Mr. Craig G. Matthews will retire from the Board when his term concludes at the National Fuel Gas Company's 2018 annual meeting of stockholders. Rebecca Ranich notified the company on January 10, 2018 of her decision to resign from her current term as a director, effective as of the start of the company's 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, which meeting is scheduled for March 8, 2018. Ms. Ranich's current term was scheduled to expire in 2020. The Board of Directors has nominated Ms. Ranich, along with fellow current directors Philip C. Ackerman and Stephen E. Ewing, to stand for election as directors at the company's 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, for three-year terms to expire in 2021.