INFORMATION STATEMENT
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Southern California Gas Company is providing this Information Statement to its shareholders in connection with its Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held on May 21, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at 488 8th Avenue, San Diego, California. The Notice of Annual Shareholders Meeting, this Information Statement and the 2019 Annual Report to Shareholders are being mailed to shareholders beginning on or about April 21, 2020.
THE COMPANY
Southern California Gas Company, which we refer to as SoCalGas or the company, is an indirect subsidiary of Sempra Energy. SoCalGas’ principal executive offices are located at The Gas Company Tower, 555 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, California 90013. Its telephone number is(213) 244-1200.
Additional information about the company is included in the 2019 Annual Report to Shareholders jointly produced by Sempra Energy, SoCalGas and Sempra Energy’s other subsidiary with U.S. publicly traded securities, San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), which is being mailed to shareholders together with this Information Statement. The Annual Report to Shareholders includes the company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the 2019Form 10-K), which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) jointly by Sempra Energy, SoCalGas and SDG&E. These documents, as well as other documents SoCalGas files with the SEC, also can be viewed online on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and are available on the Sempra Energy website at www.sempra.com under the “Investors” and “SEC Filings” tabs. The company will furnish a copy of its 2019 Form10-K (excluding exhibits, except those that are specifically requested) without charge to any of its shareholders who so requests by writing to the company’s Corporate Secretary at 488 8th Avenue, San Diego, California 92101.
All website references in this Information Statement are inactive textual references, and the information on such websites does not constitute a part of this Information Statement.
OUTSTANDING SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS
The SoCalGas Board of Directors has fixed March 25, 2020, as the record date for determining the shareholders of SoCalGas entitled to notice of and to vote at the SoCalGas 2020 Annual Shareholders Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. On that date, SoCalGas’ outstanding shares consisted of 91,300,000 shares of common stock and 862,043 shares of preferred stock. All SoCalGas common stock and 50,970 shares of SoCalGas preferred stock are owned by Pacific Enterprises (PE), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Sempra Energy.
In electing directors, each share is entitled to one vote for each of the four director positions and shareholders will be entitled to cumulate votes if any shareholder gives notice of an intention to do so at the meeting and prior to the voting. If that notice is given, all shareholders may cast all of their votes for any one director candidate whose name has been placed in nomination prior to the voting or distribute their votes among two or more such candidates in such proportions as they may determine. In voting on any other matters that may be considered at the Annual Shareholders Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof, each share is entitled to one vote. The company does not expect there to be any brokernon-votes at the Annual Shareholders Meeting. However, if there are any brokernon-votes, each will be counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business, but will not be considered a vote cast with respect to the election of directors or any other proposal for which it occurs.
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