WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WGL Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: WGL) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend is payable November 1, 2013, to shareholders of record on October 10, 2013.
Washington Gas Light Company, a utility subsidiary of WGL Holdings, declared regular dividends today on all classes of its preferred stock as follows:
| Class of Serial | |||||||
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Preferred Stock |
Dividend Per Share |
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| $ 4.25 Series |
$ 1.0625 |
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| $ 4.80 Series |
$ 1.20 |
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| $ 5.00 Series |
$ 1.25 |
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Dividends on the preferred stock of Washington Gas also are payable November 1, 2013, to shareholders of record on October 10, 2013.
Common stock dividends have been paid for more than 162 years.
About WGL Holdings, Inc.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., WGL Holdings, Inc. has four operating segments: (i) the regulated utility segment which primarily consists of Washington Gas, a natural gas utility that serves over one million customers throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region; (ii) the retail energy-marketing segment which consists of Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc., a third-party marketer that competitively sells natural gas and electricity; (iii) the commercial energy systems segment which consists of Washington Gas Energy Systems, Inc., a provider of design-build energy efficiency solutions to government and commercial clients, commercial solar projects, and the operations of WGSW, a holding company formed to invest in alternative energy assets and (iv) the wholesale energy solutions segment which consists of Capitol Energy Ventures Corp., an asset optimization business that acquires, manages and optimizes natural gas storage and transportation assets. Additional information about WGL Holdings, Inc. is available on our website, www.wglholdings.com.
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