SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The board of directors of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) today declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share of common stock. The current dividend is payable April 15, 2004, to shareholders of record on March 22, 2004.
Additionally, regular quarterly preferred dividends were declared by Pacific Enterprises, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, as follows:
Pacific Enterprises: $4.36 Preferred $1.09 per share $4.40 Preferred $1.10 per share $4.50 Preferred $1.125 per share $4.75 Preferred (2 Series) $1.1875 per share
Each of the preferred dividends is payable on April 15, 2004, to shareholders of record on March 22, 2004.
Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2002 revenues of $6 billion. The Sempra Energy companies' 12,000 employees serve more than 9 million customers in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and Asia.