8-K 1 form8k022608.htm FORM 8K 022608 Form 8K 022608
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2008


SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
1-6407
75-0571592
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)



5444 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
77056-5306
(Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 989-2000


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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
 
On February 26, 2008, Michal Barzuza was appointed to the Southern Union Company (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective March 1, 2008. Ms. Barzuza fills a newly-created director position, bringing the total number of directors to ten. Her current term will expire at the Company’s 2008 annual meeting of shareholders, where she will stand for re-election by the shareholders.

Ms. Barzuza, 36, is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she has offered courses in corporate governance, corporate law policy and corporations. Prior to joining the University of Virginia in 2005, Ms. Barzuza was the John M. Olin Research Fellow in Law & Economics at the Harvard Law School, Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business.
 
Ms. Barzuza received her LL.M and S.J.D. from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. She resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.

At this time, the Board has not made a final determination as to committees of the Board on which Ms. Barzuza will serve.
 
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.                                                                    Exhibit
 
 
 
99.1
 
 
Press Release issued by Southern Union Company dated March 3, 2008.
 

        
 

 
 
   
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
 
SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY
 
(Registrant)
 
Date: March 3, 2008
 
By:
 
 /s/ Robert M. Kerrigan, III
 
Robert M. Kerrigan, III
 
Vice President - Assistant General Counsel and Secretary


  
 


EXHIBIT INDEX

                               Exhibit No.                        Description
 
 Press Release issued by Southern Union Company dated March 3, 2008.