HOUSTON, November 20, 2008 -Southern Union Company (NYSE:SUG) announced today that it has been added to the S&P MidCap 400 index, effective as of the close of trading on Friday, November 21, 2008. The company had previously been included in the S&P SmallCap 600 index.
The company believes the transition to the MidCap 400 index demonstrates success on the execution of its strategic plan to grow into one of the nation’s largest diversified natural gas companies, primarily engaged in the transportation, storage, gathering, processing, and distribution of natural gas.
About Southern Union Company
Southern Union Company, headquartered in Houston, is one of the nation’s leading diversified natural gas companies, engaged primarily in the transportation, storage, gathering, processing and distribution of natural gas. The company owns and operates one of the nation’s largest natural gas pipeline systems with approximately 20,000 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines and North America’s largest liquefied natural gas import terminal, along with serving more than half a million natural gas end-user customers in Missouri and Massachusetts. For further information, visit www.sug.com