PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC
DEFR14A, 1996-12-13
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION
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                        Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year

     The following  table shows stock options  granted in the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1996 to the Chief Executive Officer and the four other most highly
compensated executive officers (as of September 30, 1996):
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                                                          Individual Grants (1)
                                   -----------------------------------------------------------
                                      % of
                                     Total                                                             Grant
                                    Number of    Options                                                Date
                                   Securities    Granted      Market                                  Present
                                   Underlying      to        Exercise    Price on                      Value
                                     Options    Employees     or Base     Date of                     (Black-
                                     Granted    in Fiscal      Price       Grant     Expiration       Scholes)
Name                                   (#)         Year       ($/Sh)      ($/Sh)         Date           (2)
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Charles E. Zeigler, Jr. ..........    6,220         5.2%      $14.29      $15.88      11/17/00         $42,234
Robert D. Voigt ..................    3,738         3.1        14.29       15.88      11/17/00          25,381
Jerry W. Richardson ..............    2,576         2.2        14.29       15.88      11/17/00          17,491
Franklin H. Yoho .................    3,738         3.1        14.29       15.88      11/17/00          25,381
John D. Grawe ....................    3,738         3.1        14.29       15.88      11/17/00          25,381


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(1)   All options were granted on November 17, 1995 with an exercise price equal
      to 90 percent of the average high and low closing price on the grant date,
      as  reported  on the New York Stock  Exchange.  An  optionee  must  remain
      employed  by the  Company  for at least two  years  from the date of grant
      before the right to exercise an option  accrues.  Options become fully and
      immediately  exercisable  in the  event  of a  change  in  control  of the
      Company,  and in the  event of an  optionee's  retirement,  disability  or
      death.  No option may be  exercised  more than five years from the date of
      its grant. With respect to options granted on November 17, 1995,  dividend
      equivalents  will accrue  quarterly on shares  subject to such options and
      are paid by the  Company  annually  at the end of each  option year if the
      Company's  closing  Common  Stock price on the  dividend  record date with
      respect to such quarter exceeds $15.88 per share.
(2)   The values  shown in this column  have been  calculated  through  standard
      application of the Black-Scholes  pricing model. A risk free interest rate
      of  7.10%,  a  volatility  rate of 15% and a  dividend  yield  of 5.10% is
      assumed.  The actual  value an  executive  officer  receives  from a stock
      option is  dependent  on  future  market  conditions,  and there can be no
      assurance  that the amount  reflected as "Grant Date  Present  Value" will
      actually  be  realized.  In  addition,  the value shown does not take into
      account risk factors such as  nontransferability,  possible non-payment of
      dividend equivalents and limits on exercise.




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