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Southwest Gas Declares Third Quarter Dividend

May 9, 2012 at 5:00 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors for Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE: SWX) has declared the following third quarter cash dividend:

Common Stock
Payable	September 4, 2012
Of Record	August 15, 2012
Dividend	$.295 per share

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The dividend equates to $1.18 per share on an annualized basis. The Company has paid quarterly dividends continuously since going public in 1956.

About Southwest Gas
Southwest Gas Corporation provides natural gas service to approximately 1.9 million customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. For more information about Southwest Gas, please visit www.swgas.com.

SOURCE Southwest Gas Corporation

Media; Sonya Headen, +1-702-364-3411 or Shareholder; Ken Kenny, +1-702-876-7237 both for Southwest Gas Corporation