PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwired) -- 04/07/15 -- The Board of Directors of Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE: NWN), dba NW Natural, has declared a quarterly dividend of 46.5 cents per share on the Company's common stock.
The dividends will be paid May 15, 2015 to shareholders of record on April 30, 2015. The Company's indicated annual dividend rate is $1.86 per share.
NW Natural also announced today that it will issue its first quarter earnings release on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, for the period ended March 31, 2015.
NW Natural will conduct a conference call and webcast starting at 8 a.m. Pacific Time (11 a.m. Eastern Time) on May 5th to review the Company's financial and operating results for the first quarter.
To hear the conference call live, please dial 1-866-267-6789 within the United States and 1-855-669-9657 from Canada. International callers can dial 1-412-902-4110. To access the conference replay, please call 1-877-344-7529 and enter the conference identification pass code (10062239). To hear the replay from international locations, please dial 1-412-317-0088. To hear the conference by webcast, log on to NW Natural's corporate website at nwnatural.com.
About NW Natural
NW Natural (NYSE: NWN) is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and provides natural gas service to more than 705,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers through 14,000 miles of mains and service lines in western Oregon and southwestern Washington. It is the largest independent natural gas utility in the Pacific Northwest with $3.1 billion in total assets. NW Natural and its subsidiaries currently own and operate underground gas storage facilities with designed storage capacity of approximately 31 Bcf in Oregon and California. Additional information is available at nwnatural.com.
Investor Contact:
Bob Hess
Phone: 503-220-2388
Email: rsh@nwnatural.com
Media Contact:
Melissa Moore
Phone: 503-220-2436
Email: msm@nwnatural.com
