UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 11, 2015

NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
					
New Jersey	 	1-3880	 	13-1086010	
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)	 	(Commission
File Number)	 	(IRS Employer
Identification No.)	

6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York	 	14221	
(Address of principal executive offices)	 	(Zip Code)	
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (716) 857-7000
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.	
On June 11, 2015, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of National Fuel Gas Company (the “Company”) elected Joseph N. Jaggers to serve as a director of the Company, to hold office until the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Jaggers is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Jagged Peak Energy LLC, a Denver-based private energy company involved in the acquisition, development and exploration of oil and gas assets in select North American basins. Mr. Jaggers has been named to the Board’s Audit Committee.
The Company will compensate Mr. Jaggers in the same manner it compensates its other non-employee directors, as described at page 13 of the Company’s proxy statement filed January 23, 2015, and as supplemented by this Current Report. Effective April 1, 2015, the annual retainer paid to non-employee directors is $54,800 plus 2,400 shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, fees paid to non-employee directors for each meeting of the Board in excess of six meetings per year will be $1,800 (no fee will be paid for the first six Board meetings), and fees paid to non-employee directors for each committee meeting will be $1,800. The Lead Independent Director and the chairman of each of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating/Corporate Governance committees will receive an additional annual retainer of $15,000. In addition, like the Company’s other directors, Mr. Jaggers has received an indemnification agreement, the terms of which are described in the Company’s Form 8-K filed September 18, 2006.
 
Item 7.01	Regulation FD Disclosure.	
A copy of the Company’s press release dated June 11, 2015 regarding the election of Mr. Jaggers as a director is furnished as part of this Current Report as Exhibit 99.
Neither the furnishing of the press release as an exhibit to this Current Report nor the inclusion in such press release of any reference to the Company’s internet address shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available at such internet address into this Current Report. The information available at the Company’s internet address is not part of this Current Report or any other report filed or furnished by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.	
 
 	(d)	Exhibits	
Exhibit 99      Press release furnished regarding election of new director

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY	
			
June 12, 2015		By:		/s/ James R. Peterson	
				James R. Peterson	
				Assistant Secretary	

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	  	Description	
		
99	  	Press release furnished regarding election of new director	

Exhibit 99

			

			
 		6363 Main Street, Williamsville, N.Y. 14221
1-800-634-5440 | www.nationalfuelgas.com
 
RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2015
 
For additional information, please contact:	
National Fuel Elects New Director for Corporate Board
(June 11, 2015) WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – Members of the National Fuel Gas Company (“National Fuel” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NFG) Board of Directors elected Joseph N. Jaggers as a new director. His term began June 11.
Joseph N. Jaggers is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Jagged Peak Energy LLC, a private company based in Denver, Colorado, focused on the development of its acreage position in the Delaware sub-basin of the Permian Basin.
“We are delighted to welcome Joseph (Joe) Jaggers to our Board of Directors,” said David F. Smith, National Fuel’s Chairman of the Board. “Joe is a highly accomplished executive with more than three decades of leadership experience and a strong track record of success within the oil and gas exploration and production sector of the energy industry.”
“The breadth and scope of industry knowledge and expertise within our Board of Directors makes us unique among our peers, and the addition of Joe further strengthens our already outstanding Board,” said Smith. “We look forward to his valuable insight and counsel as we continue to leverage the advantages of our integrated model and pursue our Appalachian growth opportunities to build value for shareholders.”
Before forming Jagged Peak Energy in 2013, Jaggers served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ute Energy, LLC, from 2010 to 2012. During his time there he expanded the company substantially through production and reserve growth and through strategic acquisitions until its sale in 2012. Jaggers also has substantial executive experience with large, public companies. Prior to his Ute tenure he served from 2006-2010 as President and Chief Operating Officer of Bill Barrett Corporation. From 2001-2006 he was Vice President, Exploration & Production, for Williams Companies. Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Barrett Resources, from 2000 until its sale to Williams in August 2001. From 1981 through 2000, Jaggers worked for BP Amoco in various domestic and international assignments of increasing responsibility culminating in executive oversight for the Northern North Sea, one of BP’s largest producing assets at the time. Jaggers earned his B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Jaggers served as a director for Bill Barrett Corp from 2006-2010, and served as an independent director for Mission Resources from 2003-2005, where he was a member of the Nominating and Governance and Compensation committees. He is a past President of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and past Executive Director of the Independent Producers Association of the Mountain State and is an inductee into the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Hall of Fame.
National Fuel is an integrated energy company comprised of the following five operating segments: Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, Utility, and Energy Marketing. Additional information about National Fuel is available at  www.nationalfuelgas.com .

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