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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="29%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="22%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>222 Fairview Avenue North<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98109<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION<BR>
1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>J.D. WESSLING<BR>
Senior Vice President&#151;Finance, Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation<BR>
222 Fairview Avenue North<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98109<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(206) 624-3900<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to Be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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Maximum<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="31%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $1 par value, (including Preferred Stock Purchase Rights), and options and other stock-based awards relating thereto (1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>300,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$6,330,000 (2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$582.36</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Each
share of Common Stock being registered hereunder includes one Preferred Stock Purchase Right exercisable on the terms and conditions specified therein. Prior to the occurrence of
certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common Stock; the value attributable to such rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the
Common Stock.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule 457(h), the aggregate offering price is based on $21.10, the average of the high and low per share sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange&#151;Composite Transactions on April 24, 2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<A NAME="toc_ja1210_2"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>Incorporation Of Registration Statement No. 333-88419 By Reference    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this registration statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional 300,000 shares of Common
Stock of the registrant for issuance under the registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan. The contents of registration statement No. 333-88419, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 4, 1999, are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2001; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2001; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the registrant's common stock and related preferred stock purchase rights included as Exhibit 99 to the registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed
July 19, 1996. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the registrant subsequent to those listed above pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. Exhibits.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;5</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=2>24</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="85%"><FONT SIZE=2>Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page of this registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=2>99</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="85%"><FONT SIZE=2>First Amendment to 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Seattle, State of
Washington, as of the 24<SUP>th</SUP> day of April, 2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>J.D. WESSLING</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> J.D. Wessling,<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Senior Vice President&#151;Finance, Chief Financial
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and as of the date indicated. Each
person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes W. Brian Matsuyama and J.D. Wessling, and each of them singly, such person's true and lawful attorney, with full power to them and each of them
to sign, for such person and in such person's name and capacity indicated below, any and all amendments to this registration statement, hereby ratifying and confirming such person's signature as it
may be signed by said attorneys to any and all amendments. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>W. BRIAN MATSUYAMA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> W. Brian Matsuyama</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>J.D. WESSLING</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> J.D. Wessling</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President&#151;Finance, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES E. HAUG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James E. Haug</FONT></TD>
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Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CARL BURNHAM, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Carl Burnham, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MELVIN C. CLAPP</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Melvin C. Clapp</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS E. CRONIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas E. Cronin</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID A. EDERER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David A. Ederer</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>HOWARD L. HUBBARD</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Howard L. Hubbard</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LARRY L. PINNT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Larry L. Pinnt</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARY E. PUGH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mary E. Pugh</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BROOKS G. RAGEN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Brooks G. Ragen</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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April 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>FIRST AMENDMENT TO<BR>  CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION<BR>  1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This First Amendment to the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan ("First Amendment") is dated January 24, 2002, and amends that certain 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to its authority under Article 10 of the Plan, the Board of Directors of the Corporation hereby amends the Plan as follows: </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Shares Subject to the Plan.</I></B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 4.2 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to
read as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>"4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;Shares Subject to the Plan</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>. The shares which may be made subject to Awards under the Plan are Shares of Common Stock,
which may be either authorized and unissued Shares or reacquired Shares. No fractional Shares may be issued under the Plan. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 9, the maximum number of Shares
for which Awards may be granted under the Plan is 450,000. If an Award under the Plan is canceled or expires for any reason prior to having been fully Vested or exercised by a Participant or is
settled in cash in lieu of Shares or is exchanged for other Awards, all Shares covered by such Awards will be made available for future Awards under the Plan." </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Approvals.</I></B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This First Amendment was duly approved by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation on November 19, 2001, and by the Shareholders of the Corporation on January 24, 2002. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Other Provisions.</I></B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as expressly amended by this First Amendment, the Plan shall
remain in full force and effect. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dated
January 24, 2002. </FONT></P>

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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1210_3">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></FONT><BR>
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Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
91-0599090
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
222 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
J.D. WESSLING
Senior Vice President—Finance, Chief Financial Officer
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation
222 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(Name and address of agent for service)
(206) 624-3900
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to Be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $1 par value, (including Preferred Stock Purchase Rights), and options and other stock-based awards relating thereto (1)
300,000 shares
(2)
$6,330,000 (2)
$582.36
(1)
Each
share of Common Stock being registered hereunder includes one Preferred Stock Purchase Right exercisable on the terms and conditions specified therein. Prior to the occurrence of
certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common Stock; the value attributable to such rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the
Common Stock.
(2)
Pursuant
to Rule 457(h), the aggregate offering price is based on $21.10, the average of the high and low per share sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange—Composite Transactions on April 24, 2002.
PART II
Incorporation Of Registration Statement No. 333-88419 By Reference
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this registration statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional 300,000 shares of Common
Stock of the registrant for issuance under the registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan. The contents of registration statement No. 333-88419, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 4, 1999, are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(a)  The
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2001;
(b)  The
registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2001;
(c)  The
description of the registrant's common stock and related preferred stock purchase rights included as Exhibit 99 to the registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed
July 19, 1996.
All
documents filed by the registrant subsequent to those listed above pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
5
Opinion of Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S. (contained in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page of this registration statement.
99
First Amendment to 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
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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 Seattle, State of
Washington, as of the 24
th
day of April, 2002.
CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
By:
/s/
J.D. WESSLING
J.D. Wessling,
Senior Vice President—Finance, Chief Financial
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 as of the date indicated. Each
person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes W. Brian Matsuyama and J.D. Wessling, and each of them singly, such person's true and lawful attorney, with full power to them and each of them
to sign, for such person and in such person's name and capacity indicated below, any and all amendments to this registration statement, hereby ratifying and confirming such person's signature as it
may be signed by said attorneys to any and all amendments.
Name
Title
Date
/s/
W. BRIAN MATSUYAMA
W. Brian Matsuyama
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
April 24, 2002
/s/
J.D. WESSLING
J.D. Wessling
Senior Vice President—Finance, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
April 24, 2002
/s/
JAMES E. HAUG
James E. Haug
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
April 24, 2002
/s/
CARL BURNHAM, JR.
Carl Burnham, Jr.
Director
April 24, 2002
/s/
MELVIN C. CLAPP
Melvin C. Clapp
Director
April 24, 2002
/s/
THOMAS E. CRONIN
Thomas E. Cronin
Director
April 24, 2002
/s/
DAVID A. EDERER
David A. Ederer
Director
April 24, 2002
/s/
HOWARD L. HUBBARD
Howard L. Hubbard
Director
April 24, 2002
3
/s/
LARRY L. PINNT
Larry L. Pinnt
Director
April 24, 2002
/s/
MARY E. PUGH
Mary E. Pugh
Director
April 24, 2002
/s/
BROOKS G. RAGEN
Brooks G. Ragen
Director
April 24, 2002
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
This First Amendment to the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan ("First Amendment") is dated January 24, 2002, and amends that certain 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") of Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (the "Corporation"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this First Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
AMENDMENTS
Pursuant to its authority under Article 10 of the Plan, the Board of Directors of the Corporation hereby amends the Plan as follows:
1.
Shares Subject to the Plan.
Section 4.2 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
"4.2  Shares Subject to the Plan
. The shares which may be made subject to Awards under the Plan are Shares of Common Stock,
which may be either authorized and unissued Shares or reacquired Shares. No fractional Shares may be issued under the Plan. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 9, the maximum number of Shares
for which Awards may be granted under the Plan is 450,000. If an Award under the Plan is canceled or expires for any reason prior to having been fully Vested or exercised by a Participant or is
settled in cash in lieu of Shares or is exchanged for other Awards, all Shares covered by such Awards will be made available for future Awards under the Plan."
2.
Approvals.
This First Amendment was duly approved by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation on November 19, 2001, and by the Shareholders of the Corporation on January 24, 2002.
3.
Other Provisions.
Except as expressly amended by this First Amendment, the Plan shall
remain in full force and effect.
Dated
January 24, 2002.
By order of the Board of Directors,
/s/
W. BRIAN MATSUYAMA
W. Brian Matsuyama, Chairman
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Incorporation Of Registration Statement No. 333-88419 By Reference
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
AMENDMENTS