---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-293375"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFG"
cik: "0000070145"
company_name: "NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO"
filed_at: "2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:28:03.586449+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NFG awards performance shares with ESG, ROC, TSR goals to named executive officers

## Summary
- ESG performance shares: CEO Bauer (3,638), CFO Silverstein (529), others; vest based on methane intensity & GHG reductions by 2026.
- ROC and TSR performance shares: Bauer receives 28,491 each; payout tied to relative performance vs 19-company peer group.
- Retention awards to Loweth and Silverstein: 10-year vest, half performance shares, half RSUs; detailed share counts per tranche.
- Fiscal 2024 AARCIP bonus targets: CEO Bauer at 125% of salary (max $2M); CFO Silverstein at 80% of salary.
- RSU grants: Bauer 29,061; Loweth 14,864; Silverstein 4,227; vest in three annual installments starting Dec 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-293375
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFG
- cik: 0000070145
- company_name: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO
- filed_at: 2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312523293375/0001193125-23-293375-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312523293375/d651565d8k.htm

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