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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-409787"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFG"
cik: "0000070145"
company_name: "NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO"
filed_at: "2026-10-01T10:59:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:13:59.551744+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Fuel closes $2.62B purchase of CenterPoint Energy's Ohio gas utility with 335,000 customers

## Summary
- $2.62B purchase price paid via $1.42B cash plus a $1.20B promissory note to seller CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.; closing occurred October 1, 2026.
- $1.20B Seller Note Facility: unsecured, matures Sept. 30, 2027, bears 6.5% interest; covenant limits debt-to-capitalization to 0.65 at each quarter-end.
- Acquired Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio renamed National Fuel Gas Distribution of Ohio, LLC; serves ~335,000 customers across 16 counties in Dayton/Miami Valley.
- Deal doubles National Fuel's utility rate base and lifts total utility customers to ~1.1 million; ~200 Ohio employees join the company.
- CenterPoint Ohio H1 2026 results: revenue $171M, net income $38M; total assets $2,534M, including $1,854M net PP&E and $219M goodwill.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-409787
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFG
- cik: 0000070145
- company_name: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T10:59:58+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312526409787/0001193125-26-409787-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70145/000119312526409787/d132008d8k.htm

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