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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 21, 1996
REGISTRATION NO.
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-52639*
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AND
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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NORTH CAROLINA 56-0556998
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
organization)
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1915 REXFORD ROAD
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
(704) 364-3120
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
MARTIN C. RUEGSEGGER
CORPORATE COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.
1915 REXFORD ROAD
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
(704) 364-3120
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time
to time after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form S-3 are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. / /
If any of the securities being registered on this Form S-3 are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / /
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement and Post-Effective
Amendment on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay their effective
date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically
states that this Registration Statement and Post-Effective Amendment shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement and Post-
Effective Amendment shall become effective on such date as the Commission,
acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED
TITLE OF EACH CLASS AMOUNT MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
OF SECURITIES TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE OFFERING PRICE FEE
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Common Stock, no par value per
share............................. 2,000,000 ** ** $15,690
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* Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, the Prospectus
included in this registration statement also relates to the registrant's
Registration Statement No. 33-52639, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1, and as of March 20, 1996, 157,503 shares of the registrant's Common
Stock remain for sale thereunder. This registration statement and the
registration statement amended hereby are collectively referred to herein as
the "Registration Statement."
** The shares are to be offered at prices not presently determinable. The fee is
calculated upon the basis of the closing sales price on the New York Stock
Exchange on March 18, 1996, pursuant to Rule 457(c). The closing sales price
on such date was $22.75.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3, and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on the 21st day
of March, 1996.
By: /s/ JOHN H. MAXHEIM
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John H. Maxheim
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amended
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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/s/ JOHN H. MAXHEIM Director, Chairman of March 21, 1996
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John H. Maxheim and Chief Executive
Officer
/s/ DAVID J. DZURICKY Senior Vice President -- March 21, 1996
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David J. Dzuricky Financial Officer)
/s/ BARRY L. GUY Vice President and March 21, 1996
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Barry L. Guy Accounting Officer)
JERRY W. AMOS* Director
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Jerry W. Amos
C.M. BUTLER III* Director
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C.M. Butler III
SAM J. DIGIOVANNI* Director
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Sam J. DiGiovanni
JOHN F. MCNAIR III* Director
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John F. McNair III
MURIEL W. HELMS* Director
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Muriel W. Helms
NED R. McWHERTER* Director
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Ned R. McWherter
WALTER S. MONTGOMERY, JR.* Director
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Walter S. Montgomery, Jr.
DONALD S. RUSSELL, JR.* Director
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Donald S. Russell, Jr.
JOHN E. SIMKINS, JR.* Director
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John E. Simkins, Jr.
*By: /s/ DAVID J. DZURICKY March 21, 1996
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David J. Dzuricky
(Attorney-in-Fact)
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