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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-345004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFG"
cik: "0000070145"
company_name: "NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO"
filed_at: "2026-08-11T21:14:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T21:16:05.127093+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Fuel Gas files legal opinion for S-3 registration; no new financial disclosure

## Summary
- Item 8.01: filing opinion of Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC as exhibit to Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-298225).
- Exhibits include legal opinion (5.1) and consent (23.1); no operational or financial updates provided.
- Routine procedural filing; no impact on guidance, results, or capital plans disclosed.
- Signed by General Counsel Lee E. Hartz on August 11, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-345004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFG
- cik: 0000070145
- company_name: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T21:14:19+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312526345004/0001193125-26-345004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312526345004/d175989d8k.htm

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