Piedmont Natural Gas Announces Quarterly Dividend

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Jun 04, 2010, 10:55 ET

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its regular quarterly meeting of the Company's Board of Directors, Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced the declaration of a quarterly dividend on Common Stock of 28 cents per share, payable July 15, 2010, to holders of record at the close of business on June 24, 2010.

Conference Call

Piedmont Natural Gas will conduct its 2010 second quarter conference call, broadcast live over the internet on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Hosting the conference call will be Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas E. Skains. Simply log on to the web at www.piedmontng.com and click on Investors, then on Presentations. The conference call will be archived on the website.

About Piedmont Natural Gas

Piedmont Natural Gas is an energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to more than one million residential, commercial and industrial utility customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 52,000 customers served by municipalities who are wholesale customers. Our subsidiaries are invested in joint venture, energy- related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. More information about Piedmont Natural Gas is available at www.piedmontng.com.

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