PORT HURON, Mich., April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SEMCO ENERGY, Inc. today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend payable on the Company's 5% Series B Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on May 15, 2006, at a rate of $2.50 per share, to holders of the preferred stock of record on May 1, 2006.
SEMCO ENERGY, Inc. distributes natural gas to more than 404,000 customers combined in Michigan, as SEMCO ENERGY GAS COMPANY, and in Alaska, as ENSTAR Natural Gas Company. It also owns and operates businesses involved in propane distribution, intrastate pipelines and natural gas storage in various regions of the United States.
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