(Louisville, Ky.) Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E), a member of the E.ON AG (NYSE: EON; Frankfurt: EOA) family of companies, today announced regular dividends on the three series of the company's preferred stock.

The LG&E dividends are payable July 17, 2006, to shareholders of record on June 30, 2006.

• 31.25 cents per share on the 5 percent cumulative preferred stock, $25 par value
• $1.46875 per share on the $5.875 cumulative preferred stock (without par value)
• $1.3375 per share ($1,337.50 per Unit) on the preferred stock, Auction Series A (without par value)

E.ON U.S. LLC, headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a subsidiary of E.ON AG, the world's largest investor-owned energy services provider. E.ON U.S. is a diversified energy services company that owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a regulated utility that serves 321,000 natural gas and 394,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties, and Kentucky Utilities Company, a regulated electric utility in Lexington, Ky., that serves 525,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia.