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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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:
In the Matter of : CERTIFICATE
: of
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY : NOTIFICATION
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : NO. 9
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File No. 70-7948 :
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(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) TRANSACTIONS
___________________________________________ DURING PERIOD
April 1, 1994
through
June 30, 1994
TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:
By Order dated May 8, 1992 (HCAR No. 25548) ("May 8, 1992
Order") in the above captioned proceeding, the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") permitted the Application-Declaration of
Consolidated Natural Gas Company ("Consolidated") to become effective,
thereby authorizing Consolidated to report all of its acquisitions and
reissuances of its common stock, $2.75 par value per share ("Common
Stock") for its treasury (such shares of Common Stock referred to as
"Treasury Stock") under the quarterly certificates of notification
filed under this file number.
The Commission in its May 8, 1992 Order also authorized
Consolidated to acquire through open market purchases up to 4,000,000
shares of its outstanding Common Stock and to hold such repurchased
shares as Treasury Stock. Other sources of Treasury Stock that are to
be reported under this file number are acquisitions by Consolidated
through the exchange and tax withholding provisions of its Stock
Incentive Plan ("SIP") as authorized by Commission order dated
April 10, 1991 (HCAR No. 25294) in file number 70-7838 and its Long
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Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") as authorized by supplemental Commission
order dated December 11, 1991 (HCAR No. 25425) in file number 70-7095.
The May 8, 1992 Order also authorized Consolidated to reissue
Treasury Stock: (i) purchased on the open market pursuant to the
authorization under this file number; (ii) acquired through the
Company's SIP or LTIP; and (iii) previously acquired on the open
market pursuant to the authorization under File No. 70-7286.
This Certificate is filed pursuant to Rule 24 as a
notification that the following shares of Common Stock have been
acquired through the following sources and held as Treasury Stock:
During
Source File No. Period Cumulative
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Open Market Purchases 70-7948 - 0 - - 0 -
Stock Incentive Plan 70-7838 244 40,046
Long Term Incentive Plan 70-7095 206 11,096
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Total 450 51,142
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During the period 450 shares held as Treasury Stock were
reissued to the Alternate Thrift Trust of the Thrift Plans for
Consolidated and its participating subsidiaries. As of June 30, 1994,
Consolidated had no shares of Treasury Stock available.
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The "past-tense" opinion required by paragraph F(2) of the
instructions as to exhibits for Form U-1 will be filed when all of the
transactions authorized pursuant to said Orders have been consummated.
CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY
By H. P. Payne, Jr.
Its Attorney
Dated this 29th day
of July, 1994
