GAMCO Investors’ Proxy Access Nominee Rejected by National Fuel Gas Company and Withdrawn
On November 23, 2016, nearly two weeks after Mario Gabelli’s GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GAMCO”) disclosed its intention to nominate a director to the board of National Fuel Gas Company (“NFG”) pursuant to the company’s proxy access bylaw, NFG notified GAMCO that it is not eligible to submit a proxy access nominee and that the company will therefore not include GAMCO’s nominee in its 2017 proxy materials.