UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
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Effective February 9, 2015, John R. “Jack”  Male, Thomas J. Smith and James E. Sprague voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of Gas Natural Inc. (the “Company”). Both Mr. Sprague, who is continuing as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Smith, the Company’s previous CFO, did not qualify as independent directors. The remaining board members reduced the size of the board to seven and appointed Michael Brooks Bender to fill the vacant board seat.

Mr. Bender, age 37, brings more than ten years of experience in finance, acquisition and divestiture, legal and governance matters. Mr. Bender currently serves as Director, Corporate Secretary, and Corporate Counsel of The InterTech Group, Inc., a large, privately held, diversified holding company. An affiliate of The InterTech Group, Inc. is the largest shareholder of the Company and currently owns approximately 9% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. Previous to his current role, Mr. Bender was an attorney at Moore and Van Allen, PLLC where he was lead attorney for clients in various business, finance, mergers and acquisitions and commercial property matters. He began his career at Powell Goldstein, LLP as a corporate securities law attorney. Mr. Bender earned his J.D. from the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University.

The board determined that Mr. Bender qualifies as an independent director under applicable NYSE MKT standards. The Company’s board now consists of seven members.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.