X0306 4 2015-12-29 0 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001285876 CAMIOLO KAREN M 6363 MAIN STREET WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221 0 1 0 0 Controller Common Stock 2015-12-29 4 M 0 7500 35.105 A 27965 D Common Stock 2015-12-29 4 F 0 6104 43.13 D 21861 D Common Stock 2015-12-29 4 F 0 515 43.13 D 21346 D Common Stock 11305 I 401k Trust Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 35.105 2015-12-29 4 M 0 7500 0.00 D 2007-05-10 2016-05-10 Common Stock 7500 0 D On December 29, 2015, the reporting person exercised 7,500 stock options, delivered 6,104 shares of Common Stock of the Company for cancellation in payment of the exercise price of such options, and had 515 shares of Common Stock of the Company withheld and cancelled to cover minimum required tax withholding. These shares cancellations are shown in Table I as dispositions (Transaction Code "D" in column 4), although none of these cancelled shares were sold in the market, as indicated by Transaction Code "F" in column 3. The NFG stock fund under the NFG 401(k) plan is denominated in units, representing ownership interests in a fund that includes both NFG common stock and a reserve of cash. The information reported represents the dollar value of the reporting person's balance in the NFG stock fund as of December 29, 2015, as reported by the plan administrator, divided by the closing price of NFG common stock on that date. Paula M. Ciprich, Attorney in Fact 2015-12-30