0001140361-17-036809.txt : 20170928 0001140361-17-036809.hdr.sgml : 20170928 20170928164544 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-17-036809 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170926 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170928 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170928 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Byorum Martha L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001292529 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15973 FILM NUMBER: 171108009 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE BEEKMAN PLACE #9/10A CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 755-6523 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE BEEKMAN PLACE #9/10A CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000073020 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 930256722 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PACIFIC SQUARE STREET 2: 220 NW SECOND AVE CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97209 BUSINESS PHONE: 5032264211 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 NW SECOND AVENUE CITY: PORTLAND STATE: OR ZIP: 97209 4 1 doc1.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2017-09-26 0 0000073020 NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS CO NWN 0001292529 Byorum Martha L 220 NW SECOND AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97209 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2017-09-26 4 J 0 1202 0 D 0 I See Footnote Common Stock 2017-09-26 4 J 0 1202 0 A 1202.047 D Common Stock 2017-09-27 4 S 0 1202.047 64.8831 D 0 D Common Stock 8693.64 I See Footnote Shares were distributed from Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (DDCP) account to reporting person's registered account pursuant to reporting person's election on September 19, 2017 for an accelerated distribution of a lump sum equal to ninety percent of the total share balance of reporting person's DDCP stock account as of June 30, 2017. Ten percent of the total share balance of reporting person's DDCP stock account as of June 30, 2017, representing 134 shares, was forfeited pursuant to the Accelerated Distribution provisions of the DDCP of Northwest Natural Gas Company (Issuer). Shares credited to reporting person's account under the Issuer's DDCP. This transaction was executed in multiple trades on reported date with prices ranging from $64.75 to 65.05, resulting in an average price of $64.8831. Issuer will provide upon request by the Commission staff or a security holder of the Issuer full information regarding the number of shares purchased or sold at each separate transaction. Includes 328 restricted stock units (RSUs) granted in accordance with the Northwest Natural Gas Company Compensation Policy for Non-employee Directors. These RSUs vest on May 23, 2018. Director previously elected that shares received on vesting of RSUs will be deferred under the Issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and Executives (DCP). Shares have been credited to reporting person's account under the Issuer's DCP. Shawn M. Filippi, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-09-28 EX-24.1 2 poa_byorum.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Shawn M. Filippi, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, MardiLyn Saathoff, Senior Vice President, Regulation, and General Counsel, Brody J. Wilson, Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, and Alison M. Pear, Associate Legal Counsel, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of and/or director of and/or beneficial owner of greater than ten percent of a class of equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), of Northwest Natural Gas Company, an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned, which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 and 5 and timely file any such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange or similar authority, and the Company; and

(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the 27th day of July 2017.


 
/s/ Martha L. Byorum
 
Martha L. Byorum