Sempra Energy Declares Common Dividend


SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3, 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 Jan. 15, 2005, to shareholders of record on Dec. 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 Jan. 15, 2005, to shareholders of record on Dec. 22, 2004.

Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2003 revenues of $7.9 billion. The Sempra Energy companies' 13,000 employees serve more than 10 million customers in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and Asia.



            

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