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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-064998"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFG"
cik: "0000070145"
company_name: "NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO"
filed_at: "2024-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:10:43.072843+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Fuel authorizes $200M share buyback; dividend held at $0.495

## Summary
- Board authorizes $200M share repurchase program, targeting completion by end of fiscal 2025.
- Regular quarterly dividend of $0.495 per share declared, payable April 15 to holders of record March 28.
- Stockholders approved amended equity plan, increasing authorized shares by 3.7M and extending to 2035.
- All 11 director nominees elected with >94% support; auditor and say-on-pay approved by wide margins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-064998
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFG
- cik: 0000070145
- company_name: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO
- filed_at: 2024-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312524064998/0001193125-24-064998-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312524064998/d810394d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-11
  source text: The vote with respect to ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 was as follows: For, 78,550,144 (97.9% of the votes cast); Against, 1,666,466; Abstain, 172,210; Broker Non-Votes, 0.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312524064998/0001193125-24-064998-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-11
  source text: The votes with respect to the directors were as follows: For Percentage of Votes Cast For Withheld Broker Non-Votes David H. Anderson 70,476,950 98.7% 947,527 8,964,343 David P. Bauer 70,309,228 98.4% 1,115,249 8,964,343 Barabara M. Baumann 70,679,941 99.0% 744,536 8,964,343 David C. Carroll 67,131,348 94.0% 4,293,129 8,964,343 Steven C. Finch 68,414,425 95.8% 3,010,052 8,964,343 Joseph N. Jaggers 70,355,409 98.5% 1,069,068 8,964,343 Rebecca Ranich 67,476,581 94.5% 3,947,896 8,964,343 Jeffrey W. Shaw 68,448,734 95.8% 2,975,743 8,964,343 Thomas E. Skains 68,621,132 96.1% 2,803,345 8,964,343 David F. Smith 69,781,694 97.7% 1,642,783 8,964,343 Ronald J. Tanski 70,176,955 98.3% 1,247,522 8,964,343
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312524064998/0001193125-24-064998-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Approval of Revised 2010 Equity Compensation Plan at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-11
  source text: The vote with respect to approval of the Revised 2010 Equity Compensation Plan was as follows: For, 67,003,018 (94.3% of the votes cast); Against, 4,019,988; Abstain, 401,471; Broker Non-Votes, 8,964,343.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312524064998/0001193125-24-064998-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2024-03-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-11
  source text: The advisory vote with respect to approval of named executive officer compensation was as follows: For, 68,395,504 (96.4% of the votes cast); Against, 2,559,893; Abstain, 469,080; Broker Non-Votes, 8,964,343.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312524064998/0001193125-24-064998-index.htm

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