Indemnification Agreement provides that the Registrant will indemnify the Director against any and all expenses,
judgments, costs, fines and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, "
Losses
"), to the fullest extent permitted by law, in connection with any present or future threatened, pending or completed proceeding based upon, arising
from, relating to, or by reason of the Director's status as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Registrant or any other entity the Director serves at the request of the Registrant. In addition, the Registrant will advance,
to the extent not prohibited by law, the expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any proceeding.
No indemnification may be
made to the Director with respect to any proceeding if a final judgment adverse to the Director establishes that the Director engaged in disqualifying conduct. "Disqualifying conduct" means that the Director's actions or omissions
(i) were in breach of the Director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant and its shareholders, (ii) were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law, or (iii) resulted in the receipt by the Director of an improper
personal benefit.
Notwithstanding any other provision in the Indemnification Agreement, the Registrant will not be obligated to make any
indemnity or advance in connection with any claim made against the Director:
(a)    for which payment has actually
been made to the Director under any insurance policy, other indemnity provision, contract or agreement;
(b)    for
(i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by the Director of securities of the Registrant that did, in fact, violate Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or (ii) any reimbursement of the
Registrant by the Director of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Director from the sale of securities of the Registrant, as required in each case under the Exchange Act;
(c)    except as otherwise provided in the Indemnification Agreement, in connection with any proceeding initiated by the
Director alone or in concert with others, including any proceeding initiated by the Director against the Registrant or its directors, officers, employees or other Directors, unless (i) the Board of Directors authorized the proceeding prior to
its initiation, or (ii) the Registrant provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Registrant under applicable law; or
(d)    in the event that the Registrant is advised, in a written opinion of its regular outside legal counsel, that the
Registrant's performance of any provision of the Indemnification Agreement would violate Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.
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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in
the Indemnification Agreement is unavailable to the Director for any reason, then the Registrant will contribute to Losses incurred by the Director in such proportion as reflects (a) the relative benefits received by the Registrant, on the one
hand, and the Director, on the other hand, as a result of the events or transactions giving rise to the proceeding, or (b) if the allocation described in clause (a) above is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the
Registrant, on the one hand, and the Director, on the other hand, in connection with such events or transactions.
The Indemnification
Agreement provides that, to the extent a change in New Jersey law permits greater indemnification or advancement of expenses than would be afforded under the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation,
By-laws
and the Indemnification Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that the Director will enjoy the greater benefits afforded by the change.
The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage with respect to acts or omissions by such
directors and officers in their capacity as such.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of National Fuel Gas Company dated September 
21, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated March 
14, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, filed on November 21, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference (SEC File
No. 001-03880)).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of National Fuel Gas Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
 Current Report on Form
8-K,
filed on March 16, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference (SEC File
No. 001-03880)).
4.3
National Fuel Gas Company
By-Laws
as amended and restated June 
15, 2022 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K,
filed on June 15, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference (SEC File
No. 
001-03880)).
4.4
National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.5
Amendment No. 1 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.6
Amendment No. 2 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.7
Amendment No. 3 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.8
Amendment No. 4 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.9
Amendment No. 5 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.10
Amendment No. 6 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.11
Amendment No. 7 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.12
Amendment No. 8 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.13
Amendment No. 9 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.14
Amendment No. 10 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
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Exhibit
Number
Description
4.15
Amendment No. 11 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
4.16
Amendment No. 12 to the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
5.2*
Internal Revenue Service determination letter dated January 26, 2017 that the Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
*
The Registrant previously submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service (the "
IRS
") and received a determination letter from the IRS confirming that the Plan was qualified under Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "
Code
"). The Plan's most recent determination letter from the IRS is dated January 26, 2017 and is filed herewith. The Registrant undertakes to make any changes
required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Code.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Lowenstein Sandler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.3
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. regarding Seneca Resources Company, LLC.
23.4
Consent of Bonadio & Co., LLP.
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Filing Fee Table.
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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Filing Fee Tables" or "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table, as applicable, in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
S-8,
and 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.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 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 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 Town of Amherst, State of New
York, on this 11th day of August, 2023.
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY
By:
/s/ D. P. Bauer
D. P. Bauer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ D. F. Smith
Chairman of the Board and Director
August 11, 2023
D. F. Smith
/s/ D. P. Bauer
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 11, 2023
D. P. Bauer
/s/ T. J. Silverstein
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
August 11, 2023
T. J. Silverstein
/s/ E. G. Mendel
Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
August 11, 2023
E. G. Mendel
/s/ D. H. Anderson
Director
August 11, 2023
D. H. Anderson
/s/ B. M. Baumann
Director
August 11, 2023
B. M. Baumann
/s/ D. C. Carroll
Director
August 11, 2023
D. C. Carroll
/s/ S. C. Finch
Director
August 11, 2023
S. C. Finch
/s/ J. N. Jaggers
Director
August 11, 2023
J. N. Jaggers
/s/ R. Ranich
Director
August 11, 2023
R. Ranich
/s/ J. W. Shaw
Director
August 11, 2023
J. W. Shaw
/s/ T. E. Skains
Director
August 11, 2023
T. E. Skains
/s/ R. J. Tanski
Director
August 11, 2023
R. J. Tanski
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THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the National Fuel Gas
Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Amherst, State of New York, on this 11th
day of August, 2023.
By:
/s/ E. G. Mendel
E. G. Mendel
Chair of the National Fuel Gas Company
Tax-Deferred
Savings Plan Committee
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