CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwired) — 11/13/14 — Pengrowth Energy Corporation (TSX: PGF) (NYSE: PGH) today announced that its December 15, 2014 cash dividend will be Cdn $0.04 per common share. The ex-dividend date is November 20, 2014. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders who hold Pengrowth shares at the close of business on the record date of November 24, 2014.
The dividend of Cdn $0.04 per common share is equivalent to approximately U.S. $0.035 per common share using a Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate of Cdn $1.00:U.S. $0.8810. The actual U.S. dollar equivalent of the dividend will be based upon the actual Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate in effect on the payment date, net of applicable Canadian withholding taxes for U.S. residents who hold their Pengrowth shares in taxable accounts.
The above dividend has been designated as an “eligible dividend” for Canadian income tax purposes. Pengrowth–s dividends are also considered “qualified dividends” for U.S. income tax purposes.
Pengrowth offers a Dividend Reinvestment Program (DRIP) that provides eligible shareholders in Canada and the United States, with the opportunity to reinvest their dividends in new shares at a five percent discount to the average trading price (as calculated pursuant to the DRIP plan). Additional information on the DRIP is available at .
About Pengrowth:
Pengrowth Energy Corporation is a dividend-paying, intermediate Canadian producer of oil and natural gas, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Pengrowth–s assets include the Cardium light oil, Lindbergh thermal bitumen and Swan Hills light oil projects. Pengrowth–s shares trade on both the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “PGF” and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PGH”.
PENGROWTH ENERGY CORPORATION
Derek Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer
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