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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;11, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-___________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>North Carolina</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>56-0556998</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporation or Organization)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>4720 Piedmont Row Drive</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Charlotte, North Carolina</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>28210</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jane Lewis-Raymond<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary<BR>
4720 Piedmont Row Drive<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(704)&nbsp;364-3120</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
<B>Daniel L. Johnson, Esq.<BR>
Moore &#038; Van Allen PLLC<BR>
100 N. Tryon Street, Suite&nbsp;4700<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202<BR>
(704)&nbsp;331-1000</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Deferred Compensation Obligations (2)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,000,000
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Estimated in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The Deferred Compensation Obligations being registered are general unsecured obligations of
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (&#147;Piedmont&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) under the Piedmont Natural
Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</DIV></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#011">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#012">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#014">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Item&nbsp;1 will be sent or given to
employees, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b). In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the instructions to
Registration Statement on Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either
as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Item&nbsp;2 will be sent or given to
employees, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b). In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Registration Statement on Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or
as a prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as indicated below, the following documents filed by us with the Commission (File No.
1-06196) are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2008;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended January&nbsp;31, 2009,
April&nbsp;30, 2009 and July&nbsp;31, 2009;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December&nbsp;5, 2008, December&nbsp;19, 2008, March
12, 2009*, April&nbsp;3, 2009 and August&nbsp;4, 2009; and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
8-B filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item&nbsp;7.01
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than those Current Reports on Form 8-K which &#147;furnish&#148; information
pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of such report and exhibits furnished in connection therewith),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration
Statement and information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and
supersede this information, as applicable. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or
a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall 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 modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) will allow
the Registrant&#146;s officers (including its named executive officers), director-level employees and
regional executives (the &#147;Participant&#148;) to elect to defer a portion of their base salary
and annual incentive compensation on a tax-deferred basis. The Benefits Committee will select
Participants for the Plan. The Registrant will not make contributions to the Plan. The Plan
became effective as of January&nbsp;1, 2009 for deferrals of base salary and November&nbsp;1, 2008 for
deferrals of annual incentive compensation.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan allows for deferrals of up to 50% of the Participant&#146;s annual base salary and up to
95% of the Participant&#146;s bonus compensation. All amounts deferred by a Participant under the Plan
will be credited to an account maintained in the Participant&#146;s name. All amounts deferred by Participants under the Plan are fully vested.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distributions may take place as of a date-certain elected by the Participant or upon
separation from service due to termination, death, disability or change in control. Participants
who elect a date-certain distribution must elect a date that is at least two years later than the
date the deferrals were made under the Plan and may elect to change the date
for a distribution to commence. The new distribution date election must be made by the Participant at
least twelve months prior to the original distribution date and the new distribution date elected by the Participant must be at least five years later than the
original distribution date.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Participant&#146;s account will be distributed in cash. In most cases the Participant has an
election of whether to take distributions in installments over a period not greater than 10&nbsp;years
or in a one-time lump sum payment. Distributions will begin within 90&nbsp;days from the Participant&#146;s
separation from service. Participants who are &#147;specified employees&#148; under Section&nbsp;409A of the
Internal Revenue Code will not receive the first installment payment or the lump-sum payment until
they have been separated from the service of the Registrant for at least six months. Small account
balances will be paid in a lump-sum payment in cash and in the event of a change in control or the
death of a Participant, account balances will be immediately cashed out in a lump-sum payment.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Participant&#146;s Plan account will be deemed to be invested in accordance with the
Participant&#146;s election in one or more of the same investment options that are available under the
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan, excluding the investment option comprised of shares
of common stock of the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The obligations of the Registrant under the Plan will be unsecured general obligations of the
Registrant to pay the deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
Amounts paid under the Plan will be paid either from the general funds of the Registrant, and each
Participant and his beneficiaries have the status of unsecured general creditors of the Registrant
with no special or prior right to any assets of the Registrant for payment of any obligations under
the Plan. Except as otherwise provided by law, benefits are not assignable, may not be used as
security for loans or otherwise alienated and are exempt from the claims of Participants&#146; creditors
and other claimants.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board may, at any time and for any reason, amend or terminate the Plan, subject to
applicable law, regulations and rules.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act (&#147;NCBCA&#148;) and
our By-laws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers in a variety of
circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We have
insurance covering expenditures we might incur in connection with the indemnification of our
directors and officers for their liabilities and expenses.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The NCBCA provides directors and officers with a right to indemnification when the director or
officer has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any proceeding to
which he was a party because he is or was a director or officer of the corporation. The NCBCA also
permits a corporation to indemnify directors and officers who met a certain standard of conduct.
Directors and officers are also entitled to apply to a court for an order requiring the corporation
to indemnify the director or officer in a particular case. The court may grant such an order if it
determines the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of
all the relevant circumstances. Nevertheless, under the NCBCA, a corporation may not indemnify a
director or officer in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which
the director or officers is adjudged liable to the corporation or in connection with any other
proceeding charging improper personal benefit to a director or officer who is adjudged liable on
the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by such director or officer.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The NCBCA also authorizes a corporation to indemnify directors and officers beyond the
indemnification rights granted by law. Our By-laws provide that any person who is or was a
director, and our officers who are also directors or who are designated by the Board of Directors
from time to time as indemnified officers and any director or officer who at the request of
Piedmont serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any
other corporation or other enterprise, will be reimbursed and indemnified against liability and
expenses incurred by that person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of
that person&#146;s status as director or officer if it is determined that person&#146;s acts or omissions
were not reasonably known or believed by him or her to be clearly in conflict with Piedmont&#146;s best
interests. The By-laws further provide that Piedmont shall indemnify each director and indemnified
officer for his or her reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys&#146; fees incurred in connection with
the enforcement of the rights to indemnification granted under the By-laws, if it is determined
that such director or indemnified officer is entitled to indemnification under the By-laws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As authorized by the NCBCA, and to the fullest extent permitted by the NCBCA, our Articles of
Incorporation limit the liability of a director by providing that a director shall not be liable to
Piedmont or to any Piedmont shareholder for monetary damages arising from the director&#146;s breach of
his or her duties as a director, except for liability with respect to (i)&nbsp;acts or omissions not
made in good faith that the director at the time of the breach knew or believed were in conflict
with the best interests of the corporation, (ii)&nbsp;unlawful distributions, (iii)&nbsp;any transaction from
which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit and (iv)&nbsp;acts or omissions
occurring prior to the date the provision of our Articles of Incorporation limiting the liability
of our directors became effective. In addition, Section&nbsp;55-8-30(d) of the NCBCA provides that a
director is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to take any action, if he
or she performed the duties of his or her office in compliance with the general standards of
conduct applicable to directors of North Carolina corporations.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Exhibit No.</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Description of Document</U></B></TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2009, File No.&nbsp;1-6196)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)</TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>Provided, however, </I>that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section 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
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on September&nbsp;10,
2009.
</DIV>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ David J. Dzuricky&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">David J. Dzuricky<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, by his execution hereof,
hereby constitutes and appoints David J. Dzuricky and Judy Z. Mayo, and each of them with full
power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, to do any and
all acts and things for him or her, and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute and sign
any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, and file
the same, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission and with such state securities authorities as may be appropriate,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, which
they may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registrant Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Signature</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Title</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Date</U></B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Thomas E. Skains</DIV>
Thomas E. Skains</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, President and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ David J. Dzuricky</DIV>
David J. Dzuricky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Jose M. Simon</DIV>
Jose M. Simon</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Vice President and Controller<BR>
(principal accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Jerry W. Amos</DIV>
Jerry W. Amos</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Dr. E. James Burton</DIV>
Dr. E. James Burton</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Malcolm E. Everett III</DIV>
Malcolm E. Everett III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ John W. Harris</DIV>
John W. Harris</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr.</DIV>
Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Frank B. Holding, Jr.</DIV>
Frank B. Holding, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Dr. Frankie T. Jones, Sr.</DIV>
Dr. Frankie T. Jones, Sr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Vicki McElreath</DIV>
Vicki McElreath</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;3, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Minor M. Shaw</DIV>
Minor M. Shaw</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2009
Registration No. 333-___________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
North Carolina
56-0556998
(State or other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina
28210
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Jane Lewis-Raymond
Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(704) 364-3120
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Daniel L. Johnson, Esq.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
100 N. Tryon Street, Suite 4700
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
(704) 331-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Offering Price Per Share
Aggregate Offering Price (1)
Registration Fee
Deferred Compensation Obligations (2)
$1,000,000
100%
$1,000,000
$55.80
(1)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(2)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations being registered are general unsecured obligations of
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. ("Piedmont" or the "Registrant") under the Piedmont Natural
Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (the "Plan").
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Item 1 will be sent or given to
employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b). In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to
Registration Statement on Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either
as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus pursuant to Rule 424.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Item 2 will be sent or given to
employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b). In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Registration Statement on Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or
as a prospectus pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Except as indicated below, the following documents filed by us with the Commission (File No.
1-06196) are incorporated herein by reference:
•
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008;
•
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended January 31, 2009,
April 30, 2009 and July 31, 2009;
•
our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December 5, 2008, December 19, 2008, March
12, 2009*, April 3, 2009 and August 4, 2009; and
•
the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
8-B filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
*
Information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 7.01
is not incorporated by reference herein.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than those Current Reports on Form 8-K which "furnish" information
pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of such report and exhibits furnished in connection therewith),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration
Statement and information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and
supersede this information, as applicable. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or
a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall 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 modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
The Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (the "Plan") will allow
the Registrant's officers (including its named executive officers), director-level employees and
regional executives (the "Participant") to elect to defer a portion of their base salary
and annual incentive compensation on a tax-deferred basis. The Benefits Committee will select
Participants for the Plan. The Registrant will not make contributions to the Plan. The Plan
became effective as of January 1, 2009 for deferrals of base salary and November 1, 2008 for
deferrals of annual incentive compensation.
The Plan allows for deferrals of up to 50% of the Participant's annual base salary and up to
95% of the Participant's bonus compensation. All amounts deferred by a Participant under the Plan
will be credited to an account maintained in the Participant's name. All amounts deferred by Participants under the Plan are fully vested.
Distributions may take place as of a date-certain elected by the Participant or upon
separation from service due to termination, death, disability or change in control. Participants
who elect a date-certain distribution must elect a date that is at least two years later than the
date the deferrals were made under the Plan and may elect to change the date
for a distribution to commence. The new distribution date election must be made by the Participant at
least twelve months prior to the original distribution date and the new distribution date elected by the Participant must be at least five years later than the
original distribution date.
A Participant's account will be distributed in cash. In most cases the Participant has an
election of whether to take distributions in installments over a period not greater than 10 years
or in a one-time lump sum payment. Distributions will begin within 90 days from the Participant's
separation from service. Participants who are "specified employees" under Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code will not receive the first installment payment or the lump-sum payment until
they have been separated from the service of the Registrant for at least six months. Small account
balances will be paid in a lump-sum payment in cash and in the event of a change in control or the
death of a Participant, account balances will be immediately cashed out in a lump-sum payment.
A Participant's Plan account will be deemed to be invested in accordance with the
Participant's election in one or more of the same investment options that are available under the
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan, excluding the investment option comprised of shares
of common stock of the Registrant.
The obligations of the Registrant under the Plan will be unsecured general obligations of the
Registrant to pay the deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
Amounts paid under the Plan will be paid either from the general funds of the Registrant, and each
Participant and his beneficiaries have the status of unsecured general creditors of the Registrant
with no special or prior right to any assets of the Registrant for payment of any obligations under
the Plan. Except as otherwise provided by law, benefits are not assignable, may not be used as
security for loans or otherwise alienated and are exempt from the claims of Participants' creditors
and other claimants.
The Board may, at any time and for any reason, amend or terminate the Plan, subject to
applicable law, regulations and rules.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act ("NCBCA") and
our By-laws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers in a variety of
circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We have
insurance covering expenditures we might incur in connection with the indemnification of our
directors and officers for their liabilities and expenses.
The NCBCA provides directors and officers with a right to indemnification when the director or
officer has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any proceeding to
which he was a party because he is or was a director or officer of the corporation. The NCBCA also
permits a corporation to indemnify directors and officers who met a certain standard of conduct.
Directors and officers are also entitled to apply to a court for an order requiring the corporation
to indemnify the director or officer in a particular case. The court may grant such an order if it
determines the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of
all the relevant circumstances. Nevertheless, under the NCBCA, a corporation may not indemnify a
director or officer in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which
the director or officers is adjudged liable to the corporation or in connection with any other
proceeding charging improper personal benefit to a director or officer who is adjudged liable on
the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by such director or officer.
The NCBCA also authorizes a corporation to indemnify directors and officers beyond the
indemnification rights granted by law. Our By-laws provide that any person who is or was a
director, and our officers who are also directors or who are designated by the Board of Directors
from time to time as indemnified officers and any director or officer who at the request of
Piedmont serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any
other corporation or other enterprise, will be reimbursed and indemnified against liability and
expenses incurred by that person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of
that person's status as director or officer if it is determined that person's acts or omissions
were not reasonably known or believed by him or her to be clearly in conflict with Piedmont's best
interests. The By-laws further provide that Piedmont shall indemnify each director and indemnified
officer for his or her reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys' fees incurred in connection with
the enforcement of the rights to indemnification granted under the By-laws, if it is determined
that such director or indemnified officer is entitled to indemnification under the By-laws.
As authorized by the NCBCA, and to the fullest extent permitted by the NCBCA, our Articles of
Incorporation limit the liability of a director by providing that a director shall not be liable to
Piedmont or to any Piedmont shareholder for monetary damages arising from the director's breach of
his or her duties as a director, except for liability with respect to (i) acts or omissions not
made in good faith that the director at the time of the breach knew or believed were in conflict
with the best interests of the corporation, (ii) unlawful distributions, (iii) any transaction from
which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit and (iv) acts or omissions
occurring prior to the date the provision of our Articles of Incorporation limiting the liability
of our directors became effective. In addition, Section 55-8-30(d) of the NCBCA provides that a
director is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to take any action, if he
or she performed the duties of his or her office in compliance with the general standards of
conduct applicable to directors of North Carolina corporations.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of Document
4
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended January 31, 2009, File No. 1-6196)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
Provided, however,
that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the 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
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on September 10,
2009.
PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.
By:
/s/ David J. Dzuricky
David J. Dzuricky
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, by his execution hereof,
hereby constitutes and appoints David J. Dzuricky and Judy Z. Mayo, and each of them with full
power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, to do any and
all acts and things for him or her, and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute and sign
any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, and file
the same, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission and with such state securities authorities as may be appropriate,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifying and confirming all the acts of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, which
they may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registrant Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas E. Skains
Thomas E. Skains
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
September 3, 2009
/s/ David J. Dzuricky
David J. Dzuricky
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
September 9, 2009
/s/ Jose M. Simon
Jose M. Simon
Vice President and Controller
(principal accounting officer)
September 10, 2009
/s/ Jerry W. Amos
Jerry W. Amos
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ Dr. E. James Burton
Dr. E. James Burton
Director
September 3, 2009
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/s/ Malcolm E. Everett III
Malcolm E. Everett III
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ John W. Harris
John W. Harris
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr.
Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr.
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ Frank B. Holding, Jr.
Frank B. Holding, Jr.
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ Dr. Frankie T. Jones, Sr.
Dr. Frankie T. Jones, Sr.
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ Vicki McElreath
Vicki McElreath
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ Minor M. Shaw
Minor M. Shaw
Director
September 10, 2009
/s/ Muriel W. Sheubrooks
Muriel W. Sheubrooks
Director
September 3, 2009
/s/ Dr. David E. Shi
Dr. David E. Shi
Director
September 3, 2009
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Document
4
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. Voluntary Deferral Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
 Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2009, File No. 1-6196)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page)
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